SEJ Awards for Reporting on the Environment

The 2021 SEJ Awards Program

is now closed.

SEJ's 20th annual Awards for Reporting on the Environment honors the best environmental journalism in 10 categories, bringing recognition to the stories that are among the most important on the planet. Prizes of $500 for first-place winners and $250 for second-place winners in all categories. Plus...

The Nina Mason Pulliam Award for the "best of the best" environmental reporting will award $10,000 to one entry selected from the first-place winners of SEJ's Awards for Reporting on the Environment. The prize also includes travel, registration and hotel expenses (up to $2,500) for the winner, or representatives of the winning team, to attend SEJ's annual conference.

All SEJ Awards first-place winners are automatically entered into the Nina Mason Pulliam Award. Read more about the Pulliam Award.
The Nina Mason Pulliam Award is sponsored by the Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust.

See all the Pulliam winners.

SEJ's 2021 Awards Committee

Rae Tyson, Freelance Journalist and Committee Chair
Emilia Askari, Independent Journalist
Edwin Lake, Freelance Writer
Parimal Rohit, Austin Business Journal

Sara Schonhardt, International Climate Reporter, E&E News and SEJ Board Liaison to the Awards Committee
Chris Bruggers, SEJ Deputy Director, Awards Director and Staff Liaison to the Awards Committee

Thank you to our Awards judges and screeners over the years!

Past Award winners:

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