Welcome to the 2023 Knight-Bagehot Fellowship Prizes

DEADLINE TO ENTER: Monday, July 17, 2023 -- DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 11:59 p.m.

To start or return to a submission, click one of the links on the upper right of this page.

The 2023 WERT Global Prize for Business Reporting

The WERT Global Prize honors excellence in business journalism by a woman for work that fosters a great understanding of global business.

SPECIAL FOR 2023: We are pleased to offer the 2023 prize winner $4,500 (up from $2,000) in honor of the 45th anniversary of the Women's Economic Round Table.

MATERIALS NEEDED TO ENTER

One to five pieces of business reporting published in English by an established media organization on any platform – print, radio, broadcast or digital.
Materials may be uploaded as PDFs or as links.
Transcripts for radio and video entries.
A brief cover letter that describes why you are submitting the work and includes a short biography of the nominee.
A $50 non-refundable entry fee.

Please keep in mind:

A single article or a series of articles may be submitted. A series must be designated as such by the news organization when it is published. A regular column may also be submitted as a series.
If submitting a series, up to five articles can be included.
Submissions must be published in English. Submissions by non-U.S. journalists are accepted.
Self-nominations are accepted.
Books, films and self-published works are not eligible.
All entries must have appeared between January 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023.

HOW TO SUBMIT

Follow the links in the upper right of this page to register (takes only a minute) and complete the entry form. Upon submission, you can pay the $50 entry fee at our secure payment site. Your submission is not complete until we have received the fee.

The 2023 Christopher J. Welles Memorial Prize

The Welles Prize is awarded annually for an outstanding business story or series by an alum of the Knight-Bagehot Fellowship in Economics and Business Journalism.

GUIDELINES

The work must be produced by a Knight-Bagehot alum.
The work must have been published between January 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023.
The work should reflect the rigor and sophistication expected from Knight-Bagehot fellows.
Self-nominations are welcome.
Team nominations will be accepted if each principal is a Knight-Bagehot alum.
Nominations for a multi-year body of work are acceptable so long they are also reflected in work done over the past year.
No entry fee.

HOW TO SUBMIT

Follow the links in the top right of the page to register and fill out the entry form. We do not expect you to do any heavy-lifting for your recommendation. Most importantly, tell us in your own words why this person is deserving of the Welles Prize in 2023. If you have links to the person's work, please add them.

QUESTIONS? Please contact Amy Singer, deputy director of the Knight-Bagehot Fellowship at amy.singer@columbia.edu

DEADLINE TO ENTER: Monday, July 17, 2023, 10 a.m. Eastern

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