Deadline: 1 February 2024
The Wallace House Center for Journalists is accepting nominations for the Livingston Awards.
Categories
- Three categories: local, national and international reporting.
Prize Information
- Prizes of $10,000 will be presented in three categories.
- There is no entry fee.
- Prize money is paid directly to the journalists, not the media organizations.
Eligibility Criteria
- Entrants must be 34 years of age or younger as of December 31, 2023.
- Multiple bylines are eligible, but all must meet the age criteria.
- One entry per individual is accepted. One entry can be a single piece or a maximum of three pieces either from a published series, an original piece and its follow-up developments or three pieces clearly tied together in a beat. All pieces of the series must be published by the same organization.
- There is no limit to the number of entries that a media organization can submit, provided that they enter only one entry per reporter.
- Individuals may apply on their own, or be entered by their organization.
- Print, online, video, audio and data visualization work are eligible. Still photography is not eligible.
- The work must appear in U.S.-controlled media. Entrants are not required to be U.S. citizens.
- Entries must be directly related to current events or include new information about old events. Features and commentary are eligible.
- Submissions must consist of materials prepared in the ordinary course of the journalist’s professional production. Materials prepared by journalists specifically for submission to the Livingston Awards do not qualify.
- Student media completed solely as a class assignment or for a college or university publication is not eligible.
- Journalism produced by students and published by a media organization serving a general audience is eligible.
- Competition is limited to work published or appearing during the calendar year ending December 31, 2023.
- The Livingston Awards reserves the right to use any part or whole of any entered piece for publicity or educational purposes.
- Winners will participate in an outreach event arranged by the Livingston Awards.
For more information, visit Wallace House Center for Journalists.
