United States: Submit Nominations for 2021 Hillman Prizes

Deadline: 30-Jan-21

The Sidney Hillman Foundation is currently accepting nominations for the 2021 Hillman Prizes.

Since 1950, the Sidney Hillman Foundation has honored journalists, writers and public figures that pursue investigative journalism and public policy in service of the common good. Sidney Hillman was the founding president of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, a predecessor union of Workers United, SEIU. Sidney Hillman, an architect of the New Deal, fought to build a vibrant union movement extending beyond the shop floor to all aspects of working people’s lives.

• Book (bound volumes and ebooks);
• Newspaper Journalism (story or series/in print or online);
• Magazine Journalism (story or series/in print or online);
• Broadcast Journalism (story/series/documentary at least 20 minutes in total package length that has aired on television, radio or podcast);
• Web Journalism (story/series that did not appear in print) Open to blogs, photojournalism, and other multimedia projects as well as text;
• Opinion & Analysis Journalism (any medium) Includes all types of advocacy, opinion, commentary and analysis, normally short-form and/or frequent, regardless of medium. Open to newspaper and magazine columnists, TV and radio presenters, podcasters, blogs, and bloggers.

Prize Information

• Winners will be announced in April 2021. Winners are awarded travel to New York City to receive a $5,000 prize and a certificate at the awards ceremony.

Eligibility Criteria

• The contest is open to journalists and subjects globally, although work must have been intended for and be widely accessible to a U.S. audience.
• You may nominate your own work or someone else’s. You may apply on your own, or be entered by your organization.

For more information, visit http://www.hillmanfoundation.org/hillman-prizes/nominations