
At the Digital Publishing Awards, we’re excited to announce the newly-revised lineup of 23 categories for 2020. This year, we’re introducing Best Feature Article, a complement to the two other feature article categories. We’ve also refined the video lengths for the Best Online Video categories, to better reflect the content being produced by the industry. Here’s the full line-up:
- Best Digital Editorial Package
- Best Column
- Best News Coverage (Community Publication)
- Best News Coverage
- Best Feature Article *NEW*
- Best Feature Article: Short
- Best Feature Article: Long
- Best Personal Essay
- Best Arts & Culture Storytelling
- Best Science & Technology Storytelling
- Best Service Feature
- Best Online Video: Short
- Best Online Video: Feature
- Best Online Video: Mini-Doc
- Best Podcast
- Best Digital Design
- Best Photo Storytelling
- Best Social Storytelling
- Best Editorial Newsletter
- Innovation in Digital Storytelling
- Emerging Excellence Award
- Digital Publishing Leadership Award
- General Excellence in Digital Publishing: Small, Medium, and Large Publications
The call for entries opens on December 9, 2019 and closes on January 23rd, 2020 at midnight ET. To save on entry fees, get your submissions in by January 16, 2020, the early bird deadline. Freelancers, you’ll be pleased to know that we’re once again offering the Freelancer Support Fund for independent writers and creators!
Call for Judges

Want to judge for the DPAs? We’re now welcoming applications. Please send an email to info@digitalpublishingawards.ca with a few sentences outlining your professional experience. For further information on the process, visit our How to be a Juror page.