2019 Dalton Camp Award deadline December 1

November 21, 2018 Editor Event awarddalton camp awardevent

The deadline for the 2019 Dalton Camp Award is fast approaching. The annual essay competition is open to submissions until Friday, December 1 at 8 p.m. EST. The competition offers prizes for the best essay or essays about the link between democracy and the media in Canada.

The competition is open to Canadian citizens and permanent residents. Essays must be written in English and not exceed 2000 words in length.

The Dalton Camp Award was founded by the Friends of Canadian Broadcasting in 2002. Last year, a prize of $10,000 was awarded to the winning essay. A second prize of $2500 was also awarded to a student submission.

For more information or to submit an entry for the Dalton Camp Award, check out this page on the Friends of Canadian Broadcasting’s website.

2018 Dave Greber Awards open for submissions

March 22, 2018 Editor News awardsdave greber freelance writers awards

Freelance writers, if you've focused your work on social justice issues this year, it's time to apply for the Dave Greber Freelance Writers Awards. The competition opened this week and the submissions deadline is Friday, June 22 at 5 p.m. PST. The awards honour the memory of Dave Greber, a Calgary-based freelancer who wrote extensively about…

2017 SABEW Canada Best in Business Awards open for submissions

January 18, 2018 Editor News awardsbest in businesssabew canada

Freelance business writers, it's time to get your application together for the SABEW Canada Best in Business awards. The 4th annual awards will be given to work published or broadcast during the 2017 calendar year.There are ten categories for this year's awards, including investigative, personal finance, breaking news coverage, profile, and…

2018 National Magazine Awards submissions open

December 05, 2017 Editor Event awardsnational magazine awardsnational magazine awards foundation

Have you written a great piece of magazine journalism this year? If your publisher isn't planning to enter it for a National Magazine Award, you should consider entering it yourself... and once again you'll get a discount on your entry fees.Entries for the 41st annual National Magazine Awards opened this week and the Freelancer Support Fund is…

2017 Ali Mustafa Memorial Award for freelance photojournalists open for applications

November 09, 2017 Editor News ali mustafaali mustafa awardali mustafa memorial collectiveawardsfreelance awardsfreelance photographersfreelance photojournalismphotojournalism

Freelance photojournalists are invited to apply for the 2017 Ali Mustafa Memorial Award for People’s Journalism. The award is granted to young photojournalists in honour of Ali Mustafa, a Canadian freelance photographer killed in Aleppo, Syria in 2014. Applications for this year's award close on December 15, 2017.Mustafa's work had been featured…

2018 Dalton Camp Award deadline December 1

October 13, 2017 Editor Event awarddalton camp awardevent

The deadline for the 2018 Dalton Camp Award is approaching. The annual essay competition is open to submissions until Friday, December 1. The competition awards the best essay (or essays) about the link between democracy and the media in Canada.The competition is open to Canadian citizens and permanent residents. Essays must be written in…

The 5-Minute Freelancer Q&A #35 — Geoff Dembicki

September 19, 2017 Editor Advice 5-minute freelanceradvicedave greber award winnerfreelancer q&a

In this regular feature, Story Board asks Canadian writers to share a few details about their work habits and their strategies for navigating the ups and downs of freelance life.Geoff Dembicki got into journalism at a strange time. He graduated from Carleton University's journalism program in 2008, when the financial crisis and other troubles…

Ticket giveaway for National Magazine Awards gala May 26 in Toronto

April 26, 2017 Editor News eventnational magazine awards

The 2017 National Magazine Awards nominations were announced last week and, as always, freelancers figure prominently among the nominees. And two of them are members of CMG Freelance. Congratulations to Alison Motluk, whose piece "A Journey to the Medical Netherworld" is nominated in the Personal Journalism category. And congratulations to…

2017 Dave Greber Freelance Writers Awards open for submissions

March 14, 2017 Editor News awardsdave greber freelance writers awardsfreelance awards

After taking a break in 2016, the Dave Greber Freelance Writers Awards are back this year. Submissions for the 2017 awards opened this week.Created in 2004 in the memory of freelance writer Dave Greber, the awards are given to writers of social justice-related non-fiction. There are two awards — one for books and one for magazines. The book…

Off the Page, with investigative journalist Virgil Grandfield

February 23, 2017 Editor Journalism freelancer q&anational magazine awardsoff the pagevirgil grandfield

Off the Page is a regular interview series featuring National Magazine Award winners. In this interview we chat with freelance journalist Virgil Grandfield, who won the 2016 National Magazine Award for Investigative Reporting.In his award-winning investigative story “The Cage” (Eighteen Bridges) Virgil Grandfield describes one particular day of…