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Start the New Year right: Use your holidays to prepare entries for the Dateline Awards!

 Published Date: December 16, 2025

Our DC Pro SPJ Chapter contest, an annual recognition of impressive journalism, will officially launch in early 2026. But DMV journalists: It’s not too early to find work from the past year you’d like to submit.

Whether you work for one of the region’s biggest dailies or a small-town weekly, are a network broadcaster or a local one, cover sports or popular culture, chances are one of our many contest categories will fit you. You can find more details about the different awards here. 

Finalists and winners will be announced in June at the chapter’s annual Dateline Awards and Hall of Fame dinner.

Get those entries ready, and be prepared for our launch in January!

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