The International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors (ISWNE) is accepting entries for its annual Golden Quill editorial writing contest. Deadline is Feb. 2, 2026.
All newspapers of less than daily frequency (published fewer than four days per week) are eligible to enter. Online-only newspapers must be considered community news sites. Syndicated columnists are not eligible.
Entries must have been published between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2025.
It’s time to enter the Texas Better Newspaper Contest. The contest opens for entries on Jan. 19 on the ACES contest platform. Entries submitted should have been published during the 2025 calendar year. Deadline for entries is Feb. 13.
Rules, along with eligibility information, are available online at www.texaspress.com/better-newspaper-contest-0.
Texas newspaper journalists are encouraged to enter their best examples of objective hard-news stories to compete for a $5,000 award from the Center for Integrity in News Reporting.
The Headliners Foundation of Texas is accepting entries through Feb. 9 for its Charles E. Green Awards, Showcase Awards and Burl Osborne Award contests.
A total of $11,000 will be awarded to Texas-based journalists for work produced between Jan. 1, 2025 and Dec. 31, 2025.
There is no entry fee, and cash prizes are paid directly to the winning journalists.
Entries are accepted from print, broadcast and multimedia journalists. Award criteria, contest rules, and the online entry form may be found at www.headlinersfoundation.org.
Every year, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) collects data on recycled newsprint. Texas law requires that newspaper publishers submit their report for 2025 to the TCEQ by Jan. 31.
More information about the reporting requirement is available in the Texas Health and Safety Code, Section 361.430.
In addition to the Texas Better Newspaper Contest, TPA members have the opportunity to enter an separate competition that carries a $5,000 prize.
Texas is among 14 states where the Center for Integrity in News Reporting is launching a new annual journalism awards program.
Funded by a grant from the SNPA Foundation, the awards will recognize the best examples of impartial, objective and fair reporting in newspapers.
As the year draws to a close, TPA members are encouraged to start selecting their best work from 2025 to enter in the Texas Better Newspaper Contest.
The contest opens for entries on Jan. 19 on the ACES contest platform, the online system used for the past two years. Entries submitted should have been published during the 2025 calendar year. Deadline for entries is Feb. 13.
Beginning Jan. 1, 2026, the Texas Press Messenger will become a digital-only newspaper.
For several years, Texas Press Association has been delivering its monthly newspaper to members the first of each month both digitally and in print. Since almost every print copy is an out-of-county mail piece, the delay in delivery is frequently three to four weeks.
NACOGDOCHES – The Daily Sentinel has welcomed Jackland Berry-McDowell as publisher to lead the award-winning community newspaper.
“I am incredibly proud to have Jackland Berry-McDowell step into the publisher role for The Daily Sentinel in Nacogdoches. With her experience growing up in the area combined with her energy, there is no doubt she will make the community proud,” said Leonard Woolsey, president of Southern Newspapers, Inc. “I see great things ahead for The Daily Sentinel and the community.”
Lavaca County celebrated a remarkable milestone recently as Henry Joe Jasek began his 70th year in journalism.
By MICHELLE PRICE, Halletsville Tribune-Herald
Jasek’s career started on Aug. 30, 1956, when he was a recent high school graduate looking for work close to home. The Moulton Eagle hired him as a typesetter, a job that came at a critical time for his family. With his father battling cancer and his mother in need of help, Jasek set aside his plans to attend business school and stayed near home to support them.