Contest rules for the Associated Press Society of Ohio and Ohio Associated Press Broadcasters are available for download here.
Best general news photo has been added to the contest this year for still photographers. The AP powers that be forgot to include the category code for it in the rules though. If you follow the naming style for the other categories bgnp would seem to be the code to use. Deadline for newspaper entries is 5 p.m. Wednesday, Jan 14, 2009.
There doesn’t appear to be any changes in the rules for television photographers. The television deadline is Thursday, Jan 15. You may drop them off until midnight.