New "CP Excellence" category at BCP 2011
The competition phase for the BCP Best of Corporate Publishing 2011 is underway. For the first time, the BCP 2011 jury will honor a single feature story in the newly created «CP Excellence» category.
Companies and corporate publishing service providers have until February 26, 2011 to submit their publications to Europe's largest competition for corporate communications. The jury for the CP Excellence Award will include well-known editors-in-chief; Roland Tichy from Wirtschaftswoche and Dr. Arno Balzer from Manager Magazin have already confirmed their participation. Ulrich Brenner, head of the German School of Journalism, will also be judging the reports.
The BCP trophies will be awarded in a total of 28 categories and four special prizes: Steinbeis Papier honors publications with a high sustainability factor with the "Green Publishing" award, the "Cover of the Year" is awarded by Corbis and Lingua Kraft Language Services in cooperation with Transatlantic Translations honors international communication concepts. There will also be the "Print & Innovation" award for outstanding print finishing and print processing, sponsored by the Laserline printing company from Berlin.
The application phase lasts until February 26, 2011 and company reports can be submitted for the BCP 2011 until April 7. The awards for corporate communication will be presented on July 6, 2011 in Hamburg - following the international BCP congress "Corporate Attitude - Companies Show Attitude".
The competition is organized by Forum Corporate Publishing (FCP) together with the media partners Acquisa, Horizont, W&V and Schweizer Werbewoche.
All dates at a glance:
26.02.11 - Closing date for entries
16.03.11 - Jury meeting I
17.03.11 - Jury meeting II
07.04.11 - Deadline for submission of company reports
14.04.11 - Jury session III - Company reports/special prizes
06.07.11 - BCP 2011 in Hamburg
