NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES
SUNCOAST CHAPTER
Emmy® Awards Judging
Entry Judging Agreement
The success of the Emmy® Awards process depends on the willingness of qualified professionals (entrants) to serve as judges. Professional peers in other NATAS Chapters are currently judging our Chapter’s entries. By entering, you agree to serve as a judge when asked.
There will be judging opportunities from 14 other NATAS Chapters from February-October, 2025.
You will be notified via email blasts, and posts on all of our social media platforms when judging is available.
Non-Member Judging Eligibility
You do not have to be a member to judge.
If you have a minimum of 2 years of professional experience in the field of television/broadcast program production, programming, or allied media and live in the Suncoast Chapter region (the entire State of Florida, Alexandria, Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Lake Charles and New Orleans, Louisiana, Mobile, Alabama, Thomasville, Georgia, and Puerto Rico), then you are eligible to participate in the judging process.
Examples of peer judges include:
- television and multi-media writers, producers, directors
- programming, production and news executives
- raft persons (editors, writers, photographers, assignment desk, technical engineering, hosts, anchors, meteorologists)
- advertising agency executives and creative directors involved in programming decisions
- sports professionals
- former broadcast journalists, and media retirees
How To Judge
- Log into your EMMY® Express account and click on ACTIVE PANELS & STATUS
- Look for JUDGING on the left-hand side of your screen
- Click on SEARCH AVAILABLE PANELS icon
- Scroll through the list and select a panel(s) that you are qualified to judge
- Request to judge
- Your request will be accepted within 24 hours