:: Category 12: Yearbook Photo Editing/Caption Writing ::
Nature of the contest
You will choose photos from a variety of options. You will crop the selected photographs and write captions for them based on information provided on a fact sheet. You may use your own dictionary, thesaurus and/or AP Stylebook during the contest. Total time for the contest, including passing out materials and giving instructions, is two hours.
What the judges will look for
Good judgment in photography selections, well-written captions that appeal to readers. Captions should state more than the obvious, be varied in beginnings and add to the body of reader knowledge. It is not necessary to tie theme or school information into captions.
Materials provided by WJEA
Fact/assignment sheet, photography selection sheets, scratch paper, paper clips
Materials which contestant must provide
Ruler, pencil(s), eraser, scissors, clear tape, notebook paper, dictionary, thesaurus, AP Stylebook
Do…
- write your contestant number on each page of your entry;
- write legibly;
- clearly indicate paragraph indentations;
- dentify people in photographs;
- use AP journalistic style for copy editing, grammar, capitalization, etc.;
- prepare entries according to specifications on fact sheet and instructions given by the moderator;
- ask the moderator any questions.
- turn off cell phones and pagers.
Do not…
- Do not write your name or your school’s name on your entry.
- Do not leave the room until you have turned in your entry.
- Do not bring samples into the contest room.
- Do not bring food or drink into the contest room.
- Do not talk to other contestants.
- Do not bring a typewriter or computer into the contest room (separate electronic spell checkers and dictionaries are allowed).
- Do not bring art type, border tape, screens, construction paper, professionally set logos or colored pens or pencils into the contest room.
