for EXCELLENCE in ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISM Recognizing initiative, thoroughness and lucid writing about environmental issues and controversies in the Pacific Northwest. The Daily Astorian wins 2007 Dolly Connelly Award for excellence in environmental journalism. more About the award The Dolly Connelly Award was established in 1998 by endowment gifts from Joel Connelly and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer to the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Foundation. It was established in memory of Dolly Connelly, a Bellingham, Wash.-based freelance journalist and correspondent for Time-Life for more than 40 years. As a stringer for Sports Illustrated she fought for environmental coverage that is now a staple of major news, sports and outdoor magazines.. Medium-sized and small daily newspapers are encouraged to submit projects.  2008 Contest Rules & Eligibility The annual competition has been named in honor of the mother of Joel Connelly, national correspondent at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Connelly provided a $20,000 gift to the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Foundation (PNNF) and P-I publisher J. D. Alexander contributed $5,000 to produce a $25,000 corpus. Those at medium and small-size dailies will be encouraged by the rule that PNNA's three largest dailies are ineligible. Entries are not being accepted from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, The Seattle Times, and The Oregonian. Eligibility: Newspapers must be members of Pacific Northwest Newspaper Association to enter the contest. Entries may be single stories or a series. Entries are not being accepted from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, The Seattle Times, and The Oregonian. Publication period: July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2008 Deadline for entries: Friday, July 11, 2008 Award: First place: $750 (A second place award of $250 may be given at the judges' discretion.) If an entry is the work of two or more writers their award will be divided accordingly. Form of entry: the writer, team or newspaper may submit Entries. Entries should be submitted as unmounted, full-page tearsheets; clippings attached to an 8 1/2" x 11" white paper; or a scrapbook no larger than 12" x 17". Attach a slip of paper to the top of each entry with the name of the newspaper, names of the writers, and the headline of the entry. Do not mark the entry. Submit entries to:  PNNA Dolly Connelly Awards 708 10th Street Sacramento, CA 95814   Winner Archive