Make sure your team’s work gets recognized for journalistic excellence, regionally and nationally. These Society of Professional Journalists contests are now open for entries, but the entry deadlines are approaching fast. Details below.

SPJ Top of the Rockies Awards (regional) — Honors excellence in journalism in Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Wyoming. DEADLINE: JAN. 28. Click here for details.

SPJ Colorado Pro individual awards (state) – Honors the Best of the Best in Colorado journalism. Categories are Keeper of the Flame, Journalist of the Year, Educator of the Year and the First Amendment Award. DEADLINE: MARCH 2. Click here for details.

SPJ Mark of Excellence Awards (regional and national, for students) – Honors the best in student journalism. First-place regional winners (in Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Wyoming) advance to the national competition. DEADLINE: FEB. 11. Click here for details.

SPJ Sigma Delta Chi Awards (national) – Honors excellence in professional journalism across print/online, audio, television and more. DEADLINE: FEB. 18. Click here for details.

SPJ New America Awards (national) — Honors public service journalism that explores and exposes issues of importance to U.S. immigrant or ethnic communities. DEADLINE: MARCH 11. Click here for details.

SPJ/Prison Journalism Project Stillwater Awards (national, for incarcerated journalists) — recognizes excellence in prison journalism. DEADLINE: FEB. 16. Click here for details.

SPJ/ Journalism Education Association High School Essay Contest (national, for high school students) – For the best student essays on why misinformation or disinformation (fake news) is so easily spread, and how journalists aim to counter it. Winners receive scholarships. DEADLINE: FEB. 22. Click here for details.

SPJ national honors (for members) — Including the Howard S. Dubin Outstanding Pro Member Award, the David L. Eshelman Outstanding Campus Adviser Award, the Julie Galvan Outstanding Graduate in Journalism Award, the Robert D.G. Lewis First Amendment Award and the Wells Memorial Key. Click here for details.

SPJ national honors (for the public) – Including the Distinguished Teaching in Journalism Award, the Ethics in Journalism Award, the Fellow of the Society Award, the Sunshine Award and Historic Sites in Journalism. Click here for details.

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