RULES FOR CHAPTER NEWSLETTERS
AND SCORE SHEET FOR JUDGES
DATE ____________________
 
 

                                                                                                                          POSSIBLE
                                                                                                                            POINTS/SCORE

1. FORMAT: Appearance, readability, letterhead, layout. Editor's name, mailing
    address, volume and issue number must be shown.
   When the symbols, UDC®, or United Daughters of the Confederacy®
   are used, these must have the registered trademark ®. Nothing is printed above        20   /

2. CHAPTER/DIVISION NEWS: Reports on chapter and/or Division Meetings
    projects, members, pertinent information.                                                                      40  /

3. HISTORICAL CONTENT: Original articles and material concerning the
    War Between the States.                                                                                                 20  /

4. GENERAL, DIVISION, AND CHAPTER NEWS: Current news pertaining
    to the UDC® not readily available to the reader from other publications.                     15  /

5. EDITORIALS:  On matters concerning the UDC®                                                         5  /
 

                                                                                                            TOTAL SCORE:          /
                                                                                                           (TOTAL POSSIBLE POINTS - 100)

CATEGORY: _________________________________________

CHAPTER NAME: ____________________________________

For entry into competitoin, the number of members in the chapter and the number of copies printed must be
shown in the top right hand corner of the entry.  (This may just be written in pencil on the copies to be judged.)

Three (3) copies of four (4) different issues must be submitted to the Division Historian for judging by August 1.   The three (3) sets must go to General for judging on the Division level.  Save all three (3) copies of the 4 newsletter issues and submit to the Division Historian at one time.

Awards are presented according to the four chapter categories:
    7-24 members
    25-49 members
    50-74 members
   More than 75 members

The overall winning Newsletter shall be the Chapter with the highest numeric score.
The overall winning Newsletter shall be entered in competition at the General Convention following the Division Convention of the same year.