Who Can Enter? Previous Winners Essential. Any online, print or broadcast media professional is eligible to enter. Arlington News Community Impact Newspaper - Plano Effective. Who Sponsors the Awards? Corpus Christi Caller-Times The Texas Section of the American The Morning News Water Works Association (TAWWA) El Paso Times and the Water Environment Association Fort Worth Star-Telegram Media of Texas (WEAT) Business Journal San Antonio Excellence. About the Award Express-News Texas Parks & Wildlife The Watermark Award for media Magazine Wichita Falls Times-Record excellence is designed to recognize Texas media who have raised the public’s Broadcast Media: level of understanding of water issues KNBC-TV, Abilene in Texas. Texas media have advanced KACV-TV, Amarillo community understanding and support KVUE-TV, Austin for water resources significantly by WFAA-TV, Dallas interpreting issues affecting water in our KTSM-TV, El Paso state. KMOL-TV, San Antonio Why Enter? KABB-TV, San Antonio If you’ve provided your audience with accurate, insightful information about Online Media: Enter the Watermark Awards their water resources, we want to Texas Tribune recognize you.

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The Award Submit applications and Each winner will receive a beautiful supporting detail online at etched glass award. www.txwater.org General Rules 1. Entries must be accompanied by the entry Watermark entry form - 2021 form (or a copy), and must be received no later than Feb. 5, 2021. Complete a separate form for each entry. 2. Entries must have been produced between Jan. 1, 2020 and Dec. 31, 2020. Utilities cannot submit entries on behalf of the news media. 3. Newspaper and magazine entries Name of Station/Publication ______consisting of a large number of pages will be displayed digitally as part of Texas Address ______City ______Zip______Water 2021TM. 4. Radio and television entries should include Telephone (____)______Fax (____)______the complete script (if a script was used) and a brief summary or outline of the E-mail Address ______program’s content. Radio entries must be accompanied by an audio on a USB drive. Title of Entry ______Television entries must be accompanied by a video with audio on a USB drive. Writer/Producer ______5. Only published or broadcast material will be judged. Job Title ______6. Paid advertising is not eligible. Medium: q Print: Daily q Print: Non-Daily q Online q Radio q TV 7. TAWWA or WEAT members may not enter for media, but should encourage their local Describe the entry being nominated (use an additional sheet if necessary) ______media to enter. ______8. Entrants may submit no more than two ______entries. Each entrant can receive only one award. ______9. Winners will be notified by March 5, 2021 ______Entries will not be returned. 10. Winners will be recognized during the Documentation provided: qprinted article qDVD qaudio CD qscript Texas Water 2021TM conference, March 29- April 1. q other ______

Judging: Entries are judged based on water Mail or deliver entry to: interest, accuracy, clarity, style and impact. Watermark Entry ATTN: Judges may be members of TAWWA Deadline: or WEAT, instructors or professors of Vanassa Joseph communication in accredited Texas Trinity River Authority Feb. 5, 2021 schools or members of the publishing and 5300 S. Collins broadcasting fields who are not currently Arlington, TX 76018 employed by Texas media.