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Journalism Awards Nominations

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2026 AAR Journalism Award Nomination

Nomination Submission Deadline: 6:00 PM Eastern Time on March 9, 2026

Applicants may only submit to one of the two award categories in any given year.

Reporting must have been published during the previous calendar year, January 1 through December 31, 2025.

To be eligible for consideration, the nomination form and the required materials must be received by the deadline.

Nomination items cannot be behind paywalls.

Late, emailed, or incomplete nomination forms or materials cannot be accepted.

YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION

Your Name(Required)

NOMINATION INFORMATION

Nomination Type(Required)
Please select your role from the options listed(Required)

NOMINATION CATEGORY

Please select the award category for this nomination
Journalism Award Category(Required)
Best In-Depth Newswriting Nomination(Required)
Please specify the number of articles you are submitting. Entries must be submitted as PDF files.
Articles must be from calendar year 2025 and cannot be behind a subscription paywall. Please provide the following information: Headline; Name of Publication; Date Published
Accepted file types: pdf, Max. file size: 128 MB.
Articles must be from calendar year 2025 and cannot be behind a subscription paywall. Please provide the following information: Headline; Name of Publication; Date Published
Accepted file types: pdf, Max. file size: 128 MB.
Articles must be from calendar year 2025 and cannot be behind a subscription paywall. Please provide the following information: Headline; Name of Publication; Date Published
Accepted file types: pdf, Max. file size: 128 MB.
Do any of the articles have multiple bylines or credits?(Required)
Lead Contributor Confirmation(Required)
The nominee must be the lead contributor on all submissions.
Best In-Depth Multimedia Journalism(Required)
Please specify the number of packages you are submitting. Entries must be submitted using stable URLs.
Submission packages must be from calendar year 2025 and cannot be behind a subscription paywall. Please provide the following information: Headline/Date Published/Publication Name
Max. file size: 128 MB.
Submission packages must be from calendar year 2025 and cannot be behind a subscription paywall. Please provide the following information: Headline/Date Published/Publication Name
Max. file size: 128 MB.
Submission packages must be from calendar year 2025 and cannot be behind a subscription paywall. Please provide the following information: Headline/Date Published/Publication Name
Max. file size: 128 MB.
Do any of the packages you are submitting have multiple bylines or credits?(Required)
Lead Contributor Confirmation(Required)
Time Confirmation(Required)
Employer(Required)
Please indicate the nominee’s employer

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