Please fill out this form to let us know you are interested in serving as a judge for the 2020 Northern Lights contest.  We welcome all judges—MAGC members, MACTA members, and others from the public and private sectors—who have relevant expertise to share.

Communicating with Style and Substance

If you’re passionate about communicating, you’ve come to the right place. The Minnesota Association of Government Communicators is a peer organization of professionals dedicated to improving public-sector communications.

We organize thought-provoking workshops, an annual conference and various other activities to improve our communications skills and to strengthen our peer networks. We share our best work through our annual Northern Lights Awards Contest, we celebrate our accomplishments and learn from each other's successes at the annual Northern Lights Awards Ceremony.

Our members represent all levels of government—federal, state, regional, county, and local—as well as school districts, universities and colleges,  nonprofits and agencies serving these organizations. 

Our members are...

• Writers and editors.
• Graphic designers.
• Publications staff and managers.
• Marketing and public relations specialists.
• Web designers.
• Public information officers.
• Media relations specialists.
• Teachers and professors.
• Photographers.
• And more.

Do we sound like your kind of people? Join us!