Open Competitions
NLA First Amendment Award
DEADLINE: April 23, 2021
The News Leaders Association has opened competition for its First Amendment Award. This award recognizes the best examples of journalism on protecting or advancing Freedom of Information principles or overcoming significant resistance to the application of the First Amendment.
All news websites, news services (including radio, TV stations and magazines) and newspapers in the United States are eligible to enter. All entries must have been originally published — either in print or online — anytime between January 2020 through the end of Sunshine Week, March 20, 2021.
Thanks to sponsor Middle Tennessee State University’s Free Speech Center, this award will come with a $1,000 cash prize.
Entries must be received by 11:59 p.m., Friday, April 23. No late entries will be accepted.
Click here for more information and to enter.
All questions should be emailed to contact@newsleaders.org.
National Press Club Journalism Awards
DEADLINE: April 15, 2021
Through its annual journalism awards, the National Press Club seeks to recognize and honor professional journalists who produced outstanding work in 2020 for the public, either independently or as employees of editorially independent news entities.
There are a wide variety of categories including breaking news, news photography, online journalism, geriatric coverage and political journalism.
In all cases, judges will give weight to demonstration of individual enterprise, fairness, accuracy and objectivity.
Content produced for house organs, pamphlets, theses or reports will not be considered, nor will advocacy outlets of interest groups such as trade associations, consumer organizations or government agencies.
Entries may be submitted by either journalists or their employers. Non-traditional entrants are free to explain in supporting materials how they meet these journalistic criteria, and should submit a statement explaining their editorial independence.
There is an entry fee of $75 per submission – NPC member entry fees are waived with login.
Did we miss a competition? Email spjriogrande@gmail.com and we’ll add a link.
Awards
We’re proud of your work. It’s time to show it off.
As a service to journalists working throughout New Mexico and in El Paso, your SPJ chapter maintains this page of awards that are open to media professionals and students in our member area.
Did we miss an award? Email spjriogrande@gmail.com and we’ll add a link.
Not yet a member of SPJ Rio Grande? Click here for information and how to join.