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Journalism Awards Nominations

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2026 AAR Journalism Award Nomination Form

Nomination Submission Deadline: 6:00 PM Eastern Time on March 2, 2026

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

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

Nomination items must not be behind paywalls.

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

YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION

Your Name(Required)

Prefix First Last

Your Email Address(Required)

Your Organizational or Institutional Affiliation (if applicable)(Required)

NOMINATION INFORMATION

Nomination Type(Required)

Self-Nomination

Nomination of Someone Else

Nominee's Name(Required)

Nominee's Email(Required)

Please select your role from the options listed(Required)

Colleague

Publisher

Other

NOMINATION CATEGORY

Please select the award category for this nomination

Journalism Award Category(Required)

Best In-Depth Newswriting

Best In-Depth Multimedia Journalism

Best In-Depth Newswriting Nomination(Required)

Please specify the number of articles you are submitting.

One (1)

Two (2)

Three (3)

Article #1(Required)

Articles must be from calendar year 2025. Please provide the following information: Headline; Name of Publication; Date Published

Upload Article #1(Required)

Max. file size: 128 MB.

Article #2(Required)

Articles must be from calendar year 2025. Please provide the following information: Headline; Name of Publication; Date Published

Upload Article #2(Required)

Max. file size: 128 MB.

Article #3(Required)

Articles must be from calendar year 2025. Please provide the following information: Headline; Name of Publication; Date Published

Upload Article #3(Required)

Max. file size: 128 MB.

Do any of the articles have multiple bylines or credits?(Required)

Yes

Please identify the article(s) with multiple bylines or credits(Required)

Lead Contributor Confirmation(Required)

The nominee must be the lead contributor on all submissions.

I confirm that I/my nominee did most of the writing on the submitted articles

Best In-Depth Multimedia Journalism(Required)

Please specify the number of packages you are submitting.

One (1)

Two (2)

Three (3)

Submission Package #1(Required)

Submission packages must be from calendar year 2025. Please provide the following information: Headline/Date Published/Publication Name/URL

Upload Submission Package #1(Required)

Max. file size: 128 MB.

URL/Website for Submission Package #1(Required)

Submission Package #2(Required)

Submission packages must be from calendar year 2025. Please provide the following information: Headline/Date Published/Publication Name/URL

Upload Submission Package #2(Required)

Max. file size: 128 MB.

Submission Package #3(Required)

Submission packages must be from calendar year 2025. Please provide the following information: Headline/Date Published/Publication Name/URL

Upload Submission Package #3(Required)

Max. file size: 128 MB.

Do any of the packages you are submitting have multiple bylines or credits?(Required)

Yes

Please identify the package(s) with multiple bylines or credits(Required)

Lead Contributor Confirmation(Required)

I confirm that I/my nominee did most of the writing on the submitted packages

Time Confirmation(Required)

I confirm that the total of the packages does not exceed 60 minutes.

Employer(Required)

Please indicate the nominee’s employer

I am/my nominee is employed by a media outlet

I am/my nominee is a freelancer

Name of media outlet(Required)

American Academy of Religion
825 Houston Mill Road NE
Atlanta, GA 30329-4205
Tel: 404.727.3049

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2026 AAR Journalism Award Nomination Form

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NOMINATION INFORMATION

NOMINATION CATEGORY

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