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Skip to Main Content Home View Your Submissions Overseas Press Club of America Overseas Press Club of America There are presently no open calls for submissions. Annual awards for INTERNATIONAL COVERAGE in Newspapers, News Services, Digital, Magazines, Radio, Podcasts, Television, Video, Cartoons, Books and Photography. ELIGIBILITY: Work must be published or broadcast in the U.S. or be accessible to an American audience for the first time during 2019 with reporting primarily outside the US. ENTRY DEADLINE - 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on January 31, 2020 AWARDS DINNER - April 23, 2020 at Cipriani 25 Broadway CORNELIUS RYAN AWARD DEADLINE: January 10, 2020 Scroll down to the bottom of this page to select an award category and begin your submission. GENERAL RULES Entries can be submitted only through the OPC’s online submission process which will include the application, the work and a brief statement explaining why the entry deserves consideration. Material may be the work of an individual, group or staff but must be on one subject or theme. Each entry is $200, payable via PayPal, credit card or check made out to the Overseas Press Club of America. A corporate check coming from a source other than the submitter must clearly indicate which entry it underwrites. Organizations submitting 5 or more entries must pay by check and e-mail a master list of all entries to the OPC office. Freelancers who find it difficult to pay the full fee should contact patricia@opcofamerica.org for information about financial aid. One organization may submit up to five entries per award, but each entry must comply with the rules for the individual category. Multiple entry fees can be paid with one payment. Books can be submitted only for the Olivier Rebbot Award and Cornelius Ryan Award. All award winners receive a certificate and a $1,000 check. Only one saved "draft" is allowed at one time per category. Once an entry is submitted, the submitter cannot edit the content of the submission. JUDGING Head judges have the discretion to move an entry to another award if they feel that the entry is submitted in an inappropriate category. CONTEST INFORMATION All questions concerning the awards should be directed to Patricia Kranz , Executive Director of the Overseas Press Club of America, email info@opcofamerica.org or call 212 626-9220. ENTRIES CANNOT BE RETURNED. SUBMITTING WILL ASSUME PERMISSION FOR THE ENTRY TO APPEAR IN THE OPC MAGAZINE DATELINE , ON THE OPC WEBSITE AND IN OPC PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS FOR THE AWARDS DINNER AND/OR COMPETITION. A complete list of the 22 awards follows. For more information and to submit an entry, scroll down and click on the blue "submit" button for each award. OPC Annual Awards Newspapers, News Services, Print or Digital The Hal Boyle Award Best newspaper, news service or digital reporting from abroad. The Bob Considine Award Best newspaper, news service or digital interpretation of international affairs. The Ed Cunningham Award Best magazine-style, long-form narrative feature in print or digital on an international story. The Malcolm Forbes Award Best international business news reporting in newspapers, news services, magazines or digital. The Madeline Dane Ross Award Best international reporting in the print medium or digital showing a concern for the human condition. The Kim Wall Award Best story or series of stories on international affairs using creative and dynamic digital storytelling techniques. TV, Video, Radio or Podcast The Lowell Thomas Award Best radio, audio, or podcast coverage of international affairs. The David Kaplan Award Best TV or video spot news reporting from abroad. The Edward R. Murrow Award Best TV, video or documentary interpretation of international affairs with a run time up to 30 minutes. The Peter Jennings Award Best TV, video or documentary about international affairs with a run time over 30 minutes. The Morton Frank Award Best international business news reporting in TV, video, radio, audio or podcast. The David A. Andelman and Pamela Title Award Best international TV, video, radio, audio or podcast reporting showing a concern for the human condition. Any Medium (Excluding photos, books and cartoons) The Robert Spiers Benjamin Award Best reporting in any medium on Latin America. The Roy Rowan Award Best investigative reporting in any medium on an international story. The Flora Lewis Award Best commentary in any medium on international news. The Whitman Bassow Award Best reporting in any medium on international environmental issues. The Joe and Laurie Dine Award Best international reporting in any medium dealing with human rights. Photography The Robert Capa Gold Medal Award Best photographic reporting from abroad requiring exceptional courage and enterprise published in any medium. The Olivier Rebbot Award Best photographic news reporting from abroad in any medium. The Feature Photography Award Best feature photography on an international theme published in any medium. Books The Cornelius Ryan Award Best non-fiction book on international affairs. Cartoon The Best Cartoon Award Best print or digital graphic journalism, including cartoons, on international affairs. PRINT Provide permanent links to all work that will be entered for judging at the bottom of the "Brief statement" field on the entry form. DO NOT SEND additional materials to the OPC office. For online material, entries must include: URLs/links to the work(s) nominated and must be available online with no password required. GUIDELINES: It is best not to submit “a body of work” such as “reporting from Asia” — these categories are too generalized and too long. We do not set a limit for total number of articles, but it is best to be selective and submit only the strongest material. BOOKS Book entries will send two hard copies to the OPC office, 40 West 45th Street, New York, NY, 10036. Books can be submitted only for the Olivier Rebbot Award and Cornelius Ryan Award. PHOTOGRAPHY Pictures must provide an accurate and fair representation of the scene witnessed. The content of a picture cannot be altered by adding, rearranging, reversing, distorting or removing people or objects from within the frame. The judges may request to see raw files for review. Upload high resolution photos to the contest website. DO NOT SEND DVDs or CDs to the OPC office. Title the uploads by award last name, nominee’s first initial and last name and number the jpgs, for example: rebbot_jdoe_a1.jpg Send no more than 12 images (images 10 inches at longest dimension, 300 dpi, JPEG) with captions for each image in a separate Word Document and also embedded in the image IPTC information or description field. In addition to photos, you must submit proof of publication. Scan and create a PDF from a newspaper tearsheet, magazine article, book or website link. Upload everything into one .zip folder: images, Word document, proof of publication in PDF and IPTC information. CARTOON Upload high-resolution images. DO NOT SEND printed cartoons or portfolios to the OPC. Title uploads by award name, nominee’s first initial and last name and entry title (e.g.: thomas_jdoe_title1.jpg). In addition to the cartoons, submit proof of publication — for example, PDF from newspaper or magazine, or website link. Submit no more than 12 images (images 10 inches at longest dimension, 300dpi, JPEG). Upload all images and proof of publication in one zip folder. For cartoons about international events not published originally in English, all entries in the cartoon category should have an English translation provided along with the entry submission. Submissions without a translation will not be considered. TELEVISION For the David Kaplan Award, the Edward R. Murrow Award, the Peter Jennings Award and the David A. Andelman and Pamela Title Award, fill out the online OPC application and include a link to your work making sure that it does not require a password to view. The video may reside on any server, personal or corpora...