General Rules

Entry Deadline

All entries must be submitted no later than 11:59pm, March 31, 2025. Submissions received after this date will not be included in the judging process. 

Trophies

One trophy will be presented for each winning entry. Individuals are welcome to order duplicates during an annual two month ordering window that opens immediately following the GABBY Awards banquet. Due to logistical limitations and bulk pricing discounts, orders received outside of this window will not be processed until the following year. 

Entry Credits

When possible, entrants are encouraged to credit the name of each individual who made a significant and substantive contribution to its production. The GABBY and Merit awards can accommodate up to six names. In situations where more than six individuals should be credited, it is acceptable to list a team of individuals instead. Example - The WGAB News Team

Misrepresentation

The Georgia Association of Broadcasters assumes each submitted entry is original work and is credited to those individuals who made a significant and substantive contribution to its production.

Claims of misrepresentation are taken seriously and will be investigated to the fullest extent of the association's capabilities to ensure the stature of the GABBY awards remains intact.

Any misrepresentation of entries will be cause for disqualification. Misrepresentations may include but are not limited to, misrepresenting programming as original work or the intentional falsification of credits. If evidence of misrepresentation materializes at a later date, the entry may be disqualified retroactively. Such a retroactively-disqualified entry will require the return of any award.

Market Size Divisions

The GAB is committed to providing, wherever possible, a level playing field for the GABBY Awards. This year, stations will compete based on a combination of county size and reach. As such, the market size divisions for radio and television stations will be broken down as follows:

Large Market TV

  • Stations licensed in the following Metro Atlanta counties: Fulton, DeKalb, Cobb, Gwinnett, and Clayton

Small Market TV

  • Stations licensed in all remaining counties

Large Market Radio

  • Stations or networks that have a statewide reach as well as those stations licensed in counties with populations of 200,000 or greater. These counties include Fulton, Gwinnett, Cobb, DeKalb, Chatham, Clayton, Cherokee, Forsyth, Henry, Hall, Richmond, and Muscogee.

Small Market Radio

  • Stations licensed in all remaining counties

Eligibility 

Stations

Unless otherwise noted, participating stations must be a current GAB member in good standing at the time. Please contact the GAB office at 770-395-7200 with any questions regarding membership status.

Entrants

Entrants must be a current full-time, part-time, or contract employee of the participating station at the time of submission.

Credited Individuals

At least one individual credited on an entry must be a current full-time, part-time, or contract employee of the participating station at the time of submission.

Entries

Unless otherwise noted, entries must be broadcast over-the-air by a Georgia Radio or TV station between January 1st, 2024 and December 31st, 2024.