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Athens, GA (January 25, 2008) - Tomorrow is the deadline for broadcasters to submit their entries for the 2008 Sports Emmy Awards. The call for entries went out in November 2007, and entries must have been broadcast between January 1, 2007 and December 31, 2007. National Networks are limited in the number of entries they may submit.

The entry categories are

PROGRAMS
Outstanding Live Sports Special
Outstanding Live Sports Series
Outstanding Live Event Turnaround
Outstanding Edited Sports Special
Outstanding Sports Documentary
Outstanding Edited Sports Series/Anthologies
Outstanding Studio Show – Weekly
Outstanding Studio Show – Daily
Outstanding Sports Journalism
Outstanding Short Feature
Outstanding Long Feature
Outstanding Open/Tease
Outstanding Broadband - Coverage
Outstanding Broadband - Long Form
Outstanding Broadband - General Interest

PERSONALITIES
Outstanding Sports Personality/Studio Host
Outstanding Sports Personality/Play-by-Play
Outstanding Sports Personality/Studio Analyst
Outstanding Sports Personality/Sports Event Analyst

CRAFT ACHIEVEMENT
Outstanding Technical Team Remote
Outstanding Technical Team Studio
Outstanding Camera work
Outstanding Editing
The Dick Schaap Outstanding Writing Award
Outstanding Music Composition/Direction/Lyrics
Outstanding Live Event Audio/Sound
Outstanding Post-Produced Audio/Sound
Outstanding Graphic Design
Outstanding Production Design/Art Direction

SPECIAL CLASSIFICATION AREA
The George Wensel Technical Achievement Award

Judging will take place in New York City from February 11-29, 2008, and nominations will be announced March 12/13 in New York City as well. The 29th Annual awards ceremony will be on April 28, 2008 at Lincoln Center.