The MCA accepts products designed for infants through adult in the following categories:
- Books / eBooks / Audio Books / Interactive Online Books (IOB)
- Music
- Home Video/DVD
- Educational Video Games / Electronic Learning
- Educational Software
- Educational Products
- Magazines
- Online Resources (Websites, eMagazines & Blogs)
All products manufactured since 2006 are eligible. Beta prototypes are not eligible for submission.
Their esteemed panel of judges includes education, media and other experts as well as parents, children, librarians, performing artists, producers, medical and business professionals, authors, scientists and others.
~Dr. Twila C. Liggett
Ten-time Emmy-winner, professor and founder of Reading Rainbow
~Julie Aigner-Clark
Creator of Baby Einstein and The Safe Side Project
~Jodee Blanco
New York Times Best-Selling Author
~LeAnn Thieman
Motivational speaker and coauthor of seven Chicken Soup For The Soul books
~Florrie Binford Kichler
Publisher, Patria Press, Inc. - an award-winning independent publisher and Member of The Children's Book Council
~Tara Paterson
Certified Parent Coach, founder of The Just For Mom Foundation™, the Mom's Choice Awards® and the online web resource justformom.com
The entry fee is $225 if submission received by August 1, 2008 or $300 if received between August 1 and October 15, 2008. For complete information and entry forms, visit the Mom's Choice Award's Web site.
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