Membership ELIGIBILITY AREA

All video produced and intended for an audience within these Designated Market Areas (DMAs) is eligible to be entered in the Heartland awards competition; mass distribution methods include broadcast, cablecast and broadband.

Colorado Markets

Denver
Colorado Springs/Pueblo
Grand Junction/Montrose
Durango

NEBRASKA MARKETS

Omaha
Lincoln/Hastings-Kearney
North Platte

OKLAHOMA MARKETS

Oklahoma City
Tulsa

KANSAS MARKETS

Wichita/Hutchinson
Topeka

WYOMING MARKETS

Cheyenne/scottsbluff
Casper/Riverton

MEMBERSHIP AND GUEST ACCOUNTS

Professional Membership

For those actively working in the industry.
Your membership in another chapter may be transferrable, so you’ll pay dues only once per year. You don’t have to live here to enter the Heartland Emmy® Awards competition.

· Discounted Entry Fees

(if you’re renewed for the year)

· $80 Annual dues

· Eligible to judge

· Eligible for Judging Discounts

· Automatic Membership to National NATAS

· Eligible for board membership

(if you live in the Heartland Chapter)

Guest Account

For those entering the competition who don’t want a Membership Account.
You can’t enter the competition without either a Guest User Account or a Membership Account, so choose one or the other.

· Will pay full price entry fees

· No membership dues

· Eligible to judge

Associate Membership

For those interested in (or retired from) the industry, but not active in the industry.

· May not enter the awards competition

· $80 Annual dues

· May be eligible to judge

· May be eligible for board membership

To renew your membership, sign in or sign up for an account, visit Emmy® Express:

EMMY® EXPRESS

Judging

Benefits

· Members who judge three (3) or more times during the year will earn a $10 discount toward membership renewal fees

· Members who meet their judging requirements (1, 2, or 3 times judging) during the year earn a discount of $50 per entry in next year’s Emmy® competition

· Judges must have experience in the area they judge - it’s called peer judging - in order to keep a standard of excellence in the awards

Requirements

When you enter the competition, you agree to serve as a judge for other chapters’ entries as they are made available to us. If you’re a member AND an entrant, you’re eligible for discounts depending on the number of times you serve as a judge.

· If you enter once, you must judge once to earn that discount

· If you enter twice, you must judge two separate times

· If you enter three times or more, we ask that you judge at least three separate panels to earn your entry fee discount for next year

Great ideas come from judging the work from other chapters; you deserve to claim this advantage!