Public Notice Journalism Contest
Enter and Win $100 from Oklahoma Press Service!
This new monthly contest (established in 2025) recognizes a news story or series that:
- highlights the impact of a public notice or the omission of a public notice,
- helps readers understand a specific public notice, or
- explains the consequences of a public body's failure to publish a notice in a legal newspaper.
A successful entry will usually result from the newsroom having read the public notices and recognizing a news or feature opportunity coming from the subject of a particular public notice. Stories should reference the notice; or if the story is based on a public notice requirement that was not met or was deficient, it must describe the deficiency.
The contest is not intended for editorials advocating for more public notice or opposing changes in public notice law.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
- Each month, submit your entry using the form below. Attachments should be in .pdf format.
- Entries may also be emailed (full-page tearsheet) to amarshall@okpress.com. Include the author’s name, name of publication and date of publication.
- Deadline: All entries for the previous month must received by OPA by the 15th of the current month.
- Only ONE entry per writer per month will be accepted.
- Entries must have been previously published in print or on the publication's website.
- Staff at all OPA legal newspaper and general news media member publications as well as Individual members are eligible to compete.
One winner per month will receive a $100 check, a Certificate of Achievement, and recognition in The Oklahoma Publisher. Annual Sweepstakes winner will receive a plaque, a $200 check and recognition in
The Publisher.
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Public Notice Journalism Submission Form
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