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.

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.

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.