Canadian Hillman Prizes 2026 – YOA

Deadline: January 15, 2026

Applications are open for the Canadian Hillman Prizes 2026. The Canadian Hillman Prizes honour excellence in journalism in service of the frequent good. The Hillman Prizes search out investigative reporting that attracts consideration to social or financial injustice and results in significant public coverage change. They try to acknowledge discernment of a major information story, resourcefulness and braveness in reporting, ability in relating the story and the affect of the protection.

Starting in 2024, the inspiration now awards three Canadian Hillman Prizes as a substitute of 1. The judges will choose entries within the following classes: print/digital, broadcast (television, radio, podcast) and native/neighborhood information (in any medium/format).

Since 1950, the Sidney Hillman Foundation has honored journalists, writers and public figures who pursue investigative journalism and public coverage in service of the frequent good. Sidney Hillman was the founding president of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, a predecessor union of Workers United, SEIU. Sidney Hillman, an architect of the New Deal, fought to construct a vibrant union motion extending past the store ground to all facets of working folks’s lives.

Award

• The Canadian Hillman Prize winners might be awarded an honorarium and certificates at an occasion to be held in Toronto on Thursday April 9, 2026.

Eligibility

• Entries will need to have been revealed in Canada in 2025 and have been broadly accessible to a Canadian viewers.
• Self-published work will not be eligible.
• There isn’t any price to enter. There isn’t any restrict to the variety of entries one journalist, publication or outlet could enter.

Application

The deadline to enter is January 15, 2026 at 11:59pm. Late functions won’t be thought of.

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For extra data, go to Canadian Hillman Prizes.