Submissions open for the 2019 National Magazine Awards
If you’ve written a great piece of magazine journalism this year, the time has come to make a submission to the National Magazine Awards. If your publisher isn’t planning to submit your work, you can submit it yourself — and the awards foundation even offers freelancers a discount on entry fees. The Freelancer Support Fund offers […]
2018 Dave Greber Awards open for submissions
Freelance writers, if you’ve focused your work on social justice issues this year, it’s time to apply for the Dave Greber Freelance Writers Awards. The competition opened this week and the submissions deadline is Friday, June 22 at 5 p.m. PST. The awards honour the memory of Dave Greber, a Calgary-based freelancer who wrote extensively about social […]
2017 SABEW Canada Best in Business Awards open for submissions
Freelance business writers, it’s time to get your application together for the SABEW Canada Best in Business awards. The 4th annual awards will be given to work published or broadcast during the 2017 calendar year. There are ten categories for this year’s awards, including investigative, personal finance, breaking news coverage, profile, and long-form and short-form […]
2018 National Magazine Awards submissions open
Have you written a great piece of magazine journalism this year? If your publisher isn’t planning to enter it for a National Magazine Award, you should consider entering it yourself… and once again you’ll get a discount on your entry fees. Entries for the 41st annual National Magazine Awards opened this week and the Freelancer Support Fund is […]
2017 Ali Mustafa Memorial Award for freelance photojournalists open for applications
Freelance photojournalists are invited to apply for the 2017 Ali Mustafa Memorial Award for People’s Journalism. The award is granted to young photojournalists in honour of Ali Mustafa, a Canadian freelance photographer killed in Aleppo, Syria in 2014. Applications for this year’s award close on December 15, 2017. Mustafa’s work had been featured in The Guardian, Le Nouvel […]
2017 Dave Greber Freelance Writers Awards open for submissions
After taking a break in 2016, the Dave Greber Freelance Writers Awards are back this year. Submissions for the 2017 awards opened this week. Created in 2004 in the memory of freelance writer Dave Greber, the awards are given to writers of social justice-related non-fiction. There are two awards — one for books and one for magazines. The book award […]
SABEW Canada Best in Business awards application deadline February 16
If you’re a freelance business writer, it’s time to get your application ready for the 2017 SABEW Canada Best in Business awards competition. There are 11 different award categories, including commentary, feature and investigative. Applications are open to SABEW Canada members in good standing. Freelancers even get a break on the entry fee, paying $30 USD […]
Greg Clark Award open for applications
The Canadian Journalism Foundation’s award for early-career journalists is now open for applications. Freelancers who have been working on the news and editorial side of newspapers, TV and radio news, and online publications for between one and five years are eligible to apply for the Greg Clark Award. The award offers the successful applicant the opportunity to […]
National Magazine Awards Foundation announces new categories, Freelancer Support Fund
The National Magazine Awards Foundation announced a revamped set of categories last week that are designed to increase the value and prestige of the awards. There are 25 categories this year, including 14 writing awards and 7 visual awards. Instead of focusing on subject matter, the new categories are defined by form. They include such categories as long-form […]
National Magazine Awards Foundation announces new initiatives
The National Magazine Awards Foundation announced a number of changes this week. The foundation is responsible for the National Magazine Awards, which celebrate their 40th anniversary this year. In a press release yesterday, the foundation said that the changes are designed to “maintain and advance the NMAF’s 40-year status as the gold standard of creative excellence.” […]
