The Press Club has extended the deadline for the submission of entries to its contest until Friday, March 4.

The good news is that Press Club received more than 500 entries through Monday’s deadline — an increase from the 394 submitted last year.

The bad news is that a few people had trouble uploading documents to our new online entries system, so we have added a grace period until this Friday, March 4th.

Those who have submitted entries can modify submissions or add new entries.

The site to upload entries is betternewspapercontest.com. Click “contestant login” and, under “contest,” choose “2011 Greater Bay Area Journalism Awards.”

For information on categories within those divisions and how to enter, visit here.