The 2025 duPont-Columbia Awards deadline to enter has passed. Finalists will be announced in early November 2024. Winners will be announced at the Jan 2025 ceremony.

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QUESTIONS? Contact duPontAwards@columbia.edu

Eligibility Period

Programs must have appeared on air, online or in theaters for the first time between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024.

At a Glance

We encourage the submission of daily news stories and breaking news coverage as well as feature stories, documentaries and interactive multimedia reporting on critical subjects. You may submit a series of related reports or selections from a correspondent's beat reporting in a given year. Investigative stories are also encouraged. Work should demonstrate consistent high quality over time, with accurate and fair reporting. An in-depth entry guide/FAQ is available here.

We Invite Submissions From

  • Interactive & Multimedia Productions: including online video

  • Network & Cable Programs

  • Local Major Market Stations

  • Local Medium Market Stations

  • Local Small Market Stations

  • Independent Productions­/Documentary (including festival and theatrical release)

  • Local & National Radio/Audio including Podcasts

Further Requirements

  • Entries must have appeared in the United States. That includes material that was available online to a U.S. audience that originated outside the U.S.

  • An entry in a language other than English is eligible, as long as it is accompanied by on screen English subtitles (preferred) or a complete transcript in English.

  • Journalistic treatments of historical periods and their relevance to current issues are eligible. However, programs that are principally historical re­-enactments with actors and costumes are not eligible for duPont consideration.

  • Funding information for independent productions is mandatory.

  • Projects may not be submitted for more than one year, unless there is significant new reporting in a subsequent year.

  • All requirements subject to the discretion of the Director

Submitting Your Media

Entrants are responsible for hosting their media. If the entry resides online, please provide a direct link to the media ad free. Otherwise, please upload it to a site such as YouTube (ad free) or Vimeo. Links must remain live through January 2025. If your media is password protected, please provide the password where requested on the entry form. (This will only be shared with our screeners & jurors.) *For entries with multiple links, you may add up to 15 links in the Media URL question.

Awards Timeline

  • Entry Process opens: May 1, 2024 

  • Deadline: July 1, 2024

  • Extensions are limited and granted at the sole discretion of the Director.

  • Judging process: July -­ October 2024

  • Finalists are announced in mid-November.

  • Winners are announced at the Jan 2025 duPont-Columbia Awards ceremony.

Review and Selection

Entries are reviewed by duPont Screeners, many of whom are past duPont Award winners. The Board of Screeners refer the best programs to the subsequent levels of judges, and ultimately the duPont Jury who select Finalists and then Winners in the fall. The awards are presented at Columbia University in January.

Application Requirements

  • A program description of your entry, and additional information about the reporting, etc.

  • Credit listing (name, title)

  • A dedicated URL where the media for your entry is hosted online, including password if applicable (must be live through January 2025)

  • Any additional supporting materials in PDF format.

Entry Fees

  • Network & Cable: $300

  • Local Television

    • Market Size 1­-10: $200

    • Market Size 11­-50: $150

    • Market Size 51­-212: $150

  • Audio: $200

  • Independent Productions/Documentary: $150

  • Interactive/Multimedia/Online Productions: $150

Credit card payment strongly preferred. Checks are also accepted by mail. Make checks payable to the duPont­-Columbia Awards.