When you contact your candidate, explain the mission of the celebration & the celebration itself. Once she has accepted nomination, you will need the following:

Letter of recommendation. Nominator writes this.

Nomination form. Nominator fills out. Candidate may be eligible for more than one award category. Check all that apply.

Biography. Candidate may write this herself or meet with you & a committee member who will write it up. Contact the committee member whose information is on the IWD nomination form so an appointment can be set up.

Documentation. Certificates, newspaper clippings, photos, commendation letters in addition to the nominator�???�??�?�¢??s, DVDs, other. Most of this will come from the candidate.

Assemble everything in a three-ring binder. Loose items can be put into three-hole plastic sleeves.

Make sure that you have included complete contact information for yourself as well as for the candidate.

The candidate�???�??�?�¢??s binder will go to an outside panel for judging in mid-February and returned to the candidate after the event. The committee would like to keep the information for those candidates who are not selected for this year�???�??�?�¢??s event because they may be chosen in a successive year.