Pictures of the Year International accepting entries for 78th competition soon

Pictures of the Year International accepting entries for 78th competition soon: the world’s oldest and most prestigious photojournalism competition opens Dec. 14, 2020 (listing time: 11:59 PM); entries close Jan. 18, 2021, at 5:59 p.m. CST. Organized by Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism, this online professional-development event honors photojournalism, online presentation and visual editing created or published in 2020; pandemic-adapted virtual judging runs Feb. 16–March 7, with judges independently reviewing assigned categories in full before final voting and discussion stream live via Zoom. New categories include COVID-19 News Picture Story, COVID-19 Personal Expression (interpretive, potentially autobiographical work), Local Team Picture Story of the Year (one entry per news organization), Impact 2020: Protests and Movements and Impact 2020: Election Season.

Hosted with: Psychedelic Writers Guild