Club seeks best political reporting for Lee Walczak Award

The Lee Walczak Award for Political Analysis, part of the National Press Club's Journalism Contest, is accepting entries to recognize some of the top political reporting and writing for 2016.

The 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.

Entries should be one article or a series of no more than three 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.

The winner gets a $750 prize.

The deadline for entries is April 1. Details on the different awards categories and how to enter the contest can be found here.

Entrants are encouraged to enter online, but if you prefer, the Club will accept entries mailed in the traditional way as long as they are postmarked before the deadline. The cost for an entry is $50 and it is free for National Press Club members.

No matter how you enter, the most important thing is to make sure you submit your best journalism.

The awards will be presented at an annual awards dinner at the National Press Club this summer.

The contest includes awards for newsletter journalism, political reporting, regional reporting on Washington, international coverage, consumer reporting and online journalism.

It also includes a group of awards for areas as diverse as reporting on the welfare of animals, coverage of the journalism industry, the aviation industry, problems facing the elderly and humor writing.