The Brodsky Prize Deadline is April 28, 2025

All New Hampshire public, charter, and parochial high school students are eligible for the $5,000 Brodsky Prize that Jeffrey Brodsky hopes will encourage out-of-the-box efforts and innovation by a new generation of student journalists.

The Brodsky Prize was established seven years ago by the late Jeffrey Brodsky and his father, Howard, to encourage innovation by student journalists. Judging criteria include a student's journalistic initiative and enterprise, as well as what Jeffrey Brodsky called "a contrarian nature and out-of-the-box thinking." 

The deadline for applications is April 28, 2025, at midnight. 

Jeffrey Brodsky said of student journalism, “Working on the school newspaper was the most formative and meaningful high school experience for me — more than any classroom. It's more important than ever for young journalists to push boundaries and to challenge authority, and they can start by using the power of their school paper just like the press in the professional world." 

The Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications helps oversee the award program. Longtime judges are Howard Brodsky, Jeffrey's father, and Co-founder & Chairman of CCA Global Partners; Misbah Tahir, former Little Green co-editor, now a biotechnology finance executive; former NH Union Leader and Sunday News president and publisher Joseph McQuaid, and Leah Todd Lin, Vice President of Audience Strategy for NH Public Radio.

 More information on The Brodsky Prize, including past winners and application, is available at thebrodskyprize.org.