DEADLINE EXTENDED to Wednesday, June 16th due to the Stanley Cup win of the Blackhawks!

Get credit where credit is due! -- Enter your work in the 2009-2010 Chicago/Midwest Emmy Awards -- where excellence is celebrated AND rewarded.  Wouldn’t it be great to add those Nominations to your resume and the Emmy statue to your shelf?  Review your best work from the last year and remember you must enter to be eligible to win. 

Deadline for Entries: Wednesday, June 16, 2010, 5:00 pm

Eligibility Period: June 1, 2009 - May 31, 2010

Markets Covered: Chicago, IL; Rockford, IL; Green Bay-Appleton, WI; Madison, WI; Milwaukee, WI; Peoria-Bloomington, IL;South Bend-Elkhart, IN; Wausau-Rhinelander, WI

Please download the Call For Entries PDF document for more information on entering.

Please read through the CALL FOR ENTRIES PDF before you enter.  The CALL FOR ENTRIES contains all the vital information you will need to enter. Also, follow the "Step by Step" document as you enter.  Both documents are listed on the left hand side once you enter EMMY EXPRESS.For questions on preparing your entry, call one of our Emmy Committee Members: Mary Hynes (708) 301-8343 or NATAS Chicago/Midwest office (312) 369-8600 or e-mail This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

ENTER HERE (CLICK HERE) -- Emmy Express Online Entering System

• Produce NEWS or PROGRAMMING for your College or University?  We now have new plaque-eligible student production categories! Look for the STUDENT CATEGORIES S-1 to S-5 that are listed near the end of the category list. Download a flyer to post at your school about the student categories.
• Are you from a smaller market? You may ask if you have a chance of receiving an Emmy in a chapter that contains the large Chicago market. However, please know that entries are judged against a standard of excellence and do not compete against each other. We have had many winners over the years from small and medium markets. As long as the work is excellent, you may win an Emmy Award. Download a flyer about small or medium markets.
• Produce LOCAL COMMERCIALS for businesses or for your station?  We have a COMMERCIAL ANNOUNCEMENT category, past winners include Superspots and Walter E. Smithe! Look for Category 16!
• Produce outstanding PUBLIC ACCESS Television?  Public Access programs are eligible! Recently, Rocket Productions won for their production "El Camino a la Secundaria" which aired on Chicago's CAN-TV!
• The Chicago/Midwest Chapter has not raised the entry fees for nearly a decade!  In this tough economy, we're trying hard to keep our fees low despite rising costs.

"It is gratifying and humbling to be judged as worthy by one’s colleagues.
The award has meant recognition of my work and skill set across North America."

Ravi Baichwal, ABC 7 Chicago Anchor, 2008 Emmy Winner

Entry and payment must be submitted online. If for some reason, you can not enter your entry online, email us at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it for an entry form or download it here: 2010 Off-line Emmy Entry Form.  Please contact the TV Academy office for more information at 312-369-8600 or at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Q.  With the tough economy, is there a chance the entry fees could be reduced or lowered?
A.  Members do receive a lower entry fee, but the Chicago/Midwest Chapter has actually not raised the entry fees for nearly a decade.  The entry fees have to cover the costs of the Emmy statues, Emmy nomination certificates, printing of Emmy invitations, shipping of DVDs to be judged by other markets, judging fees to sister-chapters for providing peer judging panels, the photocopied lists of entries and nominees at the Nomination Party, expenses for the Emmy Express online software for entries and the entrant database, and keeping the Chapter up and running year long. 

Additionally, most Chapters charge a per name fee for entries, so a typical news report entry with a producer and reporter, for example, requires that both pay a fee to enter.  Our Chapter has worked very hard scrutinizing cost-saving measures to be able to hold the line and keep charging only one fee per entry no matter how many names are included on the entry.