2021 Deadline Club Awards

ENTRY DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Entries for the 2021 Deadline Club Awards will be accepted until February 9, at 11:59 p.m. Click ENTER to the right and select Open Call Contestant Login in the bottom left corner. If you entered our contest last year, you should already have an account.

CONTEST INFO

The Deadline Club journalism competition, one of the most prestigious in New York, draws more than 600 entries each year. The 2021 contest covers work that was published or broadcast in 2020 by news organizations in the New York area. Click the AWARDS INFO button for category information.

ENTRY FEES & PAYMENT

The cost is $75 per entry through February 9. The fee will increase to $100 per entry after February 9. A work may be submitted to more than one category, but a separate entry fee must be paid for each category entered. An entry will not be judged unless the fee has been paid by the deadline.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS

Once your Open Call account is verified by email (please check spam filters for the automated message from BetterBNC), complete your contestant profile and click on "My Contests" under the Open Call Contestant navigation bar menu. Search "My Contests" for "2021 Deadline Club Awards." You will be aut... More

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THE CONTEST HERE

RULES & ELIGIBILITY

Entrants must be employees of or freelancers for news organizations with an office within a 50-mile radius of Columbus Circle in New York City.

Click AWARDS INFO below for full contest rules and eligibility guidelines.