SPJFW First Amendment Awards Contest Entry Form 2024*
The First Amendment Awards are a competition recognizing work that defends the freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment to the Constitution; furthers the people's right to know how governments and businesses affect their lives; and champions the powerless and disadvantaged.  SPJ membership is not required to enter. Please check your assigned entries carefully to make sure you are entering in the right category and division. We will not reveal the names of individual, group or organization contestants.  
We will announce finalists via an email and during the First Amendment Awards and Scholarship Banquet. We will ONLY announce winners at our First Amendment Awards and Scholarship Banquet.  Only the first place winner will receive an award.
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Support:  If desired, give background material limited to 300 words, obscure details--anything you want the judges to know.  Questions?  Contact Kim Pewitt Jones at kejones.university@gmail.com
Dates & URLs: Include when the material broadcast or published and where it is on the Internet.  Provide a link to the material online. *
Contact Information:  Provide the name, email, phone number for entrant(s) and other relevant individuals for us to contact you.  Provide all names of those whose names would be on a potential award. *
Category Divisions:
If a circulation division in a category has only one entry, it will be judged with the entries in the other division in the category.
Mark only one box per entry: 
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Categories:  
All  categories are limited to 1 story per entry except those marked with an *, which are limited to 5 stories per entry. Limit supporting narratives to 300 words. See the contest rules/policies for category descriptions and requirements. Mark only one box per entry:
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Entry Fee:  Early Bird fee $35 until Jan. 15. Last Chance Entry fee $45 until Jan. 31  No entries accepted after Jan. 31--All payments must be received within two weeks of entry submissions.
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