Encourage your young staffers to enter the Goff Penny Awards

Do you have talented young reporters writing for your daily newspaper? Encourage them to enter their work for the annual Goff Penny Awards. The competition provides $1,500 cash prizes to early-career journalists (full-time staff, interns or freelancers) writing for CNA-member daily newspapers. Entrants must be between the ages of 20 to 25 to participate in this competition. English and French entries are welcome and prizes will be awarded in two circulation classes. The entry deadline for this year’s awards is Friday, February 13.

Previous winners include Daniel Dale and Jesse McLean of the Toronto Star, Molly Hayes of the Hamilton Spectator and Katie May of the Lethbridge Herald.

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If you have any questions about the awards, please contact Taylor Kormann at awards@newsapaperscanada.ca.