The Martys
High school journalism contest
A contest for Central Ohio’s high school journalists
The Central Ohio Society of Professional Journalists and Dispatch Media Group are proud to present The Martys, an editorial contest for Central Ohio’s high school journalists.
Winners in the contest’s five categories earn cash prizes,funded in 2017 by Central Ohio SPJ, and are published on the sponsors’ websites. The overall top winner wins an additional award, The Marty and is honored by Central Ohio SPJ members at their annual Founders’ Day spring banquet.
About Marty
The contest, established in 2011, honors the late Martin L. Rozenman. Marty worked for 27 years at Suburban News Publications – merged in 2012 with ThisWeek News – the last 20 as editor; and at The Columbus Dispatch from 2004 until succumbing to a blood disorder in 2010. Marty also was a longtime sports columnist for The Other Paper and a nine-year member of the Central Ohio Society of Professional Journalists board of directors.
Mentoring high school and college student journalists and reaching out to young people to encourage interest in the profession was a hallmark of Marty’s tenure at SNP – as was mentoring the waves of young college graduates he hired into their first professional jobs.
About Marty
Mentoring high school and college student journalists and reaching out to young people to encourage interest in the profession was a hallmark of Marty’s tenure at SNP – as was mentoring the waves of young college graduates he hired into their first professional jobs.
Categories
Six awards are presented. A winner and runner-up is chosen in these five categories:
1. Best News Writing
2. Best Feature Writing
3. Best Sports Writing
4. Best Opinion Writing
5. Best Photography
All winners and runners-up received framed awards. Each category winner also is awarded $100 and has his or her work published on ThisWeekNEWS.com, the website for DMG’s ThisWeek Community News group of weekly community newspapers in Central Ohio. An article about the winners with their photos also will appear in local ThisWeek print editions.
From the five category winners, a single overall winner of The Marty is chosen. This student receives a plaque and is honored at the spring Founders’ Day banquet of the Central Ohio Society of Professional Journalists.
Contest rules:
Entries should be from the current school year, published prior to Feb. 28.
- Entries are limited to two students per high school, per category.
- Entries must be postmarked on or before March 4.
- Entrants should attach a copy of the entry sheet to their entry.
Winners will be contacted in April. Copies of winning entries in PDF form will be requested.
Questions can be addressed to contest coordinator Julanne Hohbach at jhohbach@dispatch.com.
