Awards are open to all student journalists and campus publications.
Publications and student journalists may enter more than one category. Unless otherwise noted, students need not have graduated from and school put on by Leadership Institute or Center for Print and Broadcast Media to enter. All decisions of the Center for Print and Broadcast Media and its appointed judges are final. The Center for Print and Broadcast Media reserves the right not to award an award for any and all categories. In the case of independent, conservative campus publications, in order to be eligible for the awards, the Center for Print and Broadcast Media must receive a subscription to the publication.