PREAMBLE: Entries are open to work published in print, audio, and video through hard copy, website, mobile app, or any other news delivery format in Atlantic Canada. The number of entries per entrant is limited to two (2) per category, unless otherwise stated. An entry (story or story package) may be submitted once, not in multiple categories. To the finalists in each category, the judges will always issue three awards — gold, silver and bronze — based on the evaluation criteria established for each category.