R 071327Z DEC 17
MARADMIN 661/17
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC OUSMCC//
SUBJ/2017 Defense Media Awards and Marine Corps Visual Information and Excellence in Communication awards program announcement//
POC/Vought, Jeremy/MSgt/Unit: HQMC Office of U.S. Marine Corps Communication/Name: OUSMCC Force Development and Requirements Branch/Tel:(703) 614-1494/Tel:DSN 614-1494 /Email: jeremy.vought@usmc.mil//
GENTEXT/Remarks/1.  Purpose.  This MARADMIN announces the call for nominations for the 2017 Defense Media Awards and the 2017 Marine Corps visual information and excellence in communication (VIEC) awards program.  This program recognizes Marines and others whose writing, photography, videography, broadcast journalism, graphic design, publications, and media campaign planning have promoted the Marine Corps and demonstrated outstanding achievement in furthering the communication objectives of the service and U.S. Department of Defense.
2.  Background.  The Defense Media Awards program is administered by the Defense Media Activity under the authority of Department of Defense Directive 5105.74, “Defense Media Activity (DMA)” Paragraph e3.1.22.  The Marine Corps VIEC awards program is administered by HQMC Office of U.S. Marine Corps Communication and the U.S. Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association (USMCCCA) and Foundation.  The Marine Corps VIEC program is used to select the first, second, and third place winners who will compete in the Defense Media Awards program.
3.  Eligibility.  The program is open to all officer, enlisted active duty Marines, reserve Marines on active duty, reserve Marines attending regular drills, and members of mobilization training units for legacy Public Affairs and Combat Camera. All entrants must be officially engaged in the production of materials for the Marine Corps. See SOP guidelines for further information on eligibility in Paragraph iv.
4.  Submission entries into the Marine Corps VIEC awards program, except for the online publication and media campaign categories, will be accomplished through the Defense Video Imagery Distribution System (DVIDS) at https:(slash)(slash)www.dvidshub.net.  Enter through the awards media contest interface module within admin tools.  Entries not uploaded to DVIDS as required in the category descriptions will be disqualified.  Send media campaign plan and online publication entries to MARADMIN POC.  Marines may submit no more than one submission per category.
5.  All content must have been created and published on DVIDS prior to 31 December 2017.  Submissions for the Marine Corps VIEC awards program must arrive by 2359 EST, 19 February 2018.  All entries must be submitted in accordance with contest guidelines contained in the 2017 Defense Media Awards program SOP found at http:(slash)(slash)www.dma.mil/portals/0/documents/awardsprogram/2017_defense_media_awards_guidance.docx?ver=2017-10-23-093810-673.
6.  Contact POC for further information and clarification of submission guidelines. For technical instructions and coordination with DVIDS, contact Marine Corps liaison, SSgt. Scott Schmidt, (678) 421-6820, sschmidt@DVIDShub.net and Marines@DVIDShub.net.  Improper submissions will be disqualified unless fixed by the submitter prior to the deadline date.
7.  Release authorized by Brigadier General W. H. Seely III, Director, Office of U.S. Marine Corps Communication, HQMC.//