Well, maybe a little fame anyway. The Sigma Delta Chi Awards are open now to pro members. Deadline for entries is February 12. You can read the rules at the link above. View Quill magazine here to read about previous winners — the ones that are already basking in their fifteen minutes of fame.
Read about categories here, and you can even enter on-line just by making one more silly little click here to go to the entry page.
PLUS … there’s even more opportunities through “The New America Award, honoring public service journalism that explores and exposes an issue of importance to immigrant or ethnic communities in the U.S., To be eligible, work must have been published or broadcast during the 2009 calendar year. SPJ welcomes nominations from media outlets, journalists, community and issue advocacy groups, individuals and others concerned with ethnic issues. Deadline to submit is February 12, and you can read all about it here.
Don’t let fame slip through your fingers — if you don’t enter, you probably won’t win!