The 2024 Section Newsletter Contest is finished, and awards are handed out. It isn’t time for rest, though! It is time to plan, write, and send those newsletters into me for the 2025 Newsletter Contest!

Add to your mailing list if you haven’t already or forward to me separately.
It is especially important to have me on your mailing list now.
Your newsletters stopped being forwarded to me early this year. Instead of being a bonus point this time, having me on your mailing list was crucial to being able to receive a score at all.

The scoring criteria is based on five categories:
Content –
Is your content original? Is it based on useful information? Can people get an idea of what is going on with your club without knowing explicitly what you are about?
Audience –
Who is your newsletter intended for? Are you advertising to yourself? What is new people stumble across your newsletter? Are you inviting and informative? Do you make ideas understandable to all ages and levels of licenses?
Visual –
How pleasing is your newsletter to look at? Does it flow well? Is it overcrowded? Too plain? Do you have a popping wow factor that encourages readers to continue?
Contact Info –
How easy is it to get ahold of the people who are contributing to the newsletter? How about the officers or committee members? Online newsletters are especially easy to add this feature. Each time a name appears, you can link an email address to it!
Call to Action –
What is the purpose of a newsletter if not to rally the troops? Are you inviting people to join your events? Inviting people to become or recruit new members? Are you encouraging Hams to be the best they can be?

Congratulations to the 2024
Ohio Section Newsletter Winners!

1st Place:	Full Quieting	BARC	Bellbrook, OH
2nd Place:	Q-Fiver	OHKYIN	Cincinnati, OH
3rd Place:	ATCO Newsletter	ATCO	Central Ohio
4th Place:	The Radiogram	PCARS	Portage County, OH

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