The Puffin Foundation, Ltd. and Type Media Center are now accepting nominations for the 2024 Puffin Prize for Creative Citizenship, a $100,000 award given to an individual or organization that challenges the status quo through courageous, distinctive, and socially responsible work.

Nominations are due by Tuesday, February 18, 2025.

The prize encourages recipients to continue and expand on their work. A strong candidate is someone who has either raised awareness of or significantly influenced major social issues in the past year. We consider candidates from all backgrounds and across various fields. Examples of past nominations we've received have been for individuals and organizations working in the areas of defending and expanding democracy, healthcare access, food justice and food sovereignty, police brutality, voting rights, and more. Candidates must be US citizens.

ABOUT THE PUFFIN PRIZE:
The Puffin Foundation Ltd. and Type Media Center are mutual sponsors of an annual $100,000 award given to an individual who has challenged the status quo through courageous, distinctive, and socially responsible work. The prize is intended to encourage the recipients to continue their work, and inspire others to challenge prevailing orthodoxies.

2023/24's winner, the voter registration group HeadCount, was honored for their commitment to activating young people in civic participation.

Other past winners have included Heather Booth, Desmond Meade, the National Network of Abortion Funds, Colin Kaepernick, Amy Goodman, Bryan Stevenson, the Sunrise Movement, and the Parkland students who founded March for Our Lives.

QUESTIONS?
For more information or if you have any questions, email gala@typemediacenter.org or call 212-822-0263.

The Ridenhour Committee is currently soliciting nominations for the 2025 Ridenhour Book Prize. The deadline for submissions is Friday, May 16th, 2025.

Criteria

The Ridenhour Book Prize is awarded to a work of social significance from the prior publishing year. We are seeking books that defend the public interest, advance or promote social justice, or illuminate a more just vision of society. Books that reveal previously unpublished information are of special interest. To qualify for this year's prize, nominated books must have been published in English within the calendar year of 2024. No particular consideration will be given to the nominated author’s public profile or lack thereof.

Deadline

Nominations must be submitted no later than Friday, May 16, 2025.

Submission

*Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we prefer digital copies of all submissions.*

Please attach a digital copy of the book via this form. If you have technical difficulties and cannot share via this form, please contact ridenhour@typemediacenter.org. 

Or, if necessary, send one (1) print copy and a completed copy of this form to the following address. Nominations must be postmarked no later than December 31, 2020 and submitted to:

Type Media Center

30 Irving Place, 10th Flooor

New York, NY 10003

ATTN: The Ridenhour Prizes

Assistance

For more information, please visit ridenhour.org, or contact 212-822-0263, or ridenhour@typemediacenter.org.

The Ridenhour Prizes is currently soliciting nominations for the 2025 Ridenhour Documentary Film Prize. The deadline for submissions is Friday, May 16th, 2025. 

About

The Ridenhour Documentary Film Prize is given to a documentary film that in the view of the judges best reflects the legacy of Ron Ridenhour — journalist, whistleblower, truth-teller and social activist. The Prize seeks to recognize a documentary that defends the public interest, advances or promotes social justice, or illuminates a more just vision of society. To qualify for this year's prize, nominated films must have been released within the calendar year of 2024. No particular consideration will be given to the nominated film’s public profile or lack thereof.

Criteria

All eligible submissions must meet the following basic criteria:

• Films must be feature-length (defined as 45 minutes or longer).
• Films must be American productions. An American production is: 

1. a film in which US citizens or permanent residents are credited in at least two of the following categories of responsibilities: Director, Writer, or Producer. This can be fulfilled by one person with multiple duties or by separate individuals; 
2. or at least partially financed by a company whose principal office is in the United States.

• Films must be scheduled for a theatrical release. The release can be through a specialty division of a studio, an independent distributor, or via self-distribution, and must run for at least seven consecutive days; or have a major film festival release during the 2025 calendar year (from midnight, January 1 to 11:59 p.m. December 31). The film festivals that we accept submissions from are Berlin, Cannes, Hot Docs, Los Angeles, AFI Docs, Sundance, SXSW, Toronto International, and Tribeca; or be shown on free or pay TV. This refers to broadcast on a US network, “cable" television, or conventional VOD, but shall not include distribution that is exclusively over the Internet.

Deadline

Nominations must be submitted no later than Friday, May 16th, 2025. 

Submission

*We strongly encourage the use of secure screener links for film submissions.* 

Please include a screener link when submitting your online submission. Or, if necessary, we can accept DVD screeners. If sending DVDs, please send a hard copy of the form below with two (2) DVDs (capable of playing on Region 1/NTSC DVD players) of each nominated film to: 

Type Media Center 

30 Irving Place, 10th Floor

New York, NY 10003

ATTN: The Ridenhour Prizes

Assistance

For more information, please visit ridenhour.org, or contact us at 212-822-0263 or ridenhour@typemediacenter.org.