CCNow Journalism Awards 2026

The Covering Climate Now (CCNow) Journalism Awards, now in their sixth year, will honor excellent reporting on many critical dimensions of the climate story.  Work published or broadcast anytime in 2025 from across the globe is eligible. There is no fee to enter.

Thematics

• Entry submissions will cover 14 subject based categories.
• This helps elevate work on specific and important aspects of the climate story — for example, solutions, justice, and health.
• CCNow plans to honor multiple winners in each category, reflecting a range of styles, story lengths, outlet sizes, and geographic regions, to showcase the many ways journalists across the world explored similar subjects.
• In addition to the subject-based categories, CCNow will honor work in a “Large projects & collaborations” category.
• The “Emerging Journalists of the Year” category will recognize early-career journalists whose work shows exceptional promise.
• Further, the “Journalists of the Year” category will award three journalists who demonstrate exemplary commitment to the climate story and whose work has had a transformative impact on our profession.

How to apply 

Please apply by registering the CCNow platform here. The last date to submit applications is Monday, March 31, at 11:59pm US Eastern Time.

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