Award for Excellence in Journalism
The American Psychoanalytic Association’s Award for Excellence in Journalism was formally established in 1999 and each year recognizes professional reporting or other short form writing distinguished by exceptional quality and that makes a significant contribution to illuminating psychoanalytic principles and perspectives on the human condition to the public.
The $1,000 award is broadly conceived. Nominated work need not be solely about psychoanalysis or psychoanalytic psychotherapy. However, submissions must employ an explicitly psychoanalytic perspective to clarify, challenge, or advance the public’s understanding of human behavior, relationships, mental health, or psychologically complex social issues or events.
The Award is juried by a panel of professional journalists as well as by psychoanalysts with experience communicating in the general press and other popular media.
Submissions may be sent in directly by the author or nominated by someone else.
Prize
$1000 award and recognition at APsA’s National Meeting
Eligibility Criteria
Anyone, including authors, may submit material. To be eligible, work must have been written in English, intended for the general public, and must have been first published between September 1, 2024 and August 30, 2025.
Eligible submissions must be distinguishable from broad mental health topics and include psychoanalytic principles and thinking. Submissions should adhere to journalistic standards of gathering, recording, verifying, and reporting on information of public importance.
Deadline for submissions is 8:00 p.m EST on September 30, 2025
How to Submit or Nominate an Article
To submit your work or nominate an article, please contact Aimee Martinez, PsyD, co-chair of the Committee on Public Information (aimee@draimeemartinez.com).
You must the following information in your email:
- Author’s full name
- Author’s email
- Article title
- Article outlet/publication
- Date of publication
- Link to article
- Submitted by author or nominated?
- Where did you learn of this award?
Sponsor
Committee on Public Information of the American Psychoanalytic Association
