No more scissors, paste and FedEx packages: The entry process for the 2011 ASNE Awards is now completely digital. In addition, the criteria in several categories, most notably the Batten Medal, was modified. And entry fees were reduced for online-only news organizations and newspapers with circulation less than 100,000. Click on the article link to learn more about the contest, including how to submit entries, or visit ASNE's awards pages.

One of six articles in a winning series by Ken Fuson of The Sun, Baltimore, that won the nondeadline writing category of the 1998 ASNE Distinguished Writing Awards.

One of six articles in a winning series by Ken Fuson of The Sun, Baltimore, that won the nondeadline writing category of the 1998 ASNE Distinguished Writing Awards.

One of six articles in a winning series by Ken Fuson of The Sun, Baltimore, that won the nondeadline writing category of the 1998 ASNE Distinguished Writing Awards.

One of six articles in a winning series by Ken Fuson of The Sun, Baltimore, that won the nondeadline writing category of the 1998 ASNE Distinguished Writing Awards.

One of six articles in a winning series by Ken Fuson of The Sun, Baltimore that won the nondeadline writing category of the 1998 ASNE Distinguished Writing Awards.

One of six articles in a winning series by Ken Fuson of The Sun, Baltimore, that won the nondeadline writing category of the 1998 ASNE Distinguished Writing Awards.

One of three winning editorials by Mike Jacobs of the Grand Forks (N.D.) Herald that won the editorial writing category of the 1998 ASNE Distinguished Writing Awards.

One of three winning editorials by Mike Jacobs of the Grand Forks (N.D.) Herald that won the editorial writing category of the 1998 ASNE Distinguished Writing Awards.