By Catherine Hodgins, Alexis Krawczak & Abigail Wilson
The Charger
H. H. Dow HS
1st Place
Division 1, Yearbook Verbal
Y-09. Caption Writing
Note: 1 entry = a set of 3 captions. Submit all three captions in the set in the same entry form. If you submit more than 1 entry in this category, please be sure to give each entry a unique Entry Title.
For one entry, submit a set of three captions along with their photographs; one of the three captions must be for a sport. All three captions do not have to be from the same writer or spread. CLEARLY INDICATE ON THE ENTRY FORM WHICH CAPTIONS YOU WISH JUDGED in the Additional Information field. Submit PDF or image files of the page(s) showing both caption and accompanying photo.
JUDGING CRITERIA
- Begin with strong leads, not name or title
- Contain at least two sentences that answer all reader’s questions without stating the obvious
- Evidence of adequate research, providing information that adds to reader’s understanding of event or situation
- Clearly identifies all people who are the focus of the photo with both first and last names (typically no more than eight identified in photos showing multiple people). Sports captions should also identify names of players on the opposing team as well as provide jersey numbers for all players named in the caption.
- Adhere to rules of good journalism including: active voice, typically the first sentence in present tense and remaining sentences are in past tense, freedom from editorial comment, careful editing and proofreading to eliminate mechanical errors, correct use of grammar