New voters must register with the Academy to vote on award nominees and winners.  There is no fee to become a voter.  Members of the press must provide either all of the following “A” submissions or three (3) of the following “B” submissions via regular mail in order for registration to be processed:

<A1> the actual BADGE you received from attending any recognized industry trade show or conference within the past 12 months.  Please cut off the machine-readable stripe and throw it away before sending your badge.  The badge must indicate that you are registered as Press. 

<A2> the actual badge HOLDER you received from attending any recognized industry trade show or conference within the past 12 months.  If possible, the badge holder must indicate that you are registered as Press (i.e. official press ribbon attached to badge holder).

<B1> company business card

<B2> a detailed job description (100-word minimum) signed by a company supervisor on company letter head with an original signature; in general, any bona fide job in the media involving game testing, playing, reporting, or editing will suffice, but in the case of independent media, applicant must provide proof of services to industry (i.e. reference letter signed by client, proof of publication, proof of employment, etc.), where the validity, integrity, and/or reliability of such proof will be determined by NAVGTR Corp.

<B3> five (5) print articles, each with a 100-word minimum, from a magazine, newspaper, or book published by an incorporated publishing company or accredited college or university, including a retail/published copy of an issue containing at least one of the submitted articles.  Articles must include a signed statement that the submitted articles are the work of the individual seeking voter eligibility.  Articles appearing within the body of an e-mail or as an attachment thereto will not be accepted.

<B5> five (5) television or video segments, each with a one-minute minimum, from cable television, satellite television, broadcast television, or webstreaming video available to at least 15,000 households or 50 unique web visitors a month, respectively.  Applicants can include TV hosts, reporters, writers, and game testers who produce B-roll related to preparing the segments for television or video, as long as the applicant actually plays the game being reviewed for television or video.  Applicant must include DVD, Mini-DV, or VHS copies of five (5) separate segments and at least one full-length episode containing one of the segments, with the applicant's name shown in the credits of the program.  For television, a list of all markets must be included with call letters, city, state, and country of operation.  For webstreaming, a server site statistics report must be included.

Cover Page Requirements:

In your mailed (“snail mail”) submission materials, you must include the following information on a Cover Page, in addition to the above requirements:

Name
Home Address
Home Phone
Work Address
Work Phone
E-mail

E-mail info at navgtr dot org to confirm receipt of your submissions.  In the e-mail, you must include all of the information supplied on the Cover Page that you sent in the mail, and the subject line and body text must both contain the phrase “Confirm New Voter.”  Submissions received within the 30 days preceding a voting event or a series of voting events will not be processed until after the voting event(s).  Note:  The careful following of the above rules may determine whether any submission will be processed.  However, individuals in recognized press databases may or may not be exempt from submission requirements. 

NAVGTR Corp.
c/o Voter Registration
13200 Forest Drive
Bowie, MD  20715