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 in a variety of categories, including narrative story, food criticism, visual storytelling, features beat portfolio, first-person narrative/essay and inclusion and representation.

We have launched our 2025 contest! Visit our blog for details.

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

See Past Winners →

2025 Contest Information

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Jan 21, 2025

SFJ’s 2025 Excellence-in-Features contest launches with new divisions, categories

Jan 21, 2025

Society for Features Journalism’s 2025 contest to honor excellence in features storytelling is open for entries. New this year: updated contest divisions and new categories. There’s an early-bird entry free until February 18.

Jan 21, 2025

Past Winners

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Jun 25, 2024

Division 3, combined category winners of SFJ 2024 Excellence-in-Features journalism awards

Jun 25, 2024

Winners from the largest circulation publications and from digital-only organizations in the 2024 SFJ Excellence-in-Features journalism contest.

Jun 25, 2024

Division 1 winners of SFJ 2024 Excellence-in-Features journalism awards

Jun 25, 2024

Division 1 covers publications with circulation of up to 90,000. Judges comments are included. First-place winners receive $300.

Jun 25, 2024

Division 2 winners of SFJ 2024 Excellence-in-Features journalism awards

Jun 25, 2024

The Division 2 winners of the 2024 SFJ Excellence-in-Features journalism contest. Division 2 covers publications with circulation of 90,001 to 199,999.

Jun 25, 2024

Jul 10, 2023

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

Jul 10, 2023

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

Jul 10, 2023