Election and Campaign contest category added

At popular request, we’re taking the unusual step of adding a special category to honor top journalism covering Indiana’s tumultuous 2016 political season. The new Election and Campaign Coverage category is meant to recognize outstanding political campaign and Election Day-related reporting.

The new category has been added to all divisions of the Best of Indiana Journalism Contest -- so coverage in broadcast, print and online formats by both professionals and students can be entered. We continue to have our Government and Politics category that recognizes coverage of the functions of our government institutions and political figures.

We hope this new category will capture some of the election drama Hoosiers saw over the past year.

Download the contest details now at this link: http://bit.ly/2id8DZV

 Submitting is easy. Most entries can be submitted in just a few minutes on our contest site: https://awards.indyprospj.org/

Enter Now. The contest deadline is Friday, February 3. 

Best of Indiana contest open for entries

We are now accepting entries for this year's Best of Indiana Journalism contest. Help us honor the best work of our state's professional and student journalists while supporting the chapter's college scholarship program.

The contest has dozens of categories in online, print, radio, and television journalism. Full-time journalists, freelancers and students all welcome to enter. Entry fees are still just $20 for professionals and $15 for students.

The contest is for work published or broadcast during 2016, and nominations can be made for the Indiana Journalism Courage Award, Indiana Journalist of the Year, Indiana Student Journalist of the Year, Indiana Story of the Year, First Amendment Award and Slaymaker Service to Indiana Journalism Award.

All the details on rules and categories: http://bit.ly/2id8DZV

The link to the contest entry site: https://awards.indyprospj.org/

The entry deadline is Feb. 3. The awards banquet will be Friday, April 21, at the Indianapolis Marriott North.

Email any questions to spjawards@gmail.com