SAJA Journalism AwardsSubmissions now open for the 2025 SAJA Journalism Awards!We are excited to announce that SAJA is now accepting submissions through Friday, Sept. 5, 2025 for journalism awards in a variety of categories, including outstanding reporting on arts, culture and lifestyle; business news; and international coverage. We’re also giving out the Daniel Pearl award for outstanding investigative reporting. In addition, we have two awards on any subject by South Journalists only, the General Excellence Award and reporting on any subject by a South Asian student. The SAJA awards help further our mission of supporting newsroom diversity and promoting coverage of issues related to South Asia worldwide. Winners will be celebrated at the SAJA Gala & Awards on Friday, October 10, 2025, part of the SAJA Conference that weekend. If you have any questions, please email the Chair of the SAJA Awards, Pia Sarkar at piasarkar@gmail.com. Deadline: Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. ET To submit your entry, please go to: https://saja.awardsplatform.com/ Eligibility CriteriaThe submitted piece(s) of work must have:
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FEES: SAJA levies a non-refundable application fee to help cover some of the costs of the awards process. The fee is $80 per entry for companies who are making submissions on behalf of employees, $25 per entry for individual journalists submitting on behalf of themselves and $15 per entry for students. JUDGING: SAJA will select a pool of volunteer judges for each award, who will rate each submission on a number of factors including:
Awards CategoriesSAJA recognizes journalism in a number of different categories. We do not accept opinion pieces. All media formats are allowed, though video or audio submissions must not be longer than 30 minutes. The reporting can be a single piece or a series on a specific topic. Submissions must be limited to three pieces of work per entry.Here is a full list of the categories: 1. The Daniel Pearl Award 2. Outstanding Business Reporting Award 3. Outstanding Arts, Culture, and Lifestyle Reporting Award 4. Outstanding International Reporting Award 5. General Excellence Award 6. Outstanding story on any subject by a South Asian student in the U.S. or Canada 2021-2024 ARCHIVES COMING HERE SOON. 2020 AWARDEES2019 Awardees2018 Awardees
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