Entry fees are $175 per entry for non-members or $100 per entry for ONA members. Entry fees for students are $50 per entry for non-members or $15 per entry for ONA members. If you’d like to become an ONA member, join here.

HOW TO PAY

In order to receive the member rate, sign in with your ONA membership account on theawards site. Otherwise, create an account on the awards site to submit an entry at the non-member rate.

Payment should be made online by credit card. If you are unable to pay by credit card, you may pay by check or money order, after contacting [email protected] to arrange payment and for us to mark your online entry as complete.

Checks should be made payable to the Online News Association. Mail the check to:

Online News Association
1111 North Capitol Street NE, Sixth Floor
Washington, DC, 20002
ATTN: Online Journalism Awards

Basic requirements include a URL where the entry is live and a username and password if the entry requires a subscription or registration. Requirements can be found on the categories page.

Online Journalism Awards are broken out by size, as determined by the total number of the organization’s employees. If an entry was produced with external resources — contractors, freelancers, etc. — that number must be included when determining size.

Small: For an entrant to be considered “small,” the organization must have 50 or fewer employees.
Medium: For an entrant to be considered “medium,” the organization must have between 51 and 250 employees.
Large: For an entrant to be considered “large,” the organization must have more than 250 employees.

Entries must be submitted through the online awards site. To enter, fill out entry forms for each entry across all categories. Then pay for the total number of awards entries. Entry fees are listed below.

TECHNICAL INNOVATION AWARD ELIGIBILITY

For the Technical Innovation award, any company, journalistic in focus or not, may enter a digital tool it created which, in the organization’s estimation, significantly enhances the practice of online journalism. The publication date restrictions for this award refer to the date of the initial release or substantial upgrade to this product. Judges will weigh the breadth and timeliness of an entrant’s impact on the journalistic community.

REQUIREMENTS

Review all entry requirements for each category before submitting an entry. Requirements vary depending on the category. Basic requirements include a URL where the entry is live and a username and password if the entry requires a subscription or registration. Requirements can be found on the categories page.

If an entry exists on a platform that is not available via a desktop computer, such as a smartphone or tablet application, entrants should provide a URL to a marketplace page where the application can be downloaded free of charge. If applicants are submitting entries that requires installation of an app or some other technical requirement beyond the typical browser, please note that in your entry.

MULTIPLE ENTRIES

If submitting multiple entries (either in the same category or across multiple categories), fill out entry forms for each entry, then make one purchase for all of the entries you submitted. You may enter the same item into more than one category, if you choose.

EDITING ENTRIES

Entries can be saved and edited at a later date, but corrections cannot be made to entries after submitting. Please verify that all the information in your entry is correct before submitting.