Call for Submissions: Dalton Camp Award (Canada)

Prize Information

• The jury will award one prize of $10,000 for the best overall essay from among all eligible entries received, including from any essays authored by someone who identifies as eligible for the Student Journalism Prize.
• The jury will award one additional Student Journalism Prize of $2,500.
• FRIENDS may publish the winning essay(s), as well as the name and the biographical sketch submitted by the winning entrant(s), in any medium, including electronically over the internet, at a time of its choosing after announcing the award(s). Each winner is required to grant a licence or assignment to this effect. Winners may also be requested to participate, to the best of their ability, in the announcement process including recording an acceptance video and granting media interviews.

Topic

• Original, unpublished English works of non-fiction on the link between media and democracy. Essays can be up to 2,000 words (not including footnotes or citations).
• Essays should be dynamic, engaging, and provocative and will be judged on both subject matter and strength of written expression. Avoid technical and academic writing.

Eligibility Criteria

• Any Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada may enter except members of the FRIENDS’ Board of Directors, its employees, retained consultants or business associates, and members of the jury, as well as their immediate family members.
• Previous winners are ineligible.
• Post-secondary students or recent graduates from a journalism, broadcasting, media studies or communications program may also submit for the Student Journalism Prize.
• A student is defined as someone who is enrolled full-time in journalism, broadcasting, media studies or communications program at a recognized Canadian post-secondary institution, at the time of entry or at any time during the 2023 or 2024 calendar year.
• Students who graduated from one of these programs in 2023 are also eligible.

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