Awards

This annual international competition and exhibition of the Natural History Museum in London, UK highlights the unique and beautiful relationship between photography, science and art. Includes a young photographer category. Win cash prizes, a place in the museum's exhibit and more. Deadline: Dec 8, 2022.

Flashlight, an innovative new nonprofit network of giving circles, gives $500-$1,000 grants to investigative journalists, who retain complete editorial control and are free to publish their work wherever they like. In this round, they are funding freelance journalists covering election integrity. Apply by Nov 18, 2022.

GSDF connects filmmakers around the world with international media outlets looking for short docs. Selected from a global call, 16 filmmakers take part in an intensive 4-week training program of online workshops, mentoring, and one-to-one pitch meetings with decision makers. Three grants available. Deadline: Dec 13, 2022.

In honor of International Freelancer Day on Oct 19, Freelancers Union + Fiverr opened applications for $500 micro-grants to aid freelancers and independent workers worldwide in wellness areas including mental, physical, social and financial. Apply by Nov 2, 2022.

California-based professional journalists (including freelancers) or reporters from national outlets doing a California-focused project are eligible for this fund comprising a $2,000-$10,000 stipend, five months of professional mentorship (Jan 16-Jun 16, 2023) from a veteran journalist and more. Apply by Nov 18.

This global journalism prize aims to make reporters' voices known beyond the borders of their home countries, to increase the diversity of perspectives offered in the media. Writing in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Persian, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish is eligible. Cash prizes. Deadline: Oct 23, 2022.

The Media School at Bournemouth University awards cash prizes for storytelling (fiction or non-fiction) written specifically for delivery and reading/viewing on a PC or Mac, the web, or a hand-held device such as an iPad or mobile phone. Enter by Nov 25, 2022; Writing Magazine Student Award deadline is Dec. 20, 2022.

Apply by Oct 14, 2022 for Solutions Journalism Network's new initiative that will bring together five newsrooms in the U.S. to work individually and collectively to transform their coverage of the changing climate, in addition to selection of a Climate Fellow from each newsroom. Stipends for fellows and newsrooms.

SEJ's Awards for Reporting on the Environment honor the best environmental journalism on the planet. On Wednesday, October 26, at 1:00 p.m. ET, join the first-place winners in 10 categories as they share how they got their award-winning stories. And be among the first to learn who is the "Best of the Best" when we announce LIVE the winner of the 2022 Nina Mason Pulliam Award and its $10,000 cash prize.