Award Rules
Rules for ClearMark nominations
Your entry
- Entries must be available for the public to see. We cannot accept proprietary information or material that we cannot share with the public.
- Entries are accepted as electronic files, as Word or Acrobat files, or Web addresses or URL for a file available online.
- If your entry is longer that 5 pages, or is a web site with more than 5 pages, you must identify up to 5 pages that the judges can focus on to judge the clarity of the content.
- If you are submitting regulatory text, do not submit the entire preamble – unless you are nominating the preamble for the award. Again, indicate specific pages that you want us to consider.
If your entry is a winner
We will ask you to send us a photo of the individual or team that produced the entry. If a team, please send a team photo with names, not individual photos of the team members.
For all documents, you will also send a hard copy of your entry for display at the awards ceremony and other events. The Center will not return any materials you submit. Please send them to:
ClearMark Award Entries
Allen Rotz
1430 S Street NW,
Washington, DC, 20009
Winners must agree that the Center can:
- use their entries for public information purposes
- post or link to their winning submissions on our Web site
- post a photograph of the winning authors on our Web site
Winners must also agree to:
- speak to the media, if requested
- share links or copies of any internal and external publicity (news stories, blogs, videos) about their winning entry
- attend the awards ceremony
And…
Members of the Center’s executive board:
- May not nominate their own work
- May not judge the awards
