NAHJ Ñ Awards 2024 Entry Guidelines

Who can submit

• Those submitting an entry must be a member of NAHJ. Register or login here.
• Students may submit student work produced for one of their school platforms in the student categories only. They must be enrolled as an undergraduate or graduate student when the work is produced.
• Students submitting in the Latino Issues categories must submit work created for a professional site.

About the submission

• Submissions will be accepted in English and Spanish.
• Entries must be published by a media organization in a print, online or broadcast
  outlet between January 31, 2023 and January 31, 2024.
• Entries should focus on Latino issues.
• If the work is part of a series, up to three items from that series may be submitted together. The total length for a video or audio piece cannot exceed 10 minutes.
• Print entries must be no longer than three parts, including sidebars, and be no longer than a ten minute read. The byline, date, name of the publication and page number must be on the article (or provide a link).
• Radio and TV entries may be a story or series. Entries should have no more than five parts, with a total length not to exceed 10 minutes. Longer stories must be edited to less than ten minutes before submission.
• Broadcast and online work must be submitted as a link to a live, public site (or provide a password). An entry may consist of one to three related URL’s, but all must be related to the same entry.
• Multimedia work must not exceed a combined time of ten minutes.
• All winning entries must remain live and viewable for a period of one year from the date of the announcement of the winner. Entrants are encouraged to upload their media via YouTube, Vimeo or to their station’s website and provide the necessary link on the online application form.
• NAHJ does not have a long-form video category. Submitted materials must be 10 minutes long or less. If the original piece is longer, it must be edited down.
• Entries without payment will be considered ineligible.
• Entries that do not meet the guidelines (entry date, length, etc.) will be disqualified and the entry fee will not be reimbursed.

About the judging process

• Entries are judged based on the quality of work submitted.
• Although more than one person may be involved in the production, the winner will be one person, not news organizations or teams. The winner, an NAHJ member, will be judged on their role (reporter, producer, etc.).
• The same story can be submitted in the same category by different members of the team who worked on it and will be judged based on their role.
• All judges are journalism professionals in the medium being judged.
• Everyone who submits an entry will be notified.
• Finalists will be notified in advance of the awards ceremony.
• Winners need not be present to win.

What you’ll need to submit:

• Entry fee: $50 for professional categories, $25 for student categories
• Title of Entry
• Publication Name or Station/Network Where Entry was Published Aired
• Publish/Air Date
• Brief description of entry (50 words or less):
• Brief description of entry’s role in the production of the submitted content

The NAHJ/University of Florida Award in Investigative Journalism will follow the Ñ Awards entry guidelines with the following exceptions:

• The entry must be multimedia journalism and can include but is not limited to video, audio, photos, interactive graphics, etc. (ten minutes or less in combined length or edited to this length).
• In the event an entry is entered in both the small/medium category and in the large newsroom category (for example, in a partnership with a larger outlet), NAHJ/University of Florida reserve the right to eliminate one of the entries from consideration.
• There will be a cash prize of up to $5,000 presented to a small/medium newsroom (under 250 employees) and one for large newsrooms (250 employees or more).

*NEW* APPLICATION DEADLINE: FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 2024