Division 3 winners of 2026 SFJ Excellence-in-Features journalism awards
The Division 3 winners of the 2026 SFJ Excellence-in-Features journalism awards. The division 3 category features newsrooms with 201 or more full-time editorial employees and/or news outlets with a national or international focus.
Division 2 winners of 2026 SFJ Excellence-in-Features journalism awards
The Division 2 winners of the 2026 SFJ Excellence-in-Features journalism contest winners. The division 2 category features newsrooms that have between 51 and 200 full-time employees and/or news outlets with a regional or statewide focus.
Podcast, video, social media winners of 2026 SFJ Excellence-in-Features journalism awards
The Combined Division winners of the 2026 SFJ Excellence-in-Features journalism awards. The categories are narrative podcast, narrative video and social media portfolio.
Division 1 winners of SFJ 2026 Excellence-in-Features journalism awards
The Division 1 winners of the 2026 Society for Features Journalism’s Excellence-in-Features contest. Division 1 features newsrooms with 50 or fewer full-time editorial employees and/or news outlets with a local-city-metro area focus.
SFJ’s 2026 Excellence-in-Features contest is open for submissions!
The 2026 Excellence-in-Features journalism contest celebrates the craft of storytelling in a variety of formats. Early bird rate of $50 per entry is $10 cheaper than the regular rate. Stories must have been published in 2025. There are 20 categories and 3 divisions.