SEJ Awards for Reporting on the Environment

 

CALL FOR ENTRIES Deadline to enter: MAY 1

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DEADLINE: May 1, 2023, 11:59 p.m. ET
Late deadline: May 15 (with additional fee)

*NEW* First 100 entries will
receive a 20% Early Bird discount!
Discount code: EARLYBIRD

2023 RULES
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HOW TO ENTER: Beat, Investigative, Explanatory, Feature categories
HOW TO ENTER: Book category
HOW TO ENTER: Student category

 

SEJ's 22nd 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.

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SEJ's 2022 Awards Committee

Emilia Askari, Independent Journalist
Rocky Kistner, Independent Journalist
Parimal Rohit, CoStar News

Ex Officio:
Chris Bruggers, Senior Advisor, Awards and Elections
Sara Schonhardt, International Climate Reporter, E&E News and SEJ Board Liaison to the Awards Committee

 

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Past Award winners:

2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002

On October 26, 2022, we held virtually the 2022 #SEJAwards Ceremony. The first-place winners in 10 categories shared how they got their award-winning stories (Watch the video interviews here). We also announced live the winner of the Nina Mason Pulliam Award and its $10,000 cash prize. Watch the recorded ceremony.

​Past Pulliam winners:

2022  |  2021  |  2020  |  2019  |  2018

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