Miami (May 8, 2026) – The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) reminded media outlets and journalists in the Americas and Spain that May 31 is the deadline for submissions to the 2026 Awards for Excellence in Journalism, an initiative that recognizes the year’s best work in 13 categories.
Entries may be submitted in the contest’s three official languages: Spanish, English, and Portuguese. The submission deadline is May 31. Applications can be submitted by clicking here.
Only journalistic pieces published between June 1, 2025, and May 31, 2026, in a daily newspaper, weekly publication, magazine, news agency, online publication, or radio and television station will be considered eligible. To review the contest rules, click here.
A jury composed of members of the IAPA Awards Committee will select the winner in each category. The first prize in each category is $2,000 (two thousand U.S. dollars). The awards ceremony will be held between October 22 and 25, 2026, during the 82nd IAPA General Assembly in Bogotá, Colombia.
Participation is open to all, regardless of IAPA membership. The 13 categories of the 2026 IAPA Excellence in Journalism Awards are:
Migration Journalism Claudio Paolillo (sponsored by La Silla Rota, Mexico).
Illustration and Infographics (sponsored by El Tiempo, Bogotá, Colombia).
Current News Coverage (sponsored by Infobae).
Interview Alejandro Miró Quesada Garland (sponsored by El Comercio, Lima, Peru).
Photography (sponsored by La Prensa Gráfica, San Salvador, El Salvador).
Video (sponsored by Fundación Carlos Freire, Ríobamba, Ecuador).
Opinion (sponsored by El Mercurio, Santiago, Chile).
Data Journalism (sponsored by Grupo de Comunicaciones Corripio, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic).
In-depth journalism (sponsored by Clarín, Buenos Aires, Argentina).
Environmental journalism Roberto Eisenmann Jr. (sponsored by La Prensa, Panama City, Panama).
University journalism (sponsored by the Latin American Council for Accreditation of Education in Journalism and Communication [CLAEP]).
Podcast (sponsored by AFP, Agence France-Presse).
Inter-American Journalism with a Gender Perspective (sponsored by the Inter-American Commission of Women, CIM).
The IAPA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the defense and promotion of press freedom and freedom of expression in the Americas. It is composed of more than 1,300 publications in the Western Hemisphere and is headquartered in Miami, United States.