Entries Invited in 2010 Competition for
Carmage Walls Commentary Prize

Two $1,000 cash prizes to be awarded

Contest deadline: April 27, 2010

SNPA member newspapers – both daily and non-daily – are encouraged to nominate their most outstanding work for the 2010 Carmage Walls Commentary Prize. Your best work could earn a $1,000 cash prize.

Awards will be presented in each of two circulation categories – over 50,000 circulation and under 50,000 circulation. In each circulation group, the first-place winner will receive a plaque and a cash award of $1,000. Second-place winners will receive a plaque and $500.

This annual award, to be presented during the Oct. 17-19 News Industry Summit, recognizes outstanding commentary on local issues. It encourages thoughtful, courageous and constructive editorial page leadership on issues specifically relevant to each newspaper’s primary readership.

The prize was named for the late Benjamin Carmage Walls whose newspaper career spanned seven decades. Mr. Walls primarily owned community newspapers and advocated strong, courageous and positive editorial page leadership.

Contest details
Each entry may consist of up to six separate opinion pieces, editorials or columns on a single subject published on the editorial pages of an SNPA member newspaper in 2009. Multiple entries are allowed, with each entry requiring a $25 entry fee.

Contest deadline
The deadline to submit entries is Tuesday, April 27, 2010.

Prizes will be awarded at SNPA’s News Industry Summit, Oct. 17-19 in Austin, Texas.

Download entry form
For complete contest details and an entry form, click on the links at the top of this page.

Questions?
For more information, contact Cindy Durham at SNPA: cindy@snpa.org or (404) 256-0444.