PROCEDURES

The application must be received by ETFO no later than February 1, 2025.

Applications are processed by the ETFO Awards Committee. The committee’s recommendations are taken forward to the ETFO provincial Executive for consideration. You can expect to hear regarding the disposition of the award after June 30, 2025.
Application forms, in their entirety, will be shared with ETFO staff and members of the ETFO Awards Committee who are ETFO members.
Six copies of your work(s) are required for the committee to review. A digital copy of the published or unpublished works submitted through this application form is preferred.
Material submitted to the Awards Committee in support of an application become the property of the Awards Committee and will not be returned.
ETFO will not accept incomplete applications or applications outside this submission form. Please include as much detail as possible in your responses.
If your submission does not adhere to procedures and criteria as notes in this application, if attachments re password-protected or encumber committee consideration, the submissions will be automatically deleted and removed from committee consideration.
This form contains mandatory fields that must be addressed to enable the form to be submitted.
Preference will be given to those who have not yet received this award.

Please make sure to read the application carefully and in full and fill it out completely.

If you have any questions, please reach out to the ETFO Awards Committee at awards@etfo.org.

Please Select an Award*

CRITERIA

Writer’s Award

The Writer’s Award recognizes an active ETFO member or a group of members published or unpublished works. The recipient shall receive $500 and a Certificate of Recognition from the ETFO President. ETFO may grant one award each year.

Candidates for the Writer’s Award must adhere to specific criteria.

Please answer the following mandatory questions:

CRITERIA

Writer’s Award – Women’s Program

The Writer’s Award – Women’s Program recognizes an active female ETFO member or a group of female members’ published or unpublished works. The recipient shall receive $500 and a Certificate of Recognition from the ETFO President. ETFO may grant one award each year.

Candidates for the Writer’s Award must adhere to specific criteria.

Please answer the following mandatory questions:

Applying for more than one award in any given year results in disqualification. Please confirm your understanding of this.*

CONFIRM

Please confirm the manuscripts submitted for the Writer’s Award is not also submitted for the Writer’s Award - Women’s Program.*

CONFIRM

Please confirm the manuscripts submitted for the Writer’s Award - Women’s Program is not also submitted for the Writer’s Award.*

CONFIRM

Please confirm your acknowledgement that the award is offered to encourage members to write with the intent to publish or to recognize a compilation of work published in a significant print format, such as journals, magazines, periodicals, newspapers, educational newsletters and manuscripts written for children, teachers or others in the greater educational community.*

CONFIRM

Please confirm your acknowledgement that a winning manuscript cannot be resubmitted for another ETFO award.*

CONFIRM

Please confirm you or the person(s) you are nominating are active ETFO member(s) in good standing.*

CONFIRM

ETFO Membership # (if known)

OCT/CECE Membership #*

Individual Being Nominated*

First NameLast Name

Email of Applicant*

Email of Nominee*

Home Address of Nominee*

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

CityProvince

Postal Code

ETFO Local*

Please choose your Local

Years Employed by a School Board

School / Worksite

Work Telephone

Area CodePhone Number

Cell Phone

Area CodePhone Number

Has the nominee previously applied for this ETFO award?

YesNoNot Known

Which year?

Please enter the year of the application

Has the nominee ever received another ETFO award?*

YesNoNot Known

Which ETFO Award and When

Is this a group application?*

YesNo

If you have answered yes, please be aware that an ETFO Group Award Supplemental Form will need to be completed by each member of the group.

This link will open the form - ETFO Group Award Supplemental Form.

A link to the form will also be included in your confirmation email. Please send this link to the members of your group.

The application will not be considered complete without a completed form from each member listed in the next section.

Group Members

Has anyone else in the group been given an award?

YesNo

Which ETFO Award and When

Title of Work

Please select one

PublishedUnpublished

1) Please include the following: a) FEDERATION INVOLVEMENT (local, regional, provincial and/or national level-include years) for each member if this is a group application

2) Please include the following: b) PROFESSIONAL/OTHER INVOLVEMENT related to the award (curriculum writing teams, workshop presentations, leadership activities) for each member if this is a group application

3) Please include the following: c) QUALITY OF WRITING (e.g., vocabulary, story, imagery, connection to audience)

4) Please include that the written material aligns with ETFO's priorities. Mention the intended audience this appeals to.

5) Please upload any attachments here. Please note - links/html, google docs and password-protected PDFs are not allowed.

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CONFIDENTIAL PERSONAL INFORMATION

Self-identification allows ETFO to achieve a critical goal, supporting and encouraging the participation of all individuals in ETFO programs, services and events. By completing this section, ETFO will be able to undertake the necessary statistical analysis to achieve this goal. All information collected and the reporting of statistical data will ensure full confidentiality of all. Although the completion of this section is voluntary, ETFO encourages you to self-identify.

CONFIDENTIAL PERSONAL INFORMATION - Women's Program

Self-identification allows ETFO to achieve a critical goal, supporting and encouraging the participation of all individuals in ETFO programs, services and events. By completing this section, ETFO will be able to undertake the necessary statistical analysis to achieve this goal. All information collected and the reporting of statistical data will ensure full confidentiality of all. As this award is for women applicants, self-identification is mandatory. Please confirm your status.

Self-Identification

If you identify as racialized, please specify (e.g.Black, East Asian, Mixed Race)

What term describes the nominee's gender, if known?

Please indicate their pronouns, if known.

STATEMENT BY NOMINEE(S)/REPRESENTATIVE OF NOMINATED INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP - I have read the criteria and procedures of this award and if chosen as the successful candidate, agree to abide by them. To the best of my knowledge, all information on this application form is correct. By signing this document, I consent to my name being published in ETFO publications and being included in ETFO media releases if I am the member applying. I further consent that my contact information may be provided to local media upon request and for no other purpose.

* Please note nominees being nominated by others will be contacted individually for their concent.

Applicant's Signature

Date

ETFO Writer's Award Application 2024-2025

PROCEDURES

CRITERIA

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