71st Annual Real Estate Journalism Competition

Award categories for Individual Journalists and/or Teams of Journalists plus three Overall Awards for Individual Journalists

Deadline Extended to March 4, 2021 11:59 PM EST

Individual Awards - All Media (Single Byline - Recognizing the work of one reporter)

Category 1: Kenneth R. Harney Award for Best Real Estate Consumer Education Reporting - $1,000 Award
Submit a single in-depth report, column or series of up to three reports in any medium – print, online or broadcast – with a single byline – that shows a depth of reporting on consumer real-estate policy and practices that impact consumers. Submit a single PDF or link of the work to be judged. The winning entry chosen for this award is not eligible to win an award in any other category. Dogged, original enterprise reporting on current real estate policy and practices impacting the consumer – including mortgage finance, real estate brokerage, housing affordability, discrimination and other watchdog issues — are among eligible topics. The award is named in honor of the late Ken Harney, whose nationally syndicated column, The Nation's Housing," explored issues faced by homeowners and home buyers for more than 40 years. Ken Harney was NAREE’s 2008 president. The award is being funded by the Harney family.
Category 2: Best Collection of Work by an Individual Covering Residential Real Estate - $250 Gold Award
Submit 3 stories as a single PDF or single link, if possible -- each story can be in the same medium, or published or broadcast in different media. Name the Collection at the beginning of the Summary.
Category 3: Best Collection of Work by an Individual Covering Commercial Real Estate - $250 Gold Award
Submit 3 stories with a single byline - as a single PDF or single link, if possible -- each story can be in the same medium, or published or broadcast in different media. Name the Collection at the beginning of the Summary.
Category 4: Best Real Estate Column - $250 Gold Award
Submit 1 column with a single byline..
Category 5: Best Economic Analysis - $250 Gold Award
Submit 1 story with a single byline.
Category 6: Best Interior Design Story - $250 Gold Award
Submit 1 story with single byline.
Category 7: Best E-Newsletter by an Individual Journalist - $250 Gold award
Submit 1 e-newsletter written and/or compiled by 1 journalist. The e-newsletter, covering residential and/or commercial real estate, should be no more than 2,500 words, and be delivered by email.
Category 8: Best Architecture Story - $250 Gold Award
Submit 1 story with a single byline.

Individual Awards - Newspapers - Print Or Digital (Single Byline - Recognizing the work of one reporter)

Category 9: Best Residential Real Estate Story - Daily Newspaper - $250 Gold Award
Submit 1 story with a single byline.
Category 10: Best Mortgage or Financial Real Estate Story - Daily Newspaper - $250 Gold Award
Submit 1 story with a single byline.
Category 11: Best Commercial Real Estate Story - Daily Newspaper - $250 Gold Award
Submit 1 story with a single byline.
Category 12: Best Small Daily Newspaper Story - Daily Newspaper under 75,000 Circulation- $250 Gold Award
Residential, Commercial, Mortgage or Financial Real Estate, Luxury, Green Building, Home or Urban Design Submit 1 story with a single byline.
Category 13: Best Weekly Newspaper Story - Weekly Business Newspaper - $250 Gold Award
Residential, Commercial, Mortgage or Financial Real Estate, Luxury, Green Building, Home or Urban Design Submit 1 story with a single byline.

Individual Awards - Magazines - Print Or Digital (Single Byline - Recognizing the work of one reporter)

Category 14: Best Residential, Mortgage or Financial Real Estate Magazine Story - General Circulation- $250 Gold Award
Shelter, Business or Financial story in a consumer publication Submit 1 story with a single byline.
Category 15: Best Residential Trade Magazine Story- $250 Gold Award
Residential Real Estate or Development, Mortgage. Finance or Home Building Submit 1 story with a single byline.
Category 16: Best Commercial Real Estate Trade Magazine Story - $250 Gold Award
Submit 1 story with a single byline.

Individual Awards - Online Or Broadcast (Single Byline - Recognizing the work of one reporter)

Category 17: Best Online Residential, Mortgage or Financial Real Estate Story - $250 Gold Award
Submit 1 story with a single byline.
Category 18: Best Online Commercial Real Estate Story - $250 Gold Award
Submit 1 story with a single byline.
Category 19: Best Audio or Video Report – Online or Broadcast – Podcast or Videocast, Radio or Television – local, network, subscription or Internet channels - $250 Gold Award
Residential, Commercial, Mortgage or Financial Real Estate, Luxury, Green Building, Home or Urban Design - Submit the work of 1 reporter who voiced the report or hosted the podcast/videocast.

Individual Or Team Awards - All Media (Single or Multiple Bylines)

Category 20: Best Breaking Real Estate News Story - $250 Gold Award
Submit 1 story with a single or multiple bylines.
Category 21: Best Investigative Report or Investigative Series - $250 Gold Award
Submit 1 single investigative report with a single or multiply bylines, or ALL parts of an investigative series with a single or multiple bylines -- in one PDF or with a single link, if possible.
Category 22: Best Series - $250 Gold Award
Submit ALL parts in 1 PDF or with a single link, if possible -- single or multiple bylines.
Category 23: Best Blog - $250 Gold Award
Residential, Commercial, Mortgage or Financial Real Estate, Luxury, Green Building, Home or Urban Design. Submit 1 blog with a single or multiple bylines.
Category 24: Best International Real Estate Story - $250 Gold Award
Submit 1 story focused on real estate outside the U. S. Single or multiple bylines.

Team Awards - All Media (Multiple Bylines)

Category 25: Best Team Report - $250 Gold Award
Residential, Commercial, Mortgage or Financial Real Estate, Luxury, Green Building, Home or Urban Design - Submit 1 multiple bylined report.

Individual Or Team Awards - Magazines Or Newsletters - Print Or Digital (These awards recognize the work of the publication and its editor[s].)

Category 26: Best Design, Home or Shelter Magazine - $250 Gold Award
Submit 1 magazine. (This award recognizes the work of the publication and its editor.)
Category 27: Best Residential Trade Magazine - $250 Gold Award
Submit 1 magazine. (This award recognizes the work of the publication and its editor.)
Category 28: Best Commercial Trade Magazine - $250 Gold Award
Submit 1 magazine. (This award recognizes the work of the publication and its editor.)
Category 29: Best Newsletter - $250 Gold Award
Residential, Commercial, Mortgage or Financial Real Estate, Luxury, Green Building, Home or Urban Design - Submit 1 newsletter. (This award recognizes the work of the publication and its editor.)

Individual Or Team Awards - Newspapers - Print Or Digital (This award recognizes the publication and its editor[s].) - $250 gold award

Category 30: Best Newspaper Real Estate or Home Section - $250 Gold Award
Daily or Weekly Newspapers - Submit 1 section. (This award recognizes the work of the publication and its editor.)

Individual Or Team Awards - Online (This award recognizes the Web Site and its editor[s].)

Category 31: Best Web Site - $250 Gold Award
Solely Devoted to Residential, Commercial, Mortgage and/or Financial Real Estate, Luxury, Green Building Home and/or Urban Design - Submit 1 URL.

Platinum Award - $1,000 - Best Overall Individual Entry

(Judges choose from categories 2-19 submitted by individuals and any single bylined work in categories 20-24.)

President's Award - $500 - Best Freelance Collection

(For journalists not on staff but whose work is published in bona fide media outlets. Entrant must request that the paid entry being submitted in categories 2-24 also be considered for this award. Entrant must submit two additional pieces of work in any medium at no additional charge.

Ruth Ryon Award - $250 - Best Young Journalist

(If entrant is 30 years or younger, entrant must request that one paid single bylined entry in any category from 2-24 also be considered for this award at no additional charge.)

Cash awards of $250 will be awarded for the top entrant in each of the categories 2-31. Gold, Silver and Bronze winners (including each listed team members) may receive award certificates and may request complimentary admission to the full NAREE Journalism Conference. Judges may also award Honorable Mentions. Those honorees will also receive certificates and may request complimentary admission to the NAREE conference. A special Awards Day Program will highlight the NAREE conference's mix of rich educational and story gathering opportunities. All winners will be notified in advance so they can make arrangements to attend either the full NAREE Conference in 2021 or the Awards Day Program.

Winning entries may be displayed at the NAREE Annual Conference.
Those unable to attend will receive their awards by mail after the awards ceremony.
A media release naming all award winners will be posted to NAREE Web site, www.naree.org, after the awards presentation. No advance media releases will be available.