FEATURE REPORTING: Coverage and original reporting of a single subject for any topic, including but not limited to lifestyle, sports, business, human-interest. Entries must be 20 minutes or less. Open to radio and satellite networks, local radio stations and digital media, including streaming audio and podcasts. 

INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING: Coverage and original reporting of a single subject for any topic, including but not limited to lifestyle, sports, business, human-interest. Entries may be individual episodes or a full series, but entrants must only submit up to two files if a series that showcases the heart of the enterprise reporting. Open to radio and satellite networks, local radio stations and digital media, including streaming audio and podcasts. 

AUDIO PRODUCTION: Entries must showcase a high level of creative sound design and production in creating an audio series or episode for a news or feature story. Entries must be between 10 minutes and one hour, and individual episodes of a longer series can be submitted for consideration. Please include a brief description of the mix of audio assets and how they were used to create certain effects. 

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Rules: 

Entries must be received no later than Monday, November 10 by 11:59 pm ET. Entries must have been published or broadcast between September 1, 2024, and August 31, 2025.

• Entrants to all categories, with the exception of The Marie Colvin Award for Foreign Correspondence, must be newswomen who are staff or freelance and based in the New York metropolitan area — defined as New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania — at the time of publishing.
• If the submission includes entrant(s) who work remotely outside of the New York metropolitan area, the submission must include a note about how often the journalist(s) works from within the New York metropolitan area to determine their eligibility. At least half of the names on the byline must live and work in the NY metropolitan area for the submission to be eligible. Please include this when submitting the entry.
• If a contest submission contains multiple bylines that include the entrant(s) and the names of male colleagues, a note from the supervising editor of the piece must accompany the entry. The letter must state why, specifically, the newswomen on the project played a more significant role in the research, writing and execution of the work being submitted. Please include this when submitting the entry.
• An entry may NOT be submitted in more than one category –– with two exceptions: (1) when entered separately into different categories by individual talents on the team and (2) when one of the categories requires a portfolio of entries. These categories include The Front Page Award for Journalist of the Year, The Marie Colvin Award for Foreign Correspondence, The Ida B. Wells Award Honoring Exceptional Coverage of Communities of Color, The Martha Coman Front Page Award for Best New Journalist and The Lifetime Achievement Award. For example, a piece entered in a feature category may also be included as part of an entry into The Front Page Award for Journalist of the Year category.
• Several categories are restricted to local and smaller outlets. A Local TV outlet is defined as one within the New York Designated Market Area. An Independent Newsroom is one that is not affiliated with a major print publication or broadcast company.
• Once an entry has been submitted, the accompanying entry form may not be revised at the request of entrants or entrants’ representatives except to correct any misspelling.
• Any corrections or legal challenges to an entry must be included as part of the submission. In the case of a correction or legal issue, the assigning editor must include a letter explaining the context.
• Online entries must have been created for use in electronic form; material written for print publication and reused on the Internet is NOT eligible outside of the newspapers and magazine categories. 
• All submissions must be entered as published, with no alterations of the original work.
• Each entry requires a separate entry fee of $100. Fees may be paid using the form below. Fees must be paid at the time of submission. Entries without entry fees will not be considered. Entry fees are not refundable.
• If you are a freelancer and your organization won't pay for the cost of your entry, please email the Newswomen's Club at awards@newswomensclubnewyork.com with the subject line: FREELANCER FPA ENTRY, to receive TWO reduced-rate entries. Please note within the body of your email the category that you would like to enter.
• Judges will consider planning and general organization of an entry, initiative in obtaining the story, news writing, readability, and impact. They will also consider originality, creativity, content organization, clarity of message, and appropriateness to the audience.
• After the submissions deadline, the work goes before a judge and the entrant is prohibited from making any changes or including additional bylines to the submission. Doing so can result in the immediate disqualification of the entry.
• An entry may be reclassified, if deemed necessary. 
• The Newswomen’s Club reserves the right to decline an award in any category.
• Winning entries may be posted on the Newswomen’s Club website and may be included in Club publications regarding the Front Page Awards.

FEATURE
Trend, profile, human interest, or another type of feature that is not a breaking news story. Entries may be a single article or a series of up to three (3) pieces, including sidebars. Open to all media, whether distributed in print or through digital media outlets, television, radio and satellite networks, local radio stations, and digital media, including streaming audio and podcasts.  

INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
In-depth coverage of an important topic that had or could have a significant impact. Entries may be a single article or a series of no more than FIVE (5) related articles on a single subject and may include sidebars.

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Rules: 

Entries must be received no later than Monday, November 10 by 11:59 pm ET. Entries must have been published or broadcast between September 1, 2024, and August 31, 2025.

• Entrants to all categories, with the exception of The Marie Colvin Award for Foreign Correspondence, must be newswomen who are staff or freelance and based in the New York metropolitan area  -- defined as New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania -- at the time of publishing.
• If the submission includes entrant(s) who work remotely outside of the New York metropolitan area, the submission must include a note about how often the journalist(s) works from within the New York metropolitan area to determine their eligibility. At least half of the names on the byline must live and work in the NY metropolitan area for the submission to be eligible. Please include this when submitting the entry.
• If a contest submission contains multiple bylines that include the entrant(s) and the names of male colleagues, a note from the supervising editor of the piece must accompany the entry. The letter must state why, specifically, the newswomen on the project played a more significant role in the research, writing and execution of the work being submitted. Please include this when submitting the entry.
• An entry may NOT be submitted in more than one category –– with two exceptions: (1) when entered separately into different categories by individual talents on the team and (2) when one of the categories requires a portfolio of entries. These categories include The Front Page Award for Journalist of the Year, The Marie Colvin Award for Foreign Correspondence, The Ida B. Wells Award Honoring Exceptional Coverage of Communities of Color, The Martha Coman Front Page Award for Best New Journalist and The Lifetime Achievement Award. For example, a piece entered in a feature category may also be included as part of an entry into The Front Page Award for Journalist of the Year category.
• Several categories are restricted to local and smaller outlets. A Local TV outlet is defined as one within the New York Designated Market Area. An Independent Newsroom is one that is not affiliated with a major print publication or broadcast company.
• Once an entry has been submitted, the accompanying entry form may not be revised at the request of entrants or entrants’ representatives except to correct any misspelling.
• Any corrections or legal challenges to an entry must be included as part of the submission. In the case of a correction or legal issue, the assigning editor must include a letter explaining the context.
• Online entries must have been created for use in electronic form; material written for print publication and reused on the Internet is NOT eligible outside of the newspapers and magazine categories. 
• All submissions must be entered as published, with no alterations of the original work.
• Each entry requires a separate entry fee of $100. Fees may be paid using the form below. Fees must be paid at the time of submission. Entries without entry fees will not be considered. Entry fees are not refundable.
• If you are a freelancer and your organization won't pay for the cost of your entry, please email the Newswomen's Club at awards@newswomensclubnewyork.com with the subject line: FREELANCER FPA ENTRY, to receive TWO reduced-rate entries. Please note within the body of your email the category that you would like to enter.
• Judges will consider planning and general organization of an entry, initiative in obtaining the story, news writing, readability, and impact. They will also consider originality, creativity, content organization, clarity of message, and appropriateness to the audience.
• After the submissions deadline, the work goes before a judge and the entrant is prohibited from making any changes or including additional bylines to the submission. Doing so can result in the immediate disqualification of the entry.
• An entry may be reclassified, if deemed necessary. 
• The Newswomen’s Club reserves the right to decline an award in any category.
• Winning entries may be posted on the Newswomen’s Club website and may be included in Club publications regarding the Front Page Awards.

ESSAY
 A short literary composition, generally on a single subject, reflecting the author’s opinion. Entries must be limited to a single article.

FEATURE
 Trend, profile, human interest, or any other type of feature that is not a  breaking news story. Entries may be a single article or a series of up to FIVE (5) related articles, including sidebars.

INTERVIEW
 An interview with a significant personality in politics, entertainment, sports, or another area.
 

INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING The story should demonstrate the entrant’s ability to provide treatment of an issue that has an impact on the publication’s readership but that has not received prior coverage or would not have been told without the reporter’s diligence in uncovering or reporting of the subject. Submit a maximum of THREE (3) articles representing the development of the story. The dates for each article must fall within the contest calendar year.
 

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 Rules: 

Entries must be received no later than Monday, November 10 by 11:59 pm ET. Entries must have been published or broadcast between September 1, 2024, and August 31, 2025.

• Entrants to all categories, with the exception of The Marie Colvin Award for Foreign Correspondence, must be newswomen who are staff or freelance and based in the New York metropolitan area  -- defined as New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania -- at the time of publishing.
• If the submission includes entrant(s) who work remotely outside of the New York metropolitan area, the submission must include a note about how often the journalist(s) works from within the New York metropolitan area to determine their eligibility. At least half of the names on the byline must live and work in the NY metropolitan area for the submission to be eligible. Please include this when submitting the entry.
• If a contest submission contains multiple bylines that include the entrant(s) and the names of male colleagues, a note from the supervising editor of the piece must accompany the entry. The letter must state why, specifically, the newswomen on the project played a more significant role in the research, writing and execution of the work being submitted. Please include this when submitting the entry.
• An entry may NOT be submitted in more than one category –– with two exceptions: (1) when entered separately into different categories by individual talents on the team and (2) when one of the categories requires a portfolio of entries. These categories include The Front Page Award for Journalist of the Year, The Marie Colvin Award for Foreign Correspondence, The Ida B. Wells Award Honoring Exceptional Coverage of Communities of Color, The Martha Coman Front Page Award for Best New Journalist and The Lifetime Achievement Award. For example, a piece entered in a feature category may also be included as part of an entry into The Front Page Award for Journalist of the Year category.
• Several categories are restricted to local and smaller outlets. A Local TV outlet is defined as one within the New York Designated Market Area. An Independent Newsroom is one that is not affiliated with a major print publication or broadcast company.
• Once an entry has been submitted, the accompanying entry form may not be revised at the request of entrants or entrants’ representatives except to correct any misspelling.
• Any corrections or legal challenges to an entry must be included as part of the submission. In the case of a correction or legal issue, the assigning editor must include a letter explaining the context.
• Online entries must have been created for use in electronic form; material written for print publication and reused on the Internet is NOT eligible outside of the newspapers and magazine categories. 
• All submissions must be entered as published, with no alterations of the original work.
• Each entry requires a separate entry fee of $100. Fees may be paid using the form below. Fees must be paid at the time of submission. Entries without entry fees will not be considered. Entry fees are not refundable.
• If you are a freelancer and your organization won't pay for the cost of your entry, please email the Newswomen's Club at awards@newswomensclubnewyork.com with the subject line: FREELANCER FPA ENTRY, to receive TWO reduced-rate entries. Please note within the body of your email the category that you would like to enter.
• Judges will consider planning and general organization of an entry, initiative in obtaining the story, news writing, readability, and impact. They will also consider originality, creativity, content organization, clarity of message, and appropriateness to the audience.
• After the submissions deadline, the work goes before a judge and the entrant is prohibited from making any changes or including additional bylines to the submission. Doing so can result in the immediate disqualification of the entry.
• An entry may be reclassified, if deemed necessary. 
• The Newswomen’s Club reserves the right to decline an award in any category.
• Winning entries may be posted on the Newswomen’s Club website and may be included in Club publications regarding the Front Page Awards.

BEAT REPORTING Coverage by a single reporter or up to a team of three reporters of a particular subject covered during the contest year. Submit a maximum of FIVE (5) related articles.

FEATURE LARGE CIRCULATION Trend, profile, human interest, or a subject area that is not breaking news. Entries may be a single article and may include sidebars. This category is open to publications with a circulation of 60,000 or higher.

FEATURE SMALL CIRCULATION Trend, profile, human interest, or a subject area that is not breaking news. Entries may be a single article and may include sidebars. This category is open to publications with a circulation of under 60,000.

INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING  Submissions should demonstrate the entrant’s ability to provide treatment of an issue that has not received prior coverage or would not have been told without the reporter’s diligence in uncovering or reporting the subject. Submit a maximum of FIVE (5) articles representing the development of the story. The entries must have been published within the contest year.

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Rules: 

Entries must be received no later than Monday, November 10 by 11:59 pm ET. Entries must have been published or broadcast between September 1, 2024, and August 31, 2025.

• Entrants to all categories, with the exception of The Marie Colvin Award for Foreign Correspondence, must be newswomen who are staff or freelance and based in the New York metropolitan area  -- defined as New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania -- at the time of publishing.
• If the submission includes entrant(s) who work remotely outside of the New York metropolitan area, the submission must include a note about how often the journalist(s) works from within the New York metropolitan area to determine their eligibility. At least half of the names on the byline must live and work in the NY metropolitan area for the submission to be eligible. Please include this when submitting the entry.
• If a contest submission contains multiple bylines that include the entrant(s) and the names of male colleagues, a note from the supervising editor of the piece must accompany the entry. The letter must state why, specifically, the newswomen on the project played a more significant role in the research, writing and execution of the work being submitted. Please include this when submitting the entry.
• An entry may NOT be submitted in more than one category –– with two exceptions: (1) when entered separately into different categories by individual talents on the team and (2) when one of the categories requires a portfolio of entries. These categories include The Front Page Award for Journalist of the Year, The Marie Colvin Award for Foreign Correspondence, The Ida B. Wells Award Honoring Exceptional Coverage of Communities of Color, The Martha Coman Front Page Award for Best New Journalist and The Lifetime Achievement Award. For example, a piece entered in a feature category may also be included as part of an entry into The Front Page Award for Journalist of the Year category.
• Several categories are restricted to local and smaller outlets. A Local TV outlet is defined as one within the New York Designated Market Area. An Independent Newsroom is one that is not affiliated with a major print publication or broadcast company.
• Once an entry has been submitted, the accompanying entry form may not be revised at the request of entrants or entrants’ representatives except to correct any misspelling.
• Any corrections or legal challenges to an entry must be included as part of the submission. In the case of a correction or legal issue, the assigning editor must include a letter explaining the context.
• Online entries must have been created for use in electronic form; material written for print publication and reused on the Internet is NOT eligible outside of the newspapers and magazine categories. 
• All submissions must be entered as published, with no alterations of the original work.
• Each entry requires a separate entry fee of $100. Fees may be paid using the form below. Fees must be paid at the time of submission. Entries without entry fees will not be considered. Entry fees are not refundable.
• If you are a freelancer and your organization won't pay for the cost of your entry, please email the Newswomen's Club at awards@newswomensclubnewyork.com with the subject line: FREELANCER FPA ENTRY, to receive TWO reduced-rate entries. Please note within the body of your email the category that you would like to enter.
• Judges will consider planning and general organization of an entry, initiative in obtaining the story, news writing, readability, and impact. They will also consider originality, creativity, content organization, clarity of message, and appropriateness to the audience.
• After the submissions deadline, the work goes before a judge and the entrant is prohibited from making any changes or including additional bylines to the submission. Doing so can result in the immediate disqualification of the entry.
• An entry may be reclassified, if deemed necessary. 
• The Newswomen’s Club reserves the right to decline an award in any category.
• Winning entries may be posted on the Newswomen’s Club website and may be included in Club publications regarding the Front Page Awards.

NEWSLETTERS Entries must be original, focused on a single subject area, beat or industry, and limited to a maximum of THREE (3) newsletters.

FEATURE LARGE NEWSROOM: Trend, profile, human interest, or another subject area that is not breaking news. Entries may be a single article and may include sidebars. Must have appeared exclusively online or have been produced by a wire service.

FEATURE INDEPENDENT NEWSROOM: Trend, profile, human interest, or another subject area that is not breaking news. Entries may be a single article and may include sidebars. Must have appeared exclusively online or have been produced by a wire service. 

INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING In-depth coverage of an important topic that had or could have a significant impact. Entries may be a single article or a series of no more than FIVE (5) relate articles on a single subject and may include sidebars. Must have appeared exclusively online or have been produced by a wire service.

MULTIMEDIA AND DATA VISUALIZATIONS A cohesive package of words, photographs, graphics, maps, audio and/or video that enhances understanding of a single subject and is published online. Entrants must be certain the link is NOT password protected or otherwise inaccessible. 

SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEO Video of a news event or feature created specifically for social media.

DIGITAL VIDEO Video of a news event or feature created specifically for a news website.

SOCIAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENT Innovative use of social media to distribute information and engage readers and viewers.
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 Rules: 

Entries must be received no later than Monday, November 10 by 11:59 pm ET. Entries must have been published or broadcast between September 1, 2024, and August 31, 2025.

• Entrants to all categories, with the exception of The Marie Colvin Award for Foreign Correspondence, must be newswomen who are staff or freelance and based in the New York metropolitan area  -- defined as New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania -- at the time of publishing.
• If the submission includes entrant(s) who work remotely outside of the New York metropolitan area, the submission must include a note about how often the journalist(s) works from within the New York metropolitan area to determine their eligibility. At least half of the names on the byline must live and work in the NY metropolitan area for the submission to be eligible. Please include this when submitting the entry.
• If a contest submission contains multiple bylines that include the entrant(s) and the names of male colleagues, a note from the supervising editor of the piece must accompany the entry. The letter must state why, specifically, the newswomen on the project played a more significant role in the research, writing and execution of the work being submitted. Please include this when submitting the entry.
• An entry may NOT be submitted in more than one category –– with two exceptions: (1) when entered separately into different categories by individual talents on the team and (2) when one of the categories requires a portfolio of entries. These categories include The Front Page Award for Journalist of the Year, The Marie Colvin Award for Foreign Correspondence, The Ida B. Wells Award Honoring Exceptional Coverage of Communities of Color, The Martha Coman Front Page Award for Best New Journalist and The Lifetime Achievement Award. For example, a piece entered in a feature category may also be included as part of an entry into The Front Page Award for Journalist of the Year category.
• Several categories are restricted to local and smaller outlets. A Local TV outlet is defined as one within the New York Designated Market Area. An Independent Newsroom is one that is not affiliated with a major print publication or broadcast company.
• Once an entry has been submitted, the accompanying entry form may not be revised at the request of entrants or entrants’ representatives except to correct any misspelling.
• Any corrections or legal challenges to an entry must be included as part of the submission. In the case of a correction or legal issue, the assigning editor must include a letter explaining the context.
• Online entries must have been created for use in electronic form; material written for print publication and reused on the Internet is NOT eligible outside of the newspapers and magazine categories. 
• All submissions must be entered as published, with no alterations of the original work.
• Each entry requires a separate entry fee of $100. Fees may be paid using the form below. Fees must be paid at the time of submission. Entries without entry fees will not be considered. Entry fees are not refundable.
• If you are a freelancer and your organization won't pay for the cost of your entry, please email the Newswomen's Club at awards@newswomensclubnewyork.com with the subject line: FREELANCER FPA ENTRY, to receive TWO reduced-rate entries. Please note within the body of your email the category that you would like to enter.
• Judges will consider planning and general organization of an entry, initiative in obtaining the story, news writing, readability, and impact. They will also consider originality, creativity, content organization, clarity of message, and appropriateness to the audience.
• After the submissions deadline, the work goes before a judge and the entrant is prohibited from making any changes or including additional bylines to the submission. Doing so can result in the immediate disqualification of the entry.
• An entry may be reclassified, if deemed necessary. 
• The Newswomen’s Club reserves the right to decline an award in any category.
• Winning entries may be posted on the Newswomen’s Club website and may be included in Club publications regarding the Front Page Awards.

NEWS PHOTO Photograph of a news story, accurately capturing the event and displaying visual impact. Entries are limited to a single photo. 

FEATURE Photo exhibiting human interest, profile, or related to a subject that is not a breaking news story.

PHOTO EDITING  This category is intended to appraise storytelling through the effective use of photojournalism, captions, headlines, and other display typography. Page design should reflect consideration for the reader and respect for the vision of the photographer. The design and presentation of digital/online, inside pages and section fronts will be evaluated.

PHOTO ESSAY A series of published photographs on a single subject.


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 Rules: 

Entries must be received no later than Monday, November 10 by 11:59 pm ET. Entries must have been published or broadcast between September 1, 2024, and August 31, 2025.

• Entrants to all categories, with the exception of The Marie Colvin Award for Foreign Correspondence, must be newswomen who are staff or freelance and based in the New York metropolitan area  -- defined as New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania -- at the time of publishing.
• If the submission includes entrant(s) who work remotely outside of the New York metropolitan area, the submission must include a note about how often the journalist(s) works from within the New York metropolitan area to determine their eligibility. At least half of the names on the byline must live and work in the NY metropolitan area for the submission to be eligible. Please include this when submitting the entry.
• If a contest submission contains multiple bylines that include the entrant(s) and the names of male colleagues, a note from the supervising editor of the piece must accompany the entry. The letter must state why, specifically, the newswomen on the project played a more significant role in the research, writing and execution of the work being submitted. Please include this when submitting the entry.
• An entry may NOT be submitted in more than one category –– with two exceptions: (1) when entered separately into different categories by individual talents on the team and (2) when one of the categories requires a portfolio of entries. These categories include The Front Page Award for Journalist of the Year, The Marie Colvin Award for Foreign Correspondence, The Ida B. Wells Award Honoring Exceptional Coverage of Communities of Color, The Martha Coman Front Page Award for Best New Journalist and The Lifetime Achievement Award. For example, a piece entered in a feature category may also be included as part of an entry into The Front Page Award for Journalist of the Year category.
• Several categories are restricted to local and smaller outlets. A Local TV outlet is defined as one within the New York Designated Market Area. An Independent Newsroom is one that is not affiliated with a major print publication or broadcast company.
• Once an entry has been submitted, the accompanying entry form may not be revised at the request of entrants or entrants’ representatives except to correct any misspelling.
• Any corrections or legal challenges to an entry must be included as part of the submission. In the case of a correction or legal issue, the assigning editor must include a letter explaining the context.
• Online entries must have been created for use in electronic form; material written for print publication and reused on the Internet is NOT eligible outside of the newspapers and magazine categories. 
• All submissions must be entered as published, with no alterations of the original work.
• Each entry requires a separate entry fee of $100. Fees may be paid using the form below. Fees must be paid at the time of submission. Entries without entry fees will not be considered. Entry fees are not refundable.
• If you are a freelancer and your organization won't pay for the cost of your entry, please email the Newswomen's Club at awards@newswomensclubnewyork.com with the subject line: FREELANCER FPA ENTRY, to receive TWO reduced-rate entries. Please note within the body of your email the category that you would like to enter.
• Judges will consider planning and general organization of an entry, initiative in obtaining the story, news writing, readability, and impact. They will also consider originality, creativity, content organization, clarity of message, and appropriateness to the audience.
• After the submissions deadline, the work goes before a judge and the entrant is prohibited from making any changes or including additional bylines to the submission. Doing so can result in the immediate disqualification of the entry.
• An entry may be reclassified, if deemed necessary. 
• The Newswomen’s Club reserves the right to decline an award in any category.
• Winning entries may be posted on the Newswomen’s Club website and may be included in Club publications regarding the Front Page Awards.

1. ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT - LARGE NEWSROOM - Coverage of fashion, theater, dance, literature, film, music, or visual art. Entries may be trend stories, profiles, reviews, criticism, or investigation. Entries may be a single article or up to three related articles and may include sidebars.  Open to all media, whether distributed in print or through digital media outlets, television, radio and satellite networks, local radio stations, and digital media, including streaming audio and podcasts. 
2. ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT - INDEPENDENT NEWSROOM - Coverage of fashion, theater, dance, literature, film, music, or visual art. Entries may be trend stories, profiles, reviews, criticism, or investigation. Entries may be a single article or up to three related articles and may include sidebars.  Open to all media, whether distributed in print or through digital media outlets, television, radio and satellite networks, local radio stations, and digital media, including streaming audio and podcasts. 
3. BREAKING NEWS Spot coverage of a single event. Open to all media, whether distributed in print or through digital media outlets, television, radio and satellite networks, local radio stations, and digital media, including streaming audio and podcasts. For video/TV, no more than 10 minutes; for audio no more than five minutes 
4. BUSINESS/FINANCE - LARGE NEWSROOM -  Coverage of an event, feature, or profile related to the business community. Entries may be a single article or up to THREE (3) related pieces and may include sidebars. Open to all media, whether distributed in print or through digital media outlets, television, radio and satellite networks, local radio stations, and digital media, including streaming audio and podcasts.
5. BUSINESS/FINANCE - INDEPENDENT NEWSROOM -  Coverage of an event, feature, or profile related to the business community. Entries may be a single article or up to THREE (3) related pieces and may include sidebars. Open to all media, whether distributed in print or through digital media outlets, television, radio and satellite networks, local radio stations, and digital media, including streaming audio and podcasts.
6. CRIME AND JUSTICE Coverage of an event, feature, profile, or business story related to crime, justice and the legal system. Entries may be a single article or up to three related pieces and may include sidebars. Open to all media, whether distributed in print or through digital media outlets, television, radio and satellite networks, local radio stations, and digital media, including streaming audio and podcasts.
7. EDITORIAL/OPINION/CRITICISM Editorial, regular column, or guest column on any topic. Entries may be a single article or up to three pieces. Open to all media, whether distributed in print or through digital media outlets, television, radio and satellite networks, local radio stations, and digital media, including streaming audio and podcasts.
8.  EDUCATION Coverage of an event, feature, or profile related to education. Entries may be a single article or up to THREE (3) related pieces and may include sidebars. Open to all media, whether distributed in print or through digital media outlets, television, radio and satellite networks, local radio stations, and digital media, including streaming audio and podcasts.
9.  ENVIRONMENT Coverage of an event, feature, or profile related to the environment. Entries may be a single article or up to THREE (3) related pieces and may include sidebars. Open to all media, whether distributed in print or through digital media outlets, television, radio and satellite networks, local radio stations, and digital media, including streaming audio and podcasts.
10. HOUSING/REAL ESTATE Coverage of an event, feature, profile, or business story related to the housing market. Entries may be a single article or up to three related pieces and may include sidebars. Open to all media, whether distributed in print or through digital media outlets, television, radio and satellite networks, local radio stations, and digital media, including streaming audio and podcasts.
11. IMMIGRATION Coverage of an event, feature, or profile related to one of the most talked about subjects in this country -- immigration. Entries may be a single article or up to three related pieces and may include sidebars. Open to all media, whether distributed in print or through digital media outlets, television, radio and satellite networks, local radio stations, and digital media, including streaming audio and podcasts.
12. HEALTHCARE Breaking news, feature, analysis, or investigation about medicine, medical advances, health, or fitness. Entries may be a single article or up to THREE (3) related pieces and may include sidebars. Open to all media, whether distributed in print or through digital media outlets, television, radio and satellite networks, local radio stations, and digital media, including streaming audio and podcasts.
13. PERSONAL SERVICE News or information that is intended for practical use, such as helping readers improve their health, finances, career or relationships. Entries must be a single piece but may include sidebars. Open to all media, whether distributed in print or through digital media outlets, television, radio and satellite networks, local radio stations, and digital media, including streaming audio and podcasts.
14.  POLITICS Coverage of an event, feature, or profile related to politics. Entries may be a single article or up to THREE (3) related pieces and may include sidebars. Open to all media, whether distributed in print or through digital media outlets, television, radio and satellite networks, local radio stations, and digital media, including streaming audio and podcasts.
15.  SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY Breaking news, feature, analysis, or investigation about scientific discovery, application, or technology. Entries may be a single article or up to THREE (3) related pieces and may include sidebars. Open to all media, whether distributed in print or through digital media outlets, television, radio and satellite networks, local radio stations, and digital media, including streaming audio and podcasts.
16.  SPORTS Coverage of an event, feature, profile, or business story related to organized sports. Entries may be a single article or up to three related pieces and may include sidebars. Open to all media, whether distributed in print or through digital media outlets, television, radio and satellite networks, local radio stations, and digital media, including streaming audio and podcasts.

 
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 Rules: 

Entries must be received no later than Monday, November 10 by 11:59 pm ET. Entries must have been published or broadcast between September 1, 2024, and August 31, 2025.

• Entrants to all categories, with the exception of The Marie Colvin Award for Foreign Correspondence, must be newswomen who are staff or freelance and based in the New York metropolitan area  -- defined as New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania -- at the time of publishing.
• If the submission includes entrant(s) who work remotely outside of the New York metropolitan area, the submission must include a note about how often the journalist(s) works from within the New York metropolitan area to determine their eligibility. At least half of the names on the byline must live and work in the NY metropolitan area for the submission to be eligible. Please include this when submitting the entry.
• If a contest submission contains multiple bylines that include the entrant(s) and the names of male colleagues, a note from the supervising editor of the piece must accompany the entry. The letter must state why, specifically, the newswomen on the project played a more significant role in the research, writing and execution of the work being submitted. Please include this when submitting the entry.
• An entry may NOT be submitted in more than one category –– with two exceptions: (1) when entered separately into different categories by individual talents on the team and (2) when one of the categories requires a portfolio of entries. These categories include The Front Page Award for Journalist of the Year, The Marie Colvin Award for Foreign Correspondence, The Ida B. Wells Award Honoring Exceptional Coverage of Communities of Color, The Martha Coman Front Page Award for Best New Journalist and The Lifetime Achievement Award. For example, a piece entered in a feature category may also be included as part of an entry into The Front Page Award for Journalist of the Year category.
• Several categories are restricted to local and smaller outlets. A Local TV outlet is defined as one within the New York Designated Market Area. An Independent Newsroom is one that is not affiliated with a major print publication or broadcast company.
• Once an entry has been submitted, the accompanying entry form may not be revised at the request of entrants or entrants’ representatives except to correct any misspelling.
• Any corrections or legal challenges to an entry must be included as part of the submission. In the case of a correction or legal issue, the assigning editor must include a letter explaining the context.
• Online entries must have been created for use in electronic form; material written for print publication and reused on the Internet is NOT eligible outside of the newspapers and magazine categories. 
• All submissions must be entered as published, with no alterations of the original work.
• Each entry requires a separate entry fee of $100. Fees may be paid using the form below. Fees must be paid at the time of submission. Entries without entry fees will not be considered. Entry fees are not refundable.
• If you are a freelancer and your organization won't pay for the cost of your entry, please email the Newswomen's Club at awards@newswomensclubnewyork.com with the subject line: FREELANCER FPA ENTRY, to receive TWO reduced-rate entries. Please note within the body of your email the category that you would like to enter.
• Judges will consider planning and general organization of an entry, initiative in obtaining the story, news writing, readability, and impact. They will also consider originality, creativity, content organization, clarity of message, and appropriateness to the audience.
• After the submissions deadline, the work goes before a judge and the entrant is prohibited from making any changes or including additional bylines to the submission. Doing so can result in the immediate disqualification of the entry.
• An entry may be reclassified, if deemed necessary. 
• The Newswomen’s Club reserves the right to decline an award in any category.
• Winning entries may be posted on the Newswomen’s Club website and may be included in Club publications regarding the Front Page Awards.

FEATURE - LOCAL - Trend stories, profiles, humor, human-interest stories, or any other subject that is not a breaking news story. Entries can be a maximum of four minutes long. This category is only open to outlets that are part of the New York Designated Market Area. 

SERIES OR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING - LOCAL - Submit coverage of a single subject reported in TWO (2) or more parts. Narratives or voice-overs are allowed only if they were part of the original broadcast. Entries can be a maximum of 30 minutes long. This category is only open to outlets that are part of the New York Designated Market Area.

INTERVIEW An interview with or profile on a significant personality in politics, entertainment, sports, or other areas. Entries can be a maximum of 30 minutes long.  

SPECIAL REPORTING SERIES (Investigative or Enterprise Reporting) Submit coverage of a single subject reported in TWO (2) or more parts. Narratives or voice-overs are allowed only if they were part of the original broadcast. Entries can be a maximum of 45 minutes long.

SPECIAL PROGRAMMING/PUBLIC NEWS SPECIAL Submit a single report or editorial on a subject. Narratives or voice-overs are allowed only if they were part of the original broadcast. Entries can be a maximum of 60 minutes long.  

FEATURE - NATIONAL - Trend stories, profiles, humor, human-interest stories, or any other subject that is not a breaking news story. Entries can be a maximum of 10 minutes long. This category is open to outlets outside of the New York Designated Market Area.

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 Rules: 

Entries must be received no later than Monday, November 10 by 11:59 pm ET. Entries must have been published or broadcast between September 1, 2024, and August 31, 2025.

• Entrants to all categories, with the exception of The Marie Colvin Award for Foreign Correspondence, must be newswomen who are staff or freelance and based in the New York metropolitan area  -- defined as New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania -- at the time of publishing.
• If the submission includes entrant(s) who work remotely outside of the New York metropolitan area, the submission must include a note about how often the journalist(s) works from within the New York metropolitan area to determine their eligibility. At least half of the names on the byline must live and work in the NY metropolitan area for the submission to be eligible. Please include this when submitting the entry.
• If a contest submission contains multiple bylines that include the entrant(s) and the names of male colleagues, a note from the supervising editor of the piece must accompany the entry. The letter must state why, specifically, the newswomen on the project played a more significant role in the research, writing and execution of the work being submitted. Please include this when submitting the entry.
• An entry may NOT be submitted in more than one category –– with two exceptions: (1) when entered separately into different categories by individual talents on the team and (2) when one of the categories requires a portfolio of entries. These categories include The Front Page Award for Journalist of the Year, The Marie Colvin Award for Foreign Correspondence, The Ida B. Wells Award Honoring Exceptional Coverage of Communities of Color, The Martha Coman Front Page Award for Best New Journalist and The Lifetime Achievement Award. For example, a piece entered in a feature category may also be included as part of an entry into The Front Page Award for Journalist of the Year category.
• Several categories are restricted to local and smaller outlets. A Local TV outlet is defined as one within the New York Designated Market Area. An Independent Newsroom is one that is not affiliated with a major print publication or broadcast company.
• Once an entry has been submitted, the accompanying entry form may not be revised at the request of entrants or entrants’ representatives except to correct any misspelling.
• Any corrections or legal challenges to an entry must be included as part of the submission. In the case of a correction or legal issue, the assigning editor must include a letter explaining the context.
• Online entries must have been created for use in electronic form; material written for print publication and reused on the Internet is NOT eligible outside of the newspapers and magazine categories. 
• All submissions must be entered as published, with no alterations of the original work.
• Each entry requires a separate entry fee of $100. Fees may be paid using the form below. Fees must be paid at the time of submission. Entries without entry fees will not be considered. Entry fees are not refundable.
• If you are a freelancer and your organization won't pay for the cost of your entry, please email the Newswomen's Club at awards@newswomensclubnewyork.com with the subject line: FREELANCER FPA ENTRY, to receive TWO reduced-rate entries. Please note within the body of your email the category that you would like to enter.
• Judges will consider planning and general organization of an entry, initiative in obtaining the story, news writing, readability, and impact. They will also consider originality, creativity, content organization, clarity of message, and appropriateness to the audience.
• After the submissions deadline, the work goes before a judge and the entrant is prohibited from making any changes or including additional bylines to the submission. Doing so can result in the immediate disqualification of the entry.
• An entry may be reclassified, if deemed necessary. 
• The Newswomen’s Club reserves the right to decline an award in any category.
• Winning entries may be posted on the Newswomen’s Club website and may be included in Club publications regarding the Front Page Awards.

THE NELLIE BLY AWARD FOR BEST FRONT PAGE STORY 

Entries must have appeared either in at least one hard copy issue of the newspaper – on either the front page of the newspaper, or front page of a section – or was the top story on a homepage for at least three hours. This entry must be a single article, and can be a submission in another marquee category if it is part of a package of stories .

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Rules: 

Entries must be received no later than Monday, November 10 by 11:59 pm ET. Entries must have been published or broadcast between September 1, 2024, and August 31, 2025.

• Entrants to all categories, with the exception of The Marie Colvin Award for Foreign Correspondence, must be newswomen who are staff or freelance and based in the New York metropolitan area  -- defined as New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania -- at the time of publishing.
• If the submission includes entrant(s) who work remotely outside of the New York metropolitan area, the submission must include a note about how often the journalist(s) works from within the New York metropolitan area to determine their eligibility. At least half of the names on the byline must live and work in the NY metropolitan area for the submission to be eligible. Please include this when submitting the entry.
• If a contest submission contains multiple bylines that include the entrant(s) and the names of male colleagues, a note from the supervising editor of the piece must accompany the entry. The letter must state why, specifically, the newswomen on the project played a more significant role in the research, writing and execution of the work being submitted. Please include this when submitting the entry.
• An entry may NOT be submitted in more than one category –– with two exceptions: (1) when entered separately into different categories by individual talents on the team and (2) when one of the categories requires a portfolio of entries. These categories include The Front Page Award for Journalist of the Year, The Marie Colvin Award for Foreign Correspondence, The Ida B. Wells Award Honoring Exceptional Coverage of Communities of Color, The Martha Coman Front Page Award for Best New Journalist and The Lifetime Achievement Award. For example, a piece entered in a feature category may also be included as part of an entry into The Front Page Award for Journalist of the Year category.
• Several categories are restricted to local and smaller outlets. A Local TV outlet is defined as one within the New York Designated Market Area. An Independent Newsroom is one that is not affiliated with a major print publication or broadcast company.
• Once an entry has been submitted, the accompanying entry form may not be revised at the request of entrants or entrants’ representatives except to correct any misspelling.
• Any corrections or legal challenges to an entry must be included as part of the submission. In the case of a correction or legal issue, the assigning editor must include a letter explaining the context.
• Online entries must have been created for use in electronic form; material written for print publication and reused on the Internet is NOT eligible outside of the newspapers and magazine categories. 
• All submissions must be entered as published, with no alterations of the original work.
• Each entry requires a separate entry fee of $100. Fees may be paid using the form below. Fees must be paid at the time of submission. Entries without entry fees will not be considered. Entry fees are not refundable.
• If you are a freelancer and your organization won't pay for the cost of your entry, please email the Newswomen's Club at awards@newswomensclubnewyork.com with the subject line: FREELANCER FPA ENTRY, to receive TWO reduced-rate entries. Please note within the body of your email the category that you would like to enter.
• Judges will consider planning and general organization of an entry, initiative in obtaining the story, news writing, readability, and impact. They will also consider originality, creativity, content organization, clarity of message, and appropriateness to the audience.
• After the submissions deadline, the work goes before a judge and the entrant is prohibited from making any changes or including additional bylines to the submission. Doing so can result in the immediate disqualification of the entry.
• An entry may be reclassified, if deemed necessary. 
• The Newswomen’s Club reserves the right to decline an award in any category.
• Winning entries may be posted on the Newswomen’s Club website and may be included in Club publications regarding the Front Page Awards.

Coverage focusing on topics and issues specifically relevant to communities of color. Entries may be a single article or broadcast, or a series of no more than five related parts, including editorials, commentary, and sidebars. Open to all media, whether distributed in print or through digital media outlets, television, radio and satellite networks, local radio stations, and digital media, including streaming audio and podcasts.  
 

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Rules: 

Entries must be received no later than Monday, November 10 by 11:59 pm ET. Entries must have been published or broadcast between September 1, 2024, and August 31, 2025.

• Entrants to all categories, with the exception of The Marie Colvin Award for Foreign Correspondence, must be newswomen who are staff or freelance and based in the New York metropolitan area  -- defined as New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania -- at the time of publishing.
• If the submission includes entrant(s) who work remotely outside of the New York metropolitan area, the submission must include a note about how often the journalist(s) works from within the New York metropolitan area to determine their eligibility. At least half of the names on the byline must live and work in the NY metropolitan area for the submission to be eligible. Please include this when submitting the entry.
• If a contest submission contains multiple bylines that include the entrant(s) and the names of male colleagues, a note from the supervising editor of the piece must accompany the entry. The letter must state why, specifically, the newswomen on the project played a more significant role in the research, writing and execution of the work being submitted. Please include this when submitting the entry.
• An entry may NOT be submitted in more than one category –– with two exceptions: (1) when entered separately into different categories by individual talents on the team and (2) when one of the categories requires a portfolio of entries. These categories include The Front Page Award for Journalist of the Year, The Marie Colvin Award for Foreign Correspondence, The Ida B. Wells Award Honoring Exceptional Coverage of Communities of Color, The Martha Coman Front Page Award for Best New Journalist and The Lifetime Achievement Award. For example, a piece entered in a feature category may also be included as part of an entry into The Front Page Award for Journalist of the Year category.
• Several categories are restricted to local and smaller outlets. A Local TV outlet is defined as one within the New York Designated Market Area. An Independent Newsroom is one that is not affiliated with a major print publication or broadcast company.
• Once an entry has been submitted, the accompanying entry form may not be revised at the request of entrants or entrants’ representatives except to correct any misspelling.
• Any corrections or legal challenges to an entry must be included as part of the submission. In the case of a correction or legal issue, the assigning editor must include a letter explaining the context.
• Online entries must have been created for use in electronic form; material written for print publication and reused on the Internet is NOT eligible outside of the newspapers and magazine categories. 
• All submissions must be entered as published, with no alterations of the original work.
• Each entry requires a separate entry fee of $100. Fees may be paid using the form below. Fees must be paid at the time of submission. Entries without entry fees will not be considered. Entry fees are not refundable.
• If you are a freelancer and your organization won't pay for the cost of your entry, please email the Newswomen's Club at awards@newswomensclubnewyork.com with the subject line: FREELANCER FPA ENTRY, to receive TWO reduced-rate entries. Please note within the body of your email the category that you would like to enter.
• Judges will consider planning and general organization of an entry, initiative in obtaining the story, news writing, readability, and impact. They will also consider originality, creativity, content organization, clarity of message, and appropriateness to the audience.
• After the submissions deadline, the work goes before a judge and the entrant is prohibited from making any changes or including additional bylines to the submission. Doing so can result in the immediate disqualification of the entry.
• An entry may be reclassified, if deemed necessary. 
• The Newswomen’s Club reserves the right to decline an award in any category.
• Winning entries may be posted on the Newswomen’s Club website and may be included in Club publications regarding the Front Page Awards.

The best journalistic effort by a newswoman with three years or less professional experience. This award is for newcomers to the profession, NOT newcomers to the New York metropolitan area.

   A letter from a supervisor attesting to the entrant’s tenure must be submitted with each entry. Up to THREE published pieces by the entrant will be judged. Open to all media, whether distributed in print or through digital media outlets, television, radio and satellite networks, local radio stations, and digital media, including streaming audio and podcasts.  
 

Martha Coman was one of the first women reporters for the New York Herald and a founding member of The New York Newspaper Women’s Club, which later became the Newswomen’s Club of New York. She was the Club’s first president.
 

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Rules: 

Entries must be received no later than Monday, November 10 by 11:59 pm ET. Entries must have been published or broadcast between September 1, 2024, and August 31, 2025.

• Entrants to all categories, with the exception of The Marie Colvin Award for Foreign Correspondence, must be newswomen who are staff or freelance and based in the New York metropolitan area  -- defined as New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania -- at the time of publishing.
• If the submission includes entrant(s) who work remotely outside of the New York metropolitan area, the submission must include a note about how often the journalist(s) works from within the New York metropolitan area to determine their eligibility. At least half of the names on the byline must live and work in the NY metropolitan area for the submission to be eligible. Please include this when submitting the entry.
• If a contest submission contains multiple bylines that include the entrant(s) and the names of male colleagues, a note from the supervising editor of the piece must accompany the entry. The letter must state why, specifically, the newswomen on the project played a more significant role in the research, writing and execution of the work being submitted. Please include this when submitting the entry.
• An entry may NOT be submitted in more than one category –– with two exceptions: (1) when entered separately into different categories by individual talents on the team and (2) when one of the categories requires a portfolio of entries. These categories include The Front Page Award for Journalist of the Year, The Marie Colvin Award for Foreign Correspondence, The Ida B. Wells Award Honoring Exceptional Coverage of Communities of Color, The Martha Coman Front Page Award for Best New Journalist and The Lifetime Achievement Award. For example, a piece entered in a feature category may also be included as part of an entry into The Front Page Award for Journalist of the Year category.
• Several categories are restricted to local and smaller outlets. A Local TV outlet is defined as one within the New York Designated Market Area. An Independent Newsroom is one that is not affiliated with a major print publication or broadcast company.
• Once an entry has been submitted, the accompanying entry form may not be revised at the request of entrants or entrants’ representatives except to correct any misspelling.
• Any corrections or legal challenges to an entry must be included as part of the submission. In the case of a correction or legal issue, the assigning editor must include a letter explaining the context.
• Online entries must have been created for use in electronic form; material written for print publication and reused on the Internet is NOT eligible outside of the newspapers and magazine categories. 
• All submissions must be entered as published, with no alterations of the original work.
• Each entry requires a separate entry fee of $100. Fees may be paid using the form below. Fees must be paid at the time of submission. Entries without entry fees will not be considered. Entry fees are not refundable.
• If you are a freelancer and your organization won't pay for the cost of your entry, please email the Newswomen's Club at awards@newswomensclubnewyork.com with the subject line: FREELANCER FPA ENTRY, to receive TWO reduced-rate entries. Please note within the body of your email the category that you would like to enter.
• Judges will consider planning and general organization of an entry, initiative in obtaining the story, news writing, readability, and impact. They will also consider originality, creativity, content organization, clarity of message, and appropriateness to the audience.
• After the submissions deadline, the work goes before a judge and the entrant is prohibited from making any changes or including additional bylines to the submission. Doing so can result in the immediate disqualification of the entry.
• An entry may be reclassified, if deemed necessary. 
• The Newswomen’s Club reserves the right to decline an award in any category.
• Winning entries may be posted on the Newswomen’s Club website and may be included in Club publications regarding the Front Page Awards.

Best coverage of an event or ongoing story outside the United States. 

This category is open to journalists based in the New York metropolitan area as defined by the contest’s rules or who work for an outlet in the New York metropolitan area and work in the New York office at least once per fiscal quarter. It is not a requirement that entrants report from abroad. 

Open to all media, whether distributed in print or through digital media outlets, television, radio and satellite networks, local radio stations, and digital media, including streaming audio and podcasts. 

This award memorializes the work of  Marie Colvin, who was killed in a rocket attack on February 22, 2012, while covering the siege of Homs in Syria for The Sunday Times.

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Rules: 

Entries must be received no later than Monday, November 10 by 11:59 pm ET. Entries must have been published or broadcast between September 1, 2024, and August 31, 2025.

• Entrants to all categories, with the exception of The Marie Colvin Award for Foreign Correspondence, must be newswomen who are staff or freelance and based in the New York metropolitan area  -- defined as New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania -- at the time of publishing.
• If the submission includes entrant(s) who work remotely outside of the New York metropolitan area, the submission must include a note about how often the journalist(s) works from within the New York metropolitan area to determine their eligibility. At least half of the names on the byline must live and work in the NY metropolitan area for the submission to be eligible. Please include this when submitting the entry.
• If a contest submission contains multiple bylines that include the entrant(s) and the names of male colleagues, a note from the supervising editor of the piece must accompany the entry. The letter must state why, specifically, the newswomen on the project played a more significant role in the research, writing and execution of the work being submitted. Please include this when submitting the entry.
• An entry may NOT be submitted in more than one category –– with two exceptions: (1) when entered separately into different categories by individual talents on the team and (2) when one of the categories requires a portfolio of entries. These categories include The Front Page Award for Journalist of the Year, The Marie Colvin Award for Foreign Correspondence, The Ida B. Wells Award Honoring Exceptional Coverage of Communities of Color, The Martha Coman Front Page Award for Best New Journalist and The Lifetime Achievement Award. For example, a piece entered in a feature category may also be included as part of an entry into The Front Page Award for Journalist of the Year category.
• Several categories are restricted to local and smaller outlets. A Local TV outlet is defined as one within the New York Designated Market Area. An Independent Newsroom is one that is not affiliated with a major print publication or broadcast company.
• Once an entry has been submitted, the accompanying entry form may not be revised at the request of entrants or entrants’ representatives except to correct any misspelling.
• Any corrections or legal challenges to an entry must be included as part of the submission. In the case of a correction or legal issue, the assigning editor must include a letter explaining the context.
• Online entries must have been created for use in electronic form; material written for print publication and reused on the Internet is NOT eligible outside of the newspapers and magazine categories. 
• All submissions must be entered as published, with no alterations of the original work.
• Each entry requires a separate entry fee of $100. Fees may be paid using the form below. Fees must be paid at the time of submission. Entries without entry fees will not be considered. Entry fees are not refundable.
• If you are a freelancer and your organization won't pay for the cost of your entry, please email the Newswomen's Club at awards@newswomensclubnewyork.com with the subject line: FREELANCER FPA ENTRY, to receive TWO reduced-rate entries. Please note within the body of your email the category that you would like to enter.
• Judges will consider planning and general organization of an entry, initiative in obtaining the story, news writing, readability, and impact. They will also consider originality, creativity, content organization, clarity of message, and appropriateness to the audience.
• After the submissions deadline, the work goes before a judge and the entrant is prohibited from making any changes or including additional bylines to the submission. Doing so can result in the immediate disqualification of the entry.
• An entry may be reclassified, if deemed necessary. 
• The Newswomen’s Club reserves the right to decline an award in any category.
• Winning entries may be posted on the Newswomen’s Club website and may be included in Club publications regarding the Front Page Awards.

Presented for ownership of an ongoing story or subject during contest period. Entrants must be based in the New York metropolitan area. A body of work of up to 12 articles may be submitted.
 

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Rules: 

Entries must be received no later than Monday, November 10 by 11:59 pm ET. Entries must have been published or broadcast between September 1, 2024, and August 31, 2025.

• Entrants to all categories, with the exception of The Marie Colvin Award for Foreign Correspondence, must be newswomen who are staff or freelance and based in the New York metropolitan area  -- defined as New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania -- at the time of publishing.
• If the submission includes entrant(s) who work remotely outside of the New York metropolitan area, the submission must include a note about how often the journalist(s) works from within the New York metropolitan area to determine their eligibility. At least half of the names on the byline must live and work in the NY metropolitan area for the submission to be eligible. Please include this when submitting the entry.
• If a contest submission contains multiple bylines that include the entrant(s) and the names of male colleagues, a note from the supervising editor of the piece must accompany the entry. The letter must state why, specifically, the newswomen on the project played a more significant role in the research, writing and execution of the work being submitted. Please include this when submitting the entry.
• An entry may NOT be submitted in more than one category –– with two exceptions: (1) when entered separately into different categories by individual talents on the team and (2) when one of the categories requires a portfolio of entries. These categories include The Front Page Award for Journalist of the Year, The Marie Colvin Award for Foreign Correspondence, The Ida B. Wells Award Honoring Exceptional Coverage of Communities of Color, The Martha Coman Front Page Award for Best New Journalist and The Lifetime Achievement Award. For example, a piece entered in a feature category may also be included as part of an entry into The Front Page Award for Journalist of the Year category.
• Several categories are restricted to local and smaller outlets. A Local TV outlet is defined as one within the New York Designated Market Area. An Independent Newsroom is one that is not affiliated with a major print publication or broadcast company.
• Once an entry has been submitted, the accompanying entry form may not be revised at the request of entrants or entrants’ representatives except to correct any misspelling.
• Any corrections or legal challenges to an entry must be included as part of the submission. In the case of a correction or legal issue, the assigning editor must include a letter explaining the context.
• Online entries must have been created for use in electronic form; material written for print publication and reused on the Internet is NOT eligible outside of the newspapers and magazine categories. 
• All submissions must be entered as published, with no alterations of the original work.
• Each entry requires a separate entry fee of $100. Fees may be paid using the form below. Fees must be paid at the time of submission. Entries without entry fees will not be considered. Entry fees are not refundable.
• If you are a freelancer and your organization won't pay for the cost of your entry, please email the Newswomen's Club at awards@newswomensclubnewyork.com with the subject line: FREELANCER FPA ENTRY, to receive TWO reduced-rate entries. Please note within the body of your email the category that you would like to enter.
• Judges will consider planning and general organization of an entry, initiative in obtaining the story, news writing, readability, and impact. They will also consider originality, creativity, content organization, clarity of message, and appropriateness to the audience.
• After the submissions deadline, the work goes before a judge and the entrant is prohibited from making any changes or including additional bylines to the submission. Doing so can result in the immediate disqualification of the entry.
• An entry may be reclassified, if deemed necessary. 
• The Newswomen’s Club reserves the right to decline an award in any category.
• Winning entries may be posted on the Newswomen’s Club website and may be included in Club publications regarding the Front Page Awards.

Presented to a working newswoman who has amassed a significant body of work over at least 20 years. Open to all media, whether distributed in print or through digital media outlets, television, radio and satellite networks, local radio stations, and digital media, including streaming audio and podcasts.  

Recognizes leadership, contributions to journalism, and opportunities she has created for other newswomen through her work.
 

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Rules: 

Entries must be received no later than Monday, November 10 by 11:59 pm ET. Entries must have been published or broadcast between September 1, 2024, and August 31, 2025.

• Entrants to all categories, with the exception of The Marie Colvin Award for Foreign Correspondence, must be newswomen who are staff or freelance and based in the New York metropolitan area  -- defined as New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania -- at the time of publishing.
• If the submission includes entrant(s) who work remotely outside of the New York metropolitan area, the submission must include a note about how often the journalist(s) works from within the New York metropolitan area to determine their eligibility. At least half of the names on the byline must live and work in the NY metropolitan area for the submission to be eligible. Please include this when submitting the entry.
• If a contest submission contains multiple bylines that include the entrant(s) and the names of male colleagues, a note from the supervising editor of the piece must accompany the entry. The letter must state why, specifically, the newswomen on the project played a more significant role in the research, writing and execution of the work being submitted. Please include this when submitting the entry.
• An entry may NOT be submitted in more than one category –– with two exceptions: (1) when entered separately into different categories by individual talents on the team and (2) when one of the categories requires a portfolio of entries. These categories include The Front Page Award for Journalist of the Year, The Marie Colvin Award for Foreign Correspondence, The Ida B. Wells Award Honoring Exceptional Coverage of Communities of Color, The Martha Coman Front Page Award for Best New Journalist and The Lifetime Achievement Award. For example, a piece entered in a feature category may also be included as part of an entry into The Front Page Award for Journalist of the Year category.
• Several categories are restricted to local and smaller outlets. A Local TV outlet is defined as one within the New York Designated Market Area. An Independent Newsroom is one that is not affiliated with a major print publication or broadcast company.
• Once an entry has been submitted, the accompanying entry form may not be revised at the request of entrants or entrants’ representatives except to correct any misspelling.
• Any corrections or legal challenges to an entry must be included as part of the submission. In the case of a correction or legal issue, the assigning editor must include a letter explaining the context.
• Online entries must have been created for use in electronic form; material written for print publication and reused on the Internet is NOT eligible outside of the newspapers and magazine categories. 
• All submissions must be entered as published, with no alterations of the original work.
• Each entry requires a separate entry fee of $100. Fees may be paid using the form below. Fees must be paid at the time of submission. Entries without entry fees will not be considered. Entry fees are not refundable.
• If you are a freelancer and your organization won't pay for the cost of your entry, please email the Newswomen's Club at awards@newswomensclubnewyork.com with the subject line: FREELANCER FPA ENTRY, to receive TWO reduced-rate entries. Please note within the body of your email the category that you would like to enter.
• Judges will consider planning and general organization of an entry, initiative in obtaining the story, news writing, readability, and impact. They will also consider originality, creativity, content organization, clarity of message, and appropriateness to the audience.
• After the submissions deadline, the work goes before a judge and the entrant is prohibited from making any changes or including additional bylines to the submission. Doing so can result in the immediate disqualification of the entry.
• An entry may be reclassified, if deemed necessary. 
• The Newswomen’s Club reserves the right to decline an award in any category.
• Winning entries may be posted on the Newswomen’s Club website and may be included in Club publications regarding the Front Page Awards.