2025 contest closed

The nation’s largest and oldest regional journalism is now closed for the 75th time.

Entries are being judged right now. Winners will be announced in late June.

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

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

Who will win this year?

Every dollar of your entry fees 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.