2007 Wilder Award Winner
San Jose Sailing Club
Each year, the Pacific Inter-Club Yacht Association awards the Edwin H. Wilder Perpetual Trophy to the club whose newsletter best typifies outstanding and distinguished service to yachting. The award was established in 1982 in memory of Ed Wilder for his long service as Chairman of the PICYA Publications Committee and for his service as Publisher of the Yachting Yearbook. The Declaration of Trust for this newsletter award can be found in the Yachting Yearbook.
The rules are few and the competition is open to all member clubs. Submissions are due no later than September 15. The Wilder Trophy will be presented at the annual awards banquet in November.
This year the committee would like to build on the excellent work of previous committees by setting some early guidelines for evaluation of the entries.
The judges will look at your
- newsletter content, writing, editing, design, photography, and print quality
- budget available to produce the newsletter — creative use of resources
- effective and timely communication of information from your club, PICYA, and RBOC
The following basic entry instructions apply:
1. Submit a cover letter that includes the following:
a. a statement of the goals and objectives of your publication
b. a listing of the newsletter's staff and whether they are paid or work as volunteers
c. frequency of the publication
d. average pages per issue and average circulation
e. average cost per issue and total annual budget (excluding postage)
2. The date for submittal — 15 September.
3. Submit three (3) sets of three (3) different issues of the current contest years newsletter. Issues from October, November and December of the previous year are acceptable. The contest calendar runs from October of the previous year to September in the year of the contest.
The judging of the Wilder Award, News Letter of the year will be done by an additional Judge. To accommodate this addition, all newsletter Editors are asked to submit three copies each of three different newsletters. for a total of nine newsletters. This will allow each judge to have a complete set to accomplish they're judging.
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The following book is recommended as a guide for new editors (and perhaps some who are already doing a fine job:
Producing a First-Class Newsletter
Barbara A. Fanson, Author
Self-Counsel Press Ltd., Publisher
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Submit all entries to: (Take note - this is different for 2006)
920 Bel Passi Drive
Modesto, CA 95350
