Tips for narratives

• Keep narratives to two, typed pages or fewer, single-spaced, minimum of 11 point font
• When writing your award narrative, think about addressing the following:
  • Planning
    • If a new program/project, why was it initiated?
    • What were the goals/objectives of the project?
    • What were the reasons for each medium selected?
    • What was the project budget, including estimate of staff hours, costs for outside consultant and in-kind contributions, frequency of distribution, and per piece cost, if applicable?
    • Who is the target audience and what was the total audience served?
• Implementation
  • How was the project developed?
  • Did CAPIO members play a role in this project, if applicable?
  • Were there any outside consultants?
• Results and evaluation
  • How was the project evaluated and who was involved in the process?
  • What were the evaluation results?
  • How was the piece effective in targeting its audience?
  • How were the goals and objectives met?