The MOLLY Winners
2008 Winner
Diane Suchetka, The Plain Dealer
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2008 Honorable Mentions
Jennifer Gonnerman, Mother Jones
Ellen Schultz, The Wall Street Journal
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The Texas Observer and the Texas Democracy Foundation announce a call for submissions for the third annual MOLLY, a national journalism prize honoring the indelible memory of our Molly Ivins.
The first MOLLY award was presented to Molly herself at an event held in her honor in the fall of 2006.
Ellen Goodman, Pulitzer Prize winning nationally syndicated columnist of the Boston Globe, will be our keynote speaker.
The prize will be awarded on June 11, 2009, at a dinner in Austin, Texas. Honorary co-chairs are Bill and Judith Davidson Moyers.
The MOLLY will be awarded for an article or series of up to four short, related articles or columns appearing in a U.S.-based publication in print or as part of an online magazine, telling the stories that need telling, challenging conventional wisdom, focusing on civil liberties and/or social justice, and embodying the intelligence, deep thinking and/or passionate wit that marked Molly’s work. The third MOLLY will be awarded for work published in 2008. Although Molly can be never be replicated, we look for others following in her tradition.
First prize is a $5,000 cash award, plus The MOLLY Prize. Two $1,000 honorable mention prizes will also be awarded. A group of nationally prominent journalists will serve as final judges.
Complete guidelines for submitting an entry appear below. For information on attending the awards dinner, or to contribute to the MOLLY prize fund, please contact mollyaward@texasobserver.org, or call 512-477-0746.
RULES
- The MOLLY is an annual national print or online journalism award of $5,000 with two honorable mentions of $1,000 each to be presented by the Texas Democracy Foundation and The Texas Observer in memory and in honor of Molly Ivins. The first MOLLY was presented to Molly at a fundraiser in her honor in October 2006.
- All entries will be judged on the basis of either a single piece or a series of up to four related articles or columns. Judges will value work which reflects Molly’s ability to look critically at the issues of the day with compassion and humor, tells the stories that need telling, challenges conventional wisdom, and focuses upon civil liberties or social justice.
SUBMISSION INFORMATION
The deadline for submissions for the MOLLY has passed.
JUDGES
Initial screening for the entries will be conducted by journalists from the Board of Advisors which governs the conducting of the award. Finalists and winners will be determined by an annually selected Executive Committee of the Board of Advisors.
AWARDS PRESENTATION
An Awards Dinner at the Four Seasons Hotel in Austin, Texas will be held on Thursday, June 11, 2009, with tickets available to the public at $150 each. Sponsor tables seating 10 will be available for $10,000, $5,000 and $2,500. The Keynote Speaker is Ellen Goodman, Pulitzer Prize winning nationally syndicated columnist of the Boston Globe
SPONSORS
Funding of the prizes, expenses of the Awards Dinner, and travel and lodging for winning journalists and guest speakers will be underwritten through a fund established by friends of Molly Ivins. Contributions are welcome.
BOARD OF ADVISORS
Hugh Aynesworth, Maurine H. Beasley, Tom Bettag, Mike Blackman, Nate Blakeslee, Frederick Blevens, Roy Blount, Jr., Robert Bryce, Ken Bunting, Wanda Cash, Mike Cochran, Gail Collins, Patrick Cox, Greg Curtis, Lou Dubose, Ronnie Dugger, Doug Foster, Ellen Goodman, Wade Goodwyn, Jim Henderson, Steven Isenberg, Melissa Jones, Lewis Lapham, John Leonard, Myra MacPherson, David McHam, Dave McNeely, Judith Davidson Moyers, Victor Navasky, Kaye Northcott, Larry Norwood, Karen Olsson, John Pope, Dan Rather, Geoff Rips, Matt Rothschild, Ben Sargent, Connie Schultz, Robert Siegel, Erna Smith, Paul Stekler, Carlton Stowers, Diane Suchetka, Mimi Swartz, Saralee Tiede , Calvin Trillin, and Jim Willse.
AWARDS DINNER COMMITTEE
Mary Margaret Farabee and Susan Longley, Co-Chairs
Frances Barton, Becky Beaver, Aimee Boone, Jan Demetri, Lou Dubose, Karen Farabee, Mary Margaret Farabee, Carol Flake, Clare Hudspeth, Melissa Jones, Joan Lava, Susan Longley, Charlotte McCann, Sandie McClellan, Barbara Morgan, Nona Niland, Janis Pinnelli, Suzy Reid, Geoff Rips, Nancy Scanlan, Sunny Smith, Sara Speights, Margot Thomas, Wendy Weigman, Kelly White & Carlton Carl
