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Consumer Journalism Award | Washington Regional Reporting Award | Arthur Rowse Award for Press Criticism | Edwin M. Hood Award for Diplomatic Correspondence | Newsletter Journalism Award | Joan M. Friedenberg Online Journalism Award | Sandy Hume Memorial Award for Excellence in Political Journalism | Joseph D. Ryle Award for Excellence in Writing on the Problems of Geriatrics | Angele Gingras Humor Award | Ann Cottrell Free Animal Reporting Award | Michael A. Dornheim Award | Lee Walczak Award for Political Analysis | Breaking News | News Photos


Consumer Journalism Award

These awards recognize excellence in reporting on consumer topics. Judges will look more favorably on solution-oriented or strategic-oriented pieces that prompt action by consumers, the community, the government or an individual.

Categories:

  1. Newspapers
  2. Periodicals (including magazines, journals, newsletters and online reporting)
  3. Broadcast (including network, syndicates, cable and broadcast TV and radio stations)

Entries: A single article or broadcast or a series of related articles or broadcasts that will be judged as a unit. If the entry is a continuing column, no more than five examples should be submitted. Include a letter detailing how the piece or series resulted in action by consumers, the government, the community or an individual.

Prize: $750 award for each category.
Click here for the entry form.


Washington Regional Reporting Award

This prize recognizes the work of Washington-based regional reporters who provide a clear understanding of events, issues and politics of importance to a city, state or region. This contest honors reporters who demonstrate excellence and versatility in covering Washington from a local angle.

Category:

  1. Print/Online

Entries: Up to 6 articles that demonstrate a diverse body of work. Entrants must be full-time professional reporters but may work for more than one publication. Articles must be printed in daily newspapers or online editions of daily papers.

Prize: $750.
Click here for the entry form.


Arthur Rowse Award for Press Criticism

Sponsored by former U.S. News & World Report reporter Arthur Rowse, these awards honor excellence in examining the role and work of the news media. All entries must focus on criticism of journalistic practices or reporting on the industry, and must encourage responsible media behavior.

Categories:

  1. Print/Online
  2. Broadcast

Entries: Up to 5 articles or broadcasts (not necessarily in the same outlet) and must be accompanied by a letter explaining the significance of the work and any subsequent actions resulting from its publication or airing.
Prize: $1,000 for each category.
Click here for the entry form.


Edwin M. Hood Award for Diplomatic Correspondence

Named for Edwin M. Hood, a distinguished diplomatic correspondent for the Associated Press and a founding member of the National Press Club, these awards recognize excellence in reporting on diplomatic and foreign policy issues. Entrants must demonstrate an understanding of American foreign policy and how foreign affairs affect those policies.

Categories:

  1. Print/Online
  2. Broadcast

Entries: A single article or broadcast or a series of articles or broadcasts (maximum of 5) that will be judged as one unit. Include a letter detailing how and why the piece or series broke fresh ground or how it brought clarity and understanding of foreign policy issues to the U.S. audience.
Prize: $750 for each category
Click here for the entry form.


Newsletter Journalism Award

This competition acknowledges excellence in newsletter journalism.

Category:

  1. Best analytical or interpretive reporting piece

Entries: A single story or a series of no more than 5 related stories. Entries must be published by an independent newsletter.
Prize: $750.
Click here for the entry form.


Joan M. Friedenberg Online Journalism Award

This award is named in memory of Joan M. Friedenberg, founding editor of the Online Newshour and wife of former Club President Jonathan D. Salant, and is funded by donations from Joan's friends and family.

The winner will have done original reporting and have taken advantage of online technology, such as interactive databases, primary-source interviews, and accompanying charts and graphs, in order to provide a thorough and graphically attractive report. This is not a contest for stories that run online rather than in a print publication; this is to recognize the best journalism that uses online technology to provide a more compelling report than a print or broadcast story alone. Both online-only reports and sites that accompany print or broadcast stories are eligible; in the latter case, entrants must show how they used online content to enhance the print and broadcast reports.

Entries: Entries are on a single topic and must be submitted via the Web using the online entry form. Please provide specific URLs where appropriate or note a designated area for the award material on the site.

Entrants must electronically submit a body of work that substantially represents the way it looked during the award year. Entrants must submit a cover letter explaining why their entry deserves the award. Entrants must also submit passwords if they are needed to access the material online. This contest is not restricted to traditional media, though advocacy groups and others that lobby are ineligible.
Prize: $750
Click here for the entry form.


Sandy Hume Memorial Award for Excellence in Political Journalism

This award honors excellence and objectivity in political coverage by reporters 34 years old or younger. It is named in memory of Sandy Hume, the reporter for The Hill who broke the story of the aborted 1997 coup against House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

Category:

  1. Print/Online

Entries: One article or a series of no more than 5 articles on a single topic. Entrants must demonstrate analytical excellence and a clear knowledge of political issues and personalities. Entrants must be under 35 years old when the entry was published. Entrant’s date of birth must be included.
Prize: $750 award.
Click here for the entry form.


Joseph D. Ryle Award for Excellence in Writing on the Problems of Geriatrics

This award honors excellence and objectivity in coverage of the problems faced by the elderly. It is named in honor of Joseph D. Ryle, a longtime National Press Club member who left an endowment for the award.

Category:

  1. Print/Online

Entries: One article or a series of no more than 5 articles on a consistent topic. Entrants must demonstrate a clear knowledge of geriatric issues and the health care industry.
Prize: $750 award.
Click here for the entry form.


Angele Gingras Humor Award

This award, named for Angele Gingras, a longtime National Press Club member who specialized in writing amusing stories for magazines and newspapers, honors excellence in humor writing.

Category:

  1. Body of work

Entries: Three examples of a regular humor feature or column that appears in a general circulation newspaper or online journalism site.
Prize: $750.
Click here for the entry form.


Ann Cottrell Free Animal Reporting Award

This award honors excellence in reporting about animals. Established by the family of journalist and longtime Press Club member Ann Cottrell Free, who wrote extensively
about animals and their welfare, this prize recognizes serious work by journalists that informs and educates the public about threats facing animals.

Categories:

  1. Print/Online
  2. Broadcast

Entries: A single article or broadcast or a series of up to 5 articles or broadcasts that will be judged as one unit. Submissions that provide evidence of impact or that prompted action will be given particular consideration.
Prize: $750 for each category.
Click here for the entry form.


Michael A. Dornheim Award

This award is presented in celebration of the career of the late Michael A. Dornheim, a longtime reporter and editor at Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine. The recipient must be a working journalist writing about aerospace, defense, the airline industry, or aerospace science and engineering.

Category:

  1. Print/Online

Entries: Up to 6 examples of work.
Prize: $1000.
Click here for the entry form.


Lee Walczak Award for Political Analysis

This award is named in memory of Lee Walczak, a Washington editor, bureau chief and White House correspondent who worked for Bloomberg News and Business Week, and recognizes excellence in political analysis. It is funded through the support of McGraw-Hill Cos. Inc., Lee's employer for 37 years, and by contributions from Lee's family and friends.

Category:

  1. Print/Online

Entries: One article or a series of no more than 3 articles on a consistent topic. Judges will consider entries that, like Walczak's work, explain why things happen by describing new developments, putting them in context and forecasting the outcome.
Prize: $750.
Click here for the entry form.


Breaking News

This award recognizes excellence in breaking news reporting. Entries will be judged for quality of reporting, speed and innovation. Particular attention will be given to reporting in the first 24 hours and the use of a variety of formats to reach news consumers.

Categories:

  1. Print/Online
  2. Broadcast

Entries: No more than five stories, written or assembled under deadline pressure, covering a single event or occurrence. Material should be submitted as originally presented. A letter describing how the reporting was done on deadline is encouraged. Supplemental material should be clearly marked. Entrants must also submit passwords if they are needed to access the material online.
Prize: One free year of membership in appropriate category. No cash award.
Click here for the entry form.


News Photos

These awards recognize excellence in spot news photography and in telling a story with news photos. Entries are limited to photos taken in 2012 and should demonstrate a photographer's instincts and photo skills. The news picture story should be the work of a single news photographer.

Categories:

  1. Spot News
  2. News picture story

Entries: Spot news entries should be a news photograph of an unplanned event that is spontaneous and requires the photographer to rely on instincts and photo skills. News picture story should be a series of pictures that tell a news story and showcases the instincts and skills of the news photographer, and they should be a maximum of nine photos, which will be considered as one entry.
Entries are limited to photos taken during 2012. Photos taken for house organs, pamphlets or reports, or advocacy outlets of interest groups such as trade associations, consumer organizations or government agencies will not be considered. The photo awards are intended to honor professional photojournalists who have produced outstanding work, either independently for news organizations or as employees of those news organizations. Non-traditional entrants are free to explain in supporting materials how they meet these journalistic criteria.
Prize: One free year of membership in appropriate category. No cash award.

Technical Submission Guidelines:

  • Entrants should submit a printed copy of the photo as it appeared in a newspaper or magazine where the photo (or photos) appeared, or a printed copy or 'screen grab" of the news website where it appeared. The date of publication should be visible.
  • Content must not be altered in Photoshop or by any other means to digitally add or subtract, beyond retouching to eliminate dust and scratches and reasonable adjustments such as cropping, dodging and burning and minor color adjustments.

Photo Guidelines:

  • JPG entries are required in all photography divisions, for both single-image and multiple-image story categories. They should be submitted on CD-Rom or DVD-Roms - three copies of the CD-Rom or DVD-rom and related paperwork must be provided for judging purposes.
  • File type: JPG; be sure each file is a .JPG and carries the extension ".JPG"
  • Quality (under "compression"): .JPG high
  • Resolution: 200 to 300 dpi, minimum
  • Color Mode: RGB
  • Image Size: 2,500 pixels or larger, on the longer side - width or height.
  • File size for a single photograph should be no more than 4 MB
  • Provide caption information for the photos that will be clear to the judges, maybe by numbering the photos in a picture story and matching numbers on the captions.
  • Please provide your contact information, phone and email address, in case more information is needed.

Click here for the entry form.