**BEFORE SUBMITTING AN "OF THE YEAR" AWARD NOMINATION, PLEASE READ ALL GUIDELINES AND RULES FOR EACH SPECIFIC AWARD**

The Contributing Medium Award is given to a media outlet or publication, person, or people, who have provided outstanding support to scholastic journalism either to an individual school, a school district or MIJA, in some form.

Submissions uploaded to the MIJA "Of the Year" Award Contests should be made according to these specifications:
---Follow all file submission guidelines for each item as indicated (i.e. upload either JPG of 2 MB or smaller or PDF of 25 MB or smaller, or copy and paste URL)
---Entries must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. on the deadline day.
---Failure to follow these requirements will result in disqualification.