Journalism awards
Please email information about your awards for journalists to clare at journalism.co.ukThe Lung Cancer Journalism Awards
Deadline: 10/10/08Details: This award, now in its third year, recognises journalistic expertise in writing about lung cancer. Entries must have been published between 1 September 2007 and 1 September 2008.
Categories include: Medical, consumer, and broadcast
Prize: The winner in each category will receive a global showcase of their winning work and a £2,000 research grant.
Sponsors include: Global Lung Cancer Coalition
Contact name: Linda Dornan
Address: The Lung Cancer Journalism Awards Secretariat, Global Lung Cancer Coalition, The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation, 134 Douglas Street, Glasgow G2 4HF
Telephone: 0141 331 0580
Email: glcc@roycastle.liv.ac.uk
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/XZCLC/
British Guild of Beer Writers Awards
Deadline: 10/10/08Details: These awards will recognise and reward the best in British beer writing.
Categories include: Coors Brewers National Journalism Awards, WBrains SA Gold New Media Awards, and Wells & Young's Business to Business Journalism Awards
Prize: First prize winners in each category will receive £1,000 (plus trip to Czech Republic for the Budweiser Budvar John White Travel Bursary), second prize winners will receive £500 where applicable.
Contact name: Tim Hampson
Address: Beer Writers Competition, c/o Seal Communications Limited, Islington Gates, 8 Fleet Street, Birmingham B3 1JH
Mobile: 07768 614283
Email: tim@infopub.co.uk
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/HCODB/
The Anupama Jayaraman Memorial Award
Deadline: 15/10/08Details: This award commemorates Anupama Jayaraman, a young Indian journalist who died in 2006. It is open to Indian women under the age of 25, writing on issues regarding human rights and social justice. Entrants must be able to provide three pieces of work published between 1 September 2006 and 30 September 2008.
Prize: A citation and a cheque for Rs. 15,000
Address: Openspace, 125/ 1, 15th cross, 5th main, 2nd Block,
R.T. Nagar, Bangalore 560032 India
Telephone: +91 080 23534797
Email: award.aj@gmail.com
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/CKJQR/
WeSay Best of Citizen Photojournalism Photo Contest
Deadline: 17/10/08Details: This US based online contest invites submissions from around the world. The competition is free of charge to enter, and winning entrants retain all rights over their work.
Categories include: News, politics and sport
Prize: Three Apple iPhones, $25, $75 and $100 gift certificates from Photographer's Warehouse, and a $68.95 Photo Book from DotPhoto will be awarded to the winners, as well as having their work considered for publication on WeSay.com
Sponsors include: DotPhoto and Photographer's Warehouse
Contact name: Jason Geil
Email: info@wesay.com
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/QSQDP/
The Orwell Prize for Journalism
Deadline: 22/10/08Details: This prestigious award aims to encourage good writing and thinking about politics, about or associated with political and moral dilemmas, problems and ideas which raise issues of public policy or political concern construed in the broadest sense (including social and cultural concerns).
Sponsors include: Reuters, the Media Standards Trust and Political Quarterly
Contact name: Gavin Freeguard
Address: Media Standards Trust, Ground Floor, Discovery House, 28-42 Banner Street, London EC1Y 8QE
Telephone: 020 7608 8105
Email: gavin.freeguard@mediastandardstrust.org
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/WSLUT/
Celtic Media Festival
Deadline: 24/10/08Details: This annual three-day celebration of broadcasting and film talent and excellence from Wales, Scotland, Cornwall, Brittany and Ireland is now inviting entrants for the 2009 festival. Entrants must be from one of the above countries, or the subject matter of their work must involve issues relevant to these areas.
Categories include: Current affairs, radio documentary, and information.
Sponsors include: Creative Business Wales and BBC Cymru/Wales
Contact name: Jude MacLaverty
Address: 249 West George Street, Glasgow, G2 4QE
Telephone: 01413 021 737
Mobile: 01413 021 738
Email: jude@celticmediafestival.co.uk
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/PBZRO/
Samter Journalism Award
Deadline: 31/10/08Details: This award is for journalism dealing with allergy, asthma, and immunologic disease, as well as the role of the allergist/immunologist. To be eligible for consideration, stories must have been published between 1 September 2007 and 31 August 2008.
Categories include: New media, print, and broadcast.
Prize: One entry from each category will receive a certificate and $1,000 cash prize.
Sponsors include: American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI)
Contact name: Kimberley Jahnke
Address: 555 E. Wells St., Suite 1100, Milwaukee, WI 53202
Telephone: +1 414 272 6071
Email: kjahnke@aaaai.org
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/YSKLT/
The EU Journalist Award 2008
Deadline: 31/10/08Details: The topic of this year's award is "For Diversity. Against Discrimination." and aims to reward those who contribute through their work to a better public understanding of the benefits of diversity and the fight against discrimination in society. Print and electronic journalists from across the EU are invited to submit entries.
Prize: The winner of the European competition, plus the two runners-up, will receive prizes with a value of €4,500, €3,000 and €2,000 respectively. Prizes will consist of activities or equipment to be chosen from the following: Participation at a conference or seminar on discrimination in the EU, a trip to Brussels to meet relevant EU officials, or electronic equipment to help with the journalist’s work.
Sponsors include: The Association of European Journalists and The Network of Young Media Makers European Youth Press
Email: journalist-award@stop-discrimination.info
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/SVDBC/
Media Orthopaedic Reporting Excellence Awards
Deadline: 31/10/08Details: The Media Orthopaedic Reporting Excellence (MORE) awards are presented by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) to reward journalism that furthers public understanding of musculoskeletal health issues. Entries must have been published between 1 October 2007 and 1 October 2008 to qualify.
Categories include: National consumer print journalism, local consumer print journalism, and advocacy journalism
Address: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 6300 North River Road, Rosemont, Illinois 60018 USA
Telephone: +1 847 384 4031
Fax: +1 847 823 7268
Email: lpearson@aaos.org
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/DLGIW/
LASA Media Awards 2009
Deadline: 01/11/08Details: These awards, hosted by the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), pay tribute to long-term journalistic contributions to analysis and public debate about Latin America, as well as breakthrough journalism. The awards are open to journalists from both print and electronic media.
Contact name: Milagros Pereyra-Rojas
Address: LASA Executive Director, LASA Secretariat, 416 Bellefield Hall, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260 USA
Email: lasa@pitt.edu
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/ZQUGZ/
The Aftermath Project Grant
Deadline: 03/11/08Details: This annual photojournalism grant is open to working photographers worldwide covering the aftermath of conflict.
Prize: one $15,000 and one £25,000 grant
Sponsors include: The Open Society Institute and the Compton Foundation
Contact name: Sara Terry
Email: sara@theaftermathproject.org
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/EAOLK/
The Luis Valtuena 12th International Humanitarian Photography Award
Deadline: 05/11/08Details: This award is open to photographers, whether professional or amateur. The images entered must be related to humanitarian actuion, inetrnational cooperation and social exclusion, and work must have been carried out between January 2006 and November 2008 in order to be eligible.
Categories include: As well as the main prize, there are two further special categories, which are 'Climate change and its effects on human health' and 'Immigrant Integration: towards a multicultural Europe'
Prize: First prize is a grant of €8,000, the runner up will receive a cash prize of €1,000, and there are two special prizes of €1,500. Furthermore, along with the winning photographs, several other photographs will also be selected to form part of a national and international exhibition.
Sponsors include: Medicos del Mundo
Address: Premio Internacional de Fotograpfia Humanitaria Luis Valtuena, Medicos del Mundo, Conde de Vilches, 15, 28028 Madrid, Spain
Telephone: +34 91 543 60 33
Fax: +34 91 543 79 23
Email: informacion@medicosdelmundo.org
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/FKGIS/
The Walter Sullivan Award for Excellence in Science Journalism - Features
Deadline: 14/11/08Details: The Walter Sullivan Award recognises excellence in reporting, generally produced with deadlines of longer than one week, that explains the background of scientific discoveries or principles.
Categories include: Atmospheric sciences, ocean sciences, and
planetary sciences.
Prize: A $2,000 prize, and a plaque to be presented at an American Geophysical Union meeting.
Sponsors include: American Geophysical Union
Contact name: Peter Weiss
Email: pweiss@agu.org
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/LSEIJ/
The David Perlman Award for Excellence in Science Journalism - News
Deadline: 14/11/08Details: The David Perlman Award recognises excellence in reporting of scientific advances, generally produced under deadline pressure of one week or less.
Categories include: Atmospheric sciences, ocean sciences, and
planetary sciences.
Prize: A $2,000 prize, and a plaque to be presented at an American Geophysical Union meeting.
Sponsors include: American Geophysical Union
Email: pweiss@agu.org
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/LSEIJ/
WorkWorld Media Awards 2008
Deadline: 14/11/08Details: The WorkWorld Media Awards seeks to recognise outstanding written and broadcast journalism covering the fields of work, management, business and economics.
Categories include: Journalist to watch, online journalist, and lifetime achievement.
Address: The Work Foundation, 21 Palmer Street, London SW1H 0AD
Telephone: 020 7976 3500
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/TGAJP/
The VisitBritain Travel Journalism Awards
Deadline: 01/12/08Details: These awards are open to entries from travel writers and broadcasters living in the US and Canada and honour published articles and segments that position Britain as a contemporary and 'must-see' destination. Entries must have been published in 2008 to be eligible.
Categories include: Best newspaper article, best magazine article, and best online article
Prize: The grand prize will include an all-expenses paid trip to the north of England for six nights.
Sponsors include: British Airways and VisitBritain.com
Contact name: Joanna Allen
Address: VisitBritain, 551 Fifth Avenue, Suite 701, New York NY 10176-0799 USA
Telephone: +1 212 850 0312
Email: joanna.allen@visitbritain.org
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/RWYVH/
Bert Greene Awards for Food Journalism
Deadline: 15/12/08Details: The International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) present these awards to recognise the best in food journalism internationally. Entries must have been published during the 2008 calendar year to be eligible.
Categories include: Magazine, Newspaper, and Internet
Contact name: Maria Richie
Address: Bert Greene Awards for Food Journalism, International Association of Culinary Professionals, 455 South Fourth Street,
Suite 650, Louisville, KY 40202 USA.
Telephone: +1 800 928 4227
Fax: +1 502 589 3602
Email: mrichie@iacp.com
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/YMBPV/
Templeton-Cambridge Journalism Fellowships in Science and Religion
Deadline: 16/12/08Details: Annual Fellowships enable journalists to pursue an intensive two-month course of study in issues of science and religion. The programme includes three weeks of seminars at the University of Cambridge in the UK, featuring eminent authorities in the field. The awards are open to journalists with a minimum of three years’ experience; priority will be given to mid-career and senior journalists.
Prize: Fellows will be paid a stipend and travel expenses to Cambridge
Address: 315 Bleecker Street, Suite 252 New York, NY 10014 USA
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/ZMNGN/
Asia Pacific Rice Journalist Award 2008
Deadline: 02/01/09Details: This award, open to any journalist based in or with citizenship of an Asian/Pacific country, who can prove they have effectively educated the public on the role of rice in cultures, economies and communities/societies in the region. Articles must have been published between 1 September 2007 and 21 December 2008 to be eligible.
Prize: The winner will receive $1,000 in the form of cash/cheque, and an Asia Pacific Rice Journalist Award plaque and certificate.
Address: The Save Our Rice Campaign, Asia Pacific Rice Film Award Secretariat, Pesticide Action Network Asia and the Pacific, P.O. Box 1170, Penang 10850 Malaysia
Telephone: +60 4 657 0271
Mobile: +60 4 658 3960
Email: panap@panap.net
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/ZCUZX/
Royal Statistical Society Journalism Excellence Awards
Deadline: 30/01/09Details: This award is for those journalists whose work makes use of statistics to question, analyse and investigate the issues that affect society at large. Journalists working in print, online and broadcast media are eligible for the award, provided articles submitted were published during the 2008 calendar year.
Categories include: Print and online publication – a winner and runner-up, and broadcast media – a single winner.
Prize: Winners receive an engraved Waterford crystal paperweight and a cash prize.
Address: 12 Errol Street, London EC1Y 8LX
Telephone: 020 7614 3920
Email: a.garratt@rss.org.uk
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/KVPYZ/
The 2009 Newspaper Awards
Deadline: 16/02/09Details: These major awards are dedicated to news media and newspaper production. Newspapers must have been published since 1 January 2008 in order to be eligible.
Categories include: National Newspaper of the Year (weekdays only), Electronic News Site of the Year, and the Fujifilm Grand Prix for the most significant contribution to future newspaper success.
Sponsors include: Production Journal, Fujiflm and Agfa
Contact name: Helen Hargreaves
Telephone: 01869 340 788
Email: helen@newspaperawards.co.uk
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/DQZQM/
American Instute of Physics Science Writing Award
Deadline: 01/03/09Details: The American Institute of Physics (AIP) presents this award to honour effective science communication in print and broadcast media and to improve the general public's appreciation of physics and related sciences. Only entries written by professional journalists and published between 1 January 2007 and 31 December 2008 are eligible for consideration.
Categories include: journalist, children's, and broadcast media.
Prize: The winning author will receive a prize of $3,000, an engraved Windsor Chair, and a certificate of recognition. The publisher will receive a certificate honouring the publication in which the work appeared. AIP will pay the winning author's travel expenses to receive the award.
Contact name: Alicia Torres
Address: American Institute of Physics, Media & Government Relations Division, One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740-3843 USA
Telephone: +1 301 209 3090
Email: atorres@aip.org
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/XZUNW/
ESO Best Cancer Reporter Award
Deadline: 07/04/09Details: The European School of Encology (ESO) presents this award annually to consumer journalists who are felt to have demonstrated outstanding ability in covering cancer stories. Articles must have been published between April 2008 and April 2009 to be eligible, and entrants may be self-nominated or nominated by another person.
Prize: First prize is €10,000 plus an expenses-paid trip to attend the award ceremony, while two runners-up will receive €5,000 each. All winning articles will be publshed in ESO's CancerWorld magazine.
Contact name: Corinne Hall
Address: Via del Bollo 4, 20123 Milano Italy.
Telephone: +39 02 85 46 45 22
Email: mediaservice@eso.net
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/MOXGY/
Michael E. Debakey Journalism Awards
Deadline: 30/04/09Details: This award, presented by the Foundation for Biomedical Research (FBR), rewards outstanding reporting about scientific discovery involving animal models. Entries must have been submitted between 31 March 2008 and 31 March 2009 in order to be eligible.
Categories include: Print (large market), internet, and international
Address: Foundation for Biomedical Research, 818 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 900, Washington DC 20006 USA
Telephone: +1 202 457 0654
Fax: +1 202 457 0659
Email: info@fbresearch.org
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/FCGFO/
