Literary award · United States · since 1949
George Polk Award
American journalism prize. Established 1949 in United States.
About George Polk Award
The George Polk Awards in Journalism are a series of American journalism awards presented annually by Long Island University in New York in the United States. A writer for Idea Lab, a group blog hosted on the website of PBS, described the award as "one of only a couple of journalism prizes that means anything". The award is described as follows: For 75 years, LIU has been the proud home of the George Polk Awards in Journalism, the first major award of its kind to recognize reporting across all media. This prestigious honor focuses on the intrepid, bold, and influential work of the reporters themselves, placing a premium on investigative work that is original, resourceful, and thought-provoking.
From the Wikipedia article “George Polk Awards”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Recent winners
| Year | Winner | Winning work |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Ronen Bergman | — |
| 2023 | Samar Abu Elouf | — |
| 2023 | Samar Abu Elouf | — |
| 2021 | David Culver | — |
| 2021 | Yong Xiong | — |
| 2021 | Luke Mogelson | — |
| 2021 | Sarah Stillman | — |
| 2020 | Ed Yong | — |
| 2020 | Margaret Wickens Pearce | — |
| 2020 | Eli Saslow | — |
| 2020 | Susanne Craig | — |
| 2020 | Russ Buettner | — |
| 2019 | Ben Taub | — |
| 2019 | Brian M. Rosenthal | — |
| 2019 | Lisa Gartner | — |
From Wikidata; the list may be incomplete for some years.
Eligibility and entering
Check the official rules of the George Polk Award for the current eligibility window, accepted formats, residency or language requirements and any entry fee. For most established prizes the publisher submits on the author's behalf, often with a limit on entries per imprint.
If you are self-published, look for an explicit statement that independently published books are accepted, and budget for entry fees and copies for judges.
Sources & data
- Structured data from Wikidata Q845188 (CC0).
- Summary text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).