2024 Star Route Awards
Since the mid-1800s, the Star Routes were the most challenging mail routes in the United States. APS Chapters and Affiliates serve and grow the hobby in those same tough terrains with that same mission, and the Star Route Awards are an opportunity for the APS to recognize and award their service.
Please encourage your club to participate in the competition and take part in showing our stars!
2024 Submission Guidelines
Submissions for the 2024 Star Route Awards will open on Tuesday, June 18 at 9 a.m. Eastern. A maximum of 25 entries for each category will be accepted. If the maximum number of entries is not reached, submissions will close on Friday, August 9.
If you have any questions about the submission guidelines or the contest in general, please email digitalcontent@stamps.org.
Newsletter
Both APS Chapters and APS Affiliates may submit to the newsletter contest, provided that their newsletter fits the definition below. Chapters and Affiliates may submit both their website and their newsletter to the competition.
- For the purposes of this contest, a newsletter is considered to be a regularly issued publication of no more than 12 pages (24 pages if front and back are counted separately) which is chiefly used to communicate information about meetings, events, and other member and organizational activities (including research by members and summaries of presentations). It does NOT include journals or magazines. Submissions that do not meet these criteria will not be considered.
- Please submit 3-5 examples of your newsletter published since August 2023
- Please submit all newsletters as PDFs
View the scoring sheet the judges will use for the contest here.
Website
Both APS Chapters and APS Affiliates may submit to the website contest, provided their website fits the definition below. Chapters and Affiliates may submit both their website and their newsletter to the competition.
- For the purposes of this contest, a website is considered to be a set of related web pages located under a single domain name, produced by or on behalf of an APS Chapter or Affiliate. Submissions consisting solely of a social media page (e.g. a Facebook group) or file sharing site will not be considered.
- Member-exclusive areas of submitted websites will not be judged.
View the scoring sheet the judges will use for the contest here.