Deadline: 22 June 2017
The Sigma Delta Chi Foundation has announced the Eugene S. Pulliam First Amendment Award to honor a person or persons who have fought to protect and preserve one or more of the rights guaranteed by the First Amendment.
Annually at the Society of Professional Journalists National Convention, the Sigma Delta Chi Foundation will honor an individual, group of individuals or organization with a $10,000 cash award and an engraved crystal. The honoree(s) also will receive transportation (airfare and two-night hotel stay) to the national convention. (Additional travel costs are the responsibility of the award recipient).
Eligibility Criteria
- Nominations are open to any person, persons or organization in the U.S. or its territories who have worked to protect the basic rights provided by the First Amendment.
- Honorees do not have to be journalists. In fact, the Foundation encourages recognition of those outside the journalism profession for their First Amendment efforts and initiatives, such as, but not limited to, public officials, members of the legal profession, scholars, educators, librarians, students and ordinary citizens.
Nominations
- Nominations for the annual award may be made by anyone, inside or outside of the journalism profession.
- Nominations should include:
- Completed entry form
- Three signed letters of nomination or one letter endorsed by three individuals or organizations.
- Nomination letter should detail the specific efforts taken on behalf of the protection of First Amendment rights; obstacles and difficulties encountered; and impact made as a result of those efforts how they have contributed to the protection of the First Amendment.
- Supporting materials may consist of published or broadcast materials, documentation of service or lifetime achievement or any appropriate materials.
- Entries become the property of the Sigma Delta Chi Foundation. They may be republished for general distribution or used to publicize the award.
- There is no entry fee.
How to Apply
- Nominations should be submitted as PDF documents. If applicant have Word documents to submit, save them as PDFs before uploading them using the nomination form given in the website.
- Please include the following:
- Entry Form
- Nomination Letter(s)
- Supporting Materials
Eligible Country: United States
For more information, please visit Eugene S. Pulliam First Amendment Award.