Award submission period opens: Aug. 19, 2020. (Platinum Award nominations open Aug. 5, 2020.)

New for 2020: Early Bird Deadline: 11:59 p.m. Mountain Time on Oct. 7, 2020

Final submission deadline for District VI Institutional Awards and CASE Platinum Awards: 11:59 p.m. Mountain Time on Oct. 21, 2020

Materials submitted to the CASE VI Institutional Awards and CASE Platinum Awards should have been completed primarily between June 30, 2019 and Aug. 20, 2020.

Fees are per entry.

• CASE VI Institutional Awards
  Early Bird rate (for entries submitted on or before Oct. 7, 2020): $45
  Regular rate (for entries submitted between Oct. 7 and Oct. 21, 2020): $60
• CASE Platinum Awards: $125
  There is no Early Bird rate for Platinum Award entries.

Payment must be made online via credit card before the award submission deadline. Unpaid entries will not be judged.

CASE does not accept purchase orders or checks for award entries.

No refunds will be issued.

Unless otherwise noted, all materials submitted to the CASE VI Institutional Awards and CASE Platinum Awards should have been completed primarily between June 30, 2019 and August 20, 2020.

Who can enter

• Any CASE member institution in District VI is welcome to submit entries to the competition.
• Nominators must be employed at and on the CASE roster at a CASE member institution.
• External vendors and third parties may not submit entries on behalf of institutions with which they have worked.

Entry criteria

• Unless otherwise noted, entries should be original work that was produced or completed between June 30, 2019 and Aug. 20, 2020. In the case of publications such as magazines, the date on the cover/masthead will be used to determine eligibility.
• Although use of external vendors, consultants and freelancers is allowed, the work should primarily be that of staff at CASE member institutions. 

Entry fees and payment

• All fees must be paid online via credit card. CASE does not accept purchase orders or payment via check.
• Entries that have not been paid by the close the nomination period will not be judged.
• Once an entry has been submitted and paid, no refunds will be issued.

Permissions

By entering the awards program, the nominator and affiliated institution give CASE permission to:

• Share relevant contact information with volunteer judges.
• Use any of the materials submitted with the nomination for promotional purposes, including the CASE website, print and promotional publications, and electronic communications.

Entry and category rules

• Once an entry has been submitted and paid, it is considered final.
• The same entry may be submitted to any categories for which it meets the criteria.
• Institutions may submit more than one entry to the same category.
• Entries and related materials become the property of CASE and will not be returned.
• CASE and the judge coordinators reserve the right to disqualify entries that do not meet entry criteria.
• CASE and the judge coordinators reserve the right to move an entry into a more appropriate category, without notice to the nominator.

For technical assistance, please email awards@case.org.
Please include "DVI" and the category name in your correspondence.

For questions about categories, deadlines and judging, please contact volunteer Jennifer Denton, CASE VI Awards Chair, Jdenton1@emporia.edu.