Cutoff for entering is Friday, January 31
The deadline is almost here for entries in the Religion Communicators Council 2025 Wilbur Awards. All individuals, groups, and organizations working in the secular (non-religious) media are encouraged to submit their work by the Friday, January 31, deadline.
The Wilbur Awards honor excellence in communicating religious issues, themes, and values in several categories, including Audio (podcast, radio), Audio-Visual (film, television, and social media), Images (illustration and photography), and Written (books, magazines, and newspapers). Entries will be accepted in English and non-English (with English translations provided).
Past winners include AP, Atlantic, CBC, Harper Collins, Los Angeles Times, NBC News, Netflix, NPR, Penguin Random Home, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Religion News Service, RTE, 60 Minutes, and more.
The award, which is named for the late Marvin C. Wilbur, a pioneer in religious public relations, longtime council leader and former Presbyterian Church executive, will be presented Friday, April 25, in St. Lake City during the RCC’s annual convention, “Bridging Beliefs: Cooperation through Communication.”
For more information about the 2025 Wilbur Awards, including the entry form, please visit https://rccregistration.org/wilbur-awards-entry-form/. Questions may be directed to: [email protected]
The RCC also honors excellence for work published by religious media, including religious organizations, religion-based organizations, or religious-adjacent organizations. If work has been distributed by such an organization, we invite participation in the 2025 DeRose-Hinkhouse Awards; deadline for this award program is also January 31, 2025.
The 2025 DeRose-Hinkhouse awards will also be presented at RCC’s annual conference in April. For more information about the 2025 DeRose Awards, please visit: https://rccregistration.org/derose-hinkhouse-memorial-awards-entry-form/
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