Society for Features Journalism

We hear you! You need a little more time to gather your contest entries!

So we have extended the deadline for our annual Excellence-in-Features awards through March 25! There will be no other extensions, so get your entries in!

Details: https://www.featuresjournalism.org/blog/2026/1/30/sfj-2026-features-contest-open

Reminder! Deadline to enter our annual contest is Tuesday, March 17! (Read: tomorrow.)
We celebrate storytelling in many forms, including podcast, narrative video and social media! We were truly impressed with the entries in these categories last year — see the 2025 winners: https://www.featuresjournalism.org/blog/2025/5/20/sfj-journalism-contest-winners-division-3-combined

SOCIAL MEDIA PORTFOLIO
FIRST: “The Baltimore Banner Instagram,” Staff, The Baltimore Banner
SECOND: “NJ.com’s Instagram and TikTok,” Staff, NJ.com
THIRD: “Chicago Sun-Times’ YouTube Channel, X and Instagram,” Staff, Chicago Sun-Times

NARRATIVE VIDEO
FIRST: Lauren Raposa and Nyah Marshall, NJ.com, “N.J.’s Black Roller Skating Scene Is Thriving”
SECOND: Vickie Connor, The (Portland, Ore.) Oregonian, “Portland Tattoo Artists Recreate Areolas and Help People Feel Comfortable After Cancer Surgery”
THIRD: Hadley Green, The Washington Post, “Construction Workers Memorialized Near Collapsed Key Bridge”

PODCAST – NARRATIVE:
FIRST: “The Harvard Plan,” Staff, Boston Globe, and On The Media
SECOND: “America’s Toxic Tap Water Problem,” Silvia Foster-Frau, Emma Talkoff and Monica Campbell, The Washington Post
THIRD: “Bad Watchdog,” Maren Machles, Padmini Raghunath and Nick Schwellenbach, Project On Government Oversight

You won't win unless you enter, so this is your chance to celebrate something you're really proud of producing!

Link to enter: https://www.featuresjournalism.org/blog/2026/1/30/sfj-2026-features-contest-open