2025 contest open

The nation’s largest and oldest regional journalism is now open for the 75th time. Click here to learn more and enter.

See all the winners for the 2024 contest.

From each division, judges chose one winner – and other judges then chose the best entry overall. That’s our annual Green Eyeshade winner.

Click the photo above to read A Bar Called Charlene’s by Robert W. Fieseler, which appeared in 64 Parishes, a project of the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities.

For 2025, members of the Society of Professional Journalists will still pay $40 per entry, while non-members will still pay $60 per entry. Those prices haven’t changed in over a decade, and all college entries remain a measly $20 per.

What do we do with that money? Every dollar after expenses is spent on journalists like you, for all kinds of training programs. The Green Eyeshade directors are volunteers, as are the professional judges from all over the country.