We are pleased to announce that entries for the NENPA New England Newspaper Awards Program are open now through July 11, 2025. This year, in addition to our long-standing honors recognizing editorial excellence, transparency, and public service, we are introducing an exciting new series of awards—the A-Mark Awards, which will provide up to $90,000 in monetary awards to journalists and newsrooms.
All Publick Occurrences and First Amendment entries will automatically be entered for consideration in the A-Mark Awards.
All awards will be presented at the 2025 Fall Leadership Conference in Northampton, MA, on September 25-26, 2025, at the Hotel Northampton.
Newspaper of the Year Awards:
New England Newspaper of the Year
Celebrates overall excellence in reporting, design, photography, and public service. Judged holistically across all areas of newspaper production.
Publick Occurrences Awards
Honors journalistic work that has made a profound impact on the public or initiated important civic discussions, echoing the spirit of America’s first newspaper.
Allan B. Rogers Editorial Award
Recognizes editorial writing that makes a compelling, reasoned argument and contributes to the editorial voice of a publication.
New England First Amendment Award
Presented to individuals or organizations that champion freedom of the press and the public’s right to know, often at great personal or institutional risk.
AP Sevellon Brown New England Journalist of the Year
Awarded to an individual journalist for outstanding reporting, ethics, and leadership in news coverage over the past year.
Bob Wallack Community Journalism Award
Highlights a story, series, or body of work that strengthens connections within a community and elevates local voices.
The Cornerstone Award
Recognizes extraordinary service to the newspaper industry through innovation, mentorship, advocacy, or long-term leadership.
New England Journalism Educator of the Year Award
Recognizes a professor at a university or college in the six-state region who is doing outstanding work to prepare journalists to lead our newspaper organizations into the future.
A-Mark Awards
Recognizes and honors outstanding investigative journalism that reveals hidden truths, holds power to account, or drives public awareness or reform. The awards will reward ambitious, well-researched reporting that may expose a wrong, hold powerful individuals accountable, or explore a complex problem, issue, or subject.