Awards

Apply for Pictures of the Year Award

DEADLINE: JANUARY 18, 2021 — Pictures of the Year International is accepting entries for its 78th competition.

POY is a program of the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism.

The award recognizes the best photojournalism, online presentation and visual editing created or published in 2020.

$1,000 cash prizes & Tiffany crystal trophy, among others, will be awarded to winners.

Application is open to teams or individuals, either independent or affiliated with media organizations such as newspapers, magazines, or specialty advocacy organizations.

Interested photographers can enter a maximum of fifteen projects in any combination of the available thirty-five categories.

POY accepts two photographic modes: color and black & white.

Applicants should avoid submitting heavily edited images.

Photographs must have been taken or published for the first time (either in print or online) between January 1 and December 31, 2020.

The entry fee is $50.

The deadline for submissions is Monday, January 18th, 2021 by 5:59 p.m. CST.

APPLY HERE

 

MORE MEDIA AND JOURNALISM OPPORTUNITIES FROM I-79 MEDIA

Apply for the Pan African Re/Insurance Journalism Awards

DEADLINE: DECEMBER 31, 2020 ― Business journalists from across Africa are invited to submit entries for the 6th edition of the Pan African Re/Insurance Journalism Awards. APPLY HERE

Coronavirus News Collaboration Challenge 2020

DEADLINE: DECEMBER 31, 2020 ― The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting is seeking proposals that develop innovative approaches to reporting on the novel coronavirus crisis using collaboration among journalists and newsrooms across state lines or national borders. APPLY HERE.

Apply for Goethe-Institut Africa-focused memory project

DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2021 ― Interested persons can apply for the Goethe-Institut memory project tagged Archive of Forgetfulness. APPLY HERE

Apply for Rory Peck Trust COVID-19 Hardship Fund

DEADLINE: ROLLING ― In response to the devastating impact of the pandemic, the Rory Peck Trust has created a dedicated fund to provide practical and financial support to active freelance news journalists whose work and livelihoods have been directly affected by COVID-19. APPLY HERE

 

O

Recent Posts

WSCIJ accepting investigative story proposals

DEADLINE: APRIL 30, 2026 — Local investigative journalists can propose investigative stories to the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism…

4 days ago

Sharon Begley Science Reporting Award

DEADLINE: APRIL 30, 2026 — The Council for the Advancement of Science Writing (CASW) is accepting applications for the annual…

5 days ago

Campus journalism clinic open to Usmanu Danfodiyo University students

DEADLINE: APRIL 27, 2026 —  Students of  Usmanu Danfodiyo University (UDUS), Sokoto State, with an interest in journalism can apply…

7 days ago

Africast seeks pitches for accountability stories

DEADLINE: ROLLING Africast, a new media startup, is currently accepting pitches for accountability stories under the Civic Media Lab project.…

1 week ago

MTN Media Innovation Programme for Nigerian media practitioners

DEADLINE: APRIL 22, 2026 — Media practitioners in the Nigerian space can apply for the MTN Media Innovation Programme (MIP). This…

1 week ago

2026 MTN Pan-African Media Innovation Programme

DEADLINE: APRIL 30, 2026 — The 2026 cohort of the MTN Pan-African Media Innovation Programme (MIP) is open for applications.…

1 week ago

This website uses cookies.