2026 GJAC Journalism Awards
Submissions are Now Closed
Welcome to the 2026 GJAC Journalism Awards for work published in 2025.
TO ALL ENTRANTS: Every year we request that entrants follow the entry criteria, mostly because we are a volunteer organization and do not have paid staff to run our programs. Yet every year dozens of entries are submitted incorrectly. This makes the process much more difficult than it needs to be. PLEASE follow the entry criteria. Thank you.
KEY DATES
February 22, 2026– The deadline for submissions to the GJAC Journalism Awards. No late entries will be accepted.
March 31, 2026 – Judging will conclude.
Early April, 2026 – An online ceremony will be held to announce the winners of the GJAC Journalism Awards. The final date will be announced once the judging has concluded.
ELIGIBILITY
- Only active GJAC members are eligible to enter.
- Only new work released in 2025 is eligible.
- Stories produced and/or published in one medium are not eligible for entry in a different medium (for example, a podcast first run on a magazine’s website which is then repurposed for the print edition will not be eligible).
CATEGORIES
WRITING—FEATURES: Any print story in a professionally published outlet. There is no minimum or maximum length.
WRITING—TRAVEL: Any story in which travel is the central focus.
WRITING—COLUMN: Any shorter article written by an individual which is primarily opinion-based. An entry in this category should be part of an ongoing column.
WRITING—PROFILE: Any story that has a person or persons as the primary subject.
PHOTO—ACTION/PERSON: Any photograph that centres on golf action or a person.
PHOTO—LANDSCAPE: Any photograph that centres on places in golf, though it may also contain action or people.
MULTIMEDIA—VISUAL: Any work that falls into standard multimedia production definitions, such as video segments or other visual media.
MULTIMEDIA—AUDIO: Any work that falls into standard multimedia production definitions, such as a podcasts or other aural media.
DIVERSITY, EQUITY and INCLUSION: Any work that explores Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI).
CONTACT
If you have any questions about the GJAC awards, please contact Curtis Gillespie at dcgillespie@shaw.ca
