SFJ Excellence-in-Features Awards

The annual Excellence-in-Features journalism contest is a celebration of the craft of storytelling on a variety of platforms. SFJ awards prizes for work such as best narrative story, best food criticism, best visual storytelling, best features beat portfolio, best first-person narrative/essay and best in inclusion and representation.

Each first-place winner receives a $300 cash award.

2024 Contest Information

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SFJ’s 2024 Excellence-in-Features contest is open for submissions!
SFJ’s 2024 Excellence-in-Features contest is open for submissions!

The Society for Features Journalism is thrilled to announce that our 2024 Excellence-in-Features contest is now open for submissions.

Once again, first-place winners in each category will receive $300.

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Past Winners

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Here are the winners of SFJ's 2023 Excellence-in-Features journalism awards

The winners in three divisions represent the best of storytelling in words, video and podcasts.

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Winners of 2022 Society for Features Journalism Excellence-in-Features awards

First-place winners of the 2022 SFJ features journalism storytelling awards will receive $300.

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2021 SOCIETY FOR FEATURES JOURNALISM EXCELLENCE-IN-FEATURES AWARDS

The Society for Features Journalism is pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 Excellence-in-Features awards. The categories include commentary, narrative storytelling, niche products, integrated storytelling and video.

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The 2019 Excellence-in-Features award winners

The full list of winners in the 2019 Excellence in Features writing awards, presented by the Sociey for Features Journalism.

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