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Help honor those who write short but sweet, stand up for social justice, and hold power to account
Roy Peter Clark is an ambassador for brevity.
“I'm slightly embarrassed that I've written a long book about short writing ([link removed]) ,” he said recently. Clark, Poynter’s senior scholar who is known as “America’s Writing Coach,” is the latest in a short list of outstanding craftspeople to have a category named in their honor in one of journalism’s most prestigious contests, now called the Poynter Journalism Prizes ([link removed]) .
The deadline to submit entries ([link removed]) for the Roy Peter Clark Prize and nine other awards is Feb. 16.
In Clark’s book, he references a story he heard at a literary conference from another journalist — NPR’s Scott Simon ([link removed]) , who recounted a lesson his stepfather taught him years ago.
Clark paraphrased: “They say a picture's worth 1,000 words, but I want you to count the words in these historic documents: the Hippocratic oath, the 23rd psalm, any of Shakespeare's sonnets, the preamble to the Constitution, the Gettysburg Address, and throw in the last paragraph of Dr. King's ‘I Have a Dream’ speech. You’ll be astounded to learn that if you add up all the words in all those documents, they contain fewer than 1,000 words.”
The lesson ended with, “How many pictures would it take to convey the knowledge that’s in those thousand words?” It stuck with Clark.
“It seems true to me that the best writers save their most important message for their shortest works,” he said.
If you know someone who writes short like Clark, or who holds people accountable through journalism like Frank A. Blethen, or whose words fight for social justice like Dori J. Maynard, or who practice the craft like any of the distinguished journalists honored by our awards, enter them in the Poynter Journalism Prizes ([link removed]) .
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The 2024 Poynter Journalism Prizes
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Entries close soon ([link removed]) for the 2024 Poynter Journalism Prizes. Previously run by the News Leaders Association ([link removed]) , this contest was originally known as the American Society of News Editors (ASNE) Distinguished Writing Awards.
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