Debra E. Bernhardt Labor Journalism Prize

The New York Labor History Association is accepting entries for the Debra E. Bernhardt Labor Journalism Prize. The award is named for Debra Bernhardt, a former head of the Wagner Labor Archives, who helped to document a comprehensive history of our city's working men and women. The $500 prize will be awarded for the best article or series of articles published in a labor or worker center publication, or by an independent journalist, and is open to submissions written between January 2014 and August 30, 2015. The deadline for submissions is Tuesday, September 1, 2015.

Entries should include a cover sheet with name of the author and the place and date of publication. Five copies of each article (with cover sheet) should be submitted, to:

New York Labor History Association

Tamiment Library, 10th Floor

Bobst Library NYU

70 Washington Square South

New York, NY 10012   

Questions? Contact info@LaborArts.org or 212-966-4014 ext. 1703

The award is co-sponsored by Labor Arts, the Metro NY Labor Communications Council, theWagner Labor Archives at NYU's Tamiment Library, and the NYC Central Labor Council.