All work must have originated in Canada and be implemented, published or broadcast between January 1 of the award program year and the day of submission. If a long-term strategy was developed prior to January 1 of the award program year, and hasn’t been entered in this competition, it is eligible for entry.
Evaluators evaluate entries on a 7-point scale with zero being the lowest score and 7 being the highest. An entry is considered to be competent if it scores at least 4. Entries must receive 5.25-5.74 to receive a Merit award. Entries scoring at least 5.75 receive an Award of Excellence. We’ve modeled the Silver Leaf evaluation forms after the ones used for the IABC Gold Quill Awards. See Evaluation Criteria to check out the judging forms.
Yes they do! Entrants are allowed four pages for work plans across Divisions 1-3. For Division 4, entrants must fully complete the brief entry form. Margins must be at least 0.5 inch or 1.27 centimeters on all sides using the standard paper size (8.5”x11” or A4), and fonts may be no smaller than 10 points. Work plans exceeding the maximum length will be disqualified.