The following awards competitions are currently open for entries:

QCNA Better Newspaper Competition - Deadline: February 10, 2025

National Newspaper Awards - Deadline: January 15, 2025

CAJ (The Canadian Association of Journalists) Awards - Deadline : January 14, 2025

The Michener Awards - Deadline February 21, 2025

Please see the information below and links on where to apply for each award competition.

QCNA Better Newspaper Competition

Opened for entries: December 6th, 2024
Deadline for entries:  February 10th, 2025
$6 per entry

Contest info link:  https://qcna.qc.ca/qcna-bcn-contest/

National Newspaper Awards

Opened for entries:  December 1st , 2024
Deadline for entries:  January 15th , 2025 

$30 per entry

Website:  https://nna-ccj.ca/

Contest Rules: https://nna-ccj.ca/rules/

The National Newspaper Awards were established in 1949 by the Toronto Press Club and developed a new governance structure in 1989 under the auspices of the not-for-profit Canadian Daily Newspaper Awards Programme Administration Corporation.

There are 23 categories: Arts and Entertainment, Beat Reporting, Breaking News, Business, Columns, Editorial Cartooning, Editorials, Explanatory Work, Feature Photo, International, Investigations, Local Reporting, Long Feature, News Photo, Photo Story, Politics, Presentation/Design, Project of the Year, Short Feature, Special Topic, Sports, Sports Photo and Sustained News Coverage.

***National Newspaper Awards has advised QCNA that they are looking for more entries specifically FROM QUEBEC in the local reporting category (and in all categories).

CAJ (The Canadian Association of Journalists) Awards 

The CAJ’s annual awards program recognizes the best in Canadian journalism with a particular focus on investigative work. Entries are welcome from any practising journalist whose work has been published or broadcast in Canada.

Opened for entries:  December 3, 2024
Deadline to submit entries:  January 14th, 2025

Link to award categories & descriptions: https://caj.ca/programs/awards/upcoming-awards/

Entry Fees: 

• CAJ member – $30

• Non-member – $110

• CAJ student member – $25

• Team entry, all CAJ members – $60

• Team entry, non-members – $200

The Michener Awards

Deadline to apply: Friday, February 21, 2025 at 23h50 ET

The Michener Award celebrates and honours outstanding and unbiased journalism that results in positive change for the public good. Established in 1971, it is Canada’s premier journalism award.

The Michener Award is presented annually to news organizations, rather than individuals. Entries are judged for their professionalism, their impact on the public, and the degree of arms-length public benefit that is generated. Daily and weekly newspapers, news agencies, radio and television stations and networks, online news sites, and periodicals are eligible. Other criteria include the resources available to the news organizations: an effort to level the playing field for small, medium and large applicants.

Cost to submit an entry:  $100 per entry.     Eligibility & submission Process: https://www.michenerawards.ca/the-michener-award/info/

Apply here:  https://www.michenerawards.ca/award-submission-form/