Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 12:24:59 -0700 From: Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation Subject: GLAAD ANNOUNCES CALL FOR ENTRIES FOR THE 9TH ANNUAL GLAAD MEDIA AWARDS ENTRY DEADLINE IS DECEMBER 1, 1997 MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Liz Tracey/ Bill Horn GLAAD (212) 807-1700 Jori Petersen/ Susan DuBow Bragman Nyman Cafarelli (310) 274-7800 GLAAD ANNOUNCES CALL FOR ENTRIES FOR THE 9TH ANNUAL GLAAD MEDIA AWARDS ENTRY DEADLINE IS DECEMBER 1, 1997 LOS ANGELES, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1997-The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) is announcing their call for entries for the 9th Annual GLAAD Media Awards. The GLAAD Media Awards recognize and honor media that promotes fair, accurate and inclusive representation of members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. Nominations, for work originated in 1997, can be submitted in the following categories: advertising, film, magazine, music, newspaper, television and theater. Submissions must have originated between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 1997. The entry deadline is December 1, 1997. Award winners will be announced at the 9th Annual GLAAD Media Awards, which will take place in three ceremonies to be held in New York, Washington, DC, and Los Angeles. The Media Awards will be held on March 30th at the New York Hilton Towers in New York City, on April 4th in Washington, DC and on April 19th at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles. Past Media Award Recipients include Bound, Phil Donahue, Entertainment Weekly, Melissa Etheridge, Frasier, Friends, IKEA, the Los Angeles Times, NYPD Blue, People Weekly Magazine, Philadelphia, Rent, Roseanne, Sid Sheinberg, Spin City and Barbara Walters. GLAAD is a national organization that promotes fair, accurate and inclusive representations of individuals and events in all media as a means of combating homophobia and all forms of discrimination based on sexual orientation or identity. For entry forms or for more information, please contact the GLAAD offices in Los Angeles at 8455 Beverly Boulevard, Suite 305, Los Angeles, CA 90048, (213) 658-6775 or in New York at 150 W. 26th Street, Suite 503, New York, NY 10001, (212) 807-1700. GLAAD can also be contacted via GLAAD Online at www.glaad.org. -30- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) glaad@glaad.org TO REPORT DEFAMATION IN THE MEDIA - Call GLAAD's Alertline at 1.800.GAY.MEDIA or go to the GLAAD Web Site at www.glaad.org and report through our Alertline Online. TO JOIN GLAAD AND RECEIVE GLAAD's DISPATCH AND QUARTERLY IMAGES MAGAZINE, call 1.800.GAY.MEDIA or join on the Web today at www.glaad.org/glaad/join/join-about.html TO SUBSCRIBE TO GLAAD-Net, GLAAD's electronic mailing list, send e-mail to majordomo@vector.casti.com with the message "Subscribe GLAAD-Net" TO UNSUBSCRIBE, send e-mail to majordomo@vector.casti.com with the message "Unsubscribe GLAAD-Net" GLAAD is a national organization that promotes fair, accurate and inclusive representation as a means of challenging discrimination based on sexual orientation or identity. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "GLAAD" and "Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation" are registered trademarks of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Inc.