Posted on January 18, 2010 at 8:59 am

January 31st, 2010, is officially the deadline for “VARELA” National Journalism Awards

Bloggers and mainstream media journalists are welcome to submit materials for 2 awards, each with a cash prize of $10,000

Philadelphia, PA – “Felix Varela Awards” have decided to extend their deadline to January 31, 2010 for the submissions of materials for this year’s award.

The decision will allow many more writers across America to submit their work that will be reviewed by a panel of notable US writers.

In addition to the prestigious national prize for Spanish-language print journalism, this year’s competition includes a new category for Spanish and English-language digital journalists writing news stories or blogs about Latino issues for any news website.

The award program offers two $10,000 prizes and will be hosted this year by the AL DIA Foundation at the National Press Club in Washington DC.

“These awards are the Latino equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize,” said Zita Arocha, professor of multi-media Journalism at the University of Texas at El Paso and director of the multimedia, bilingual website for College journalists, borderzine.com.

“They honor and recognize the value of solid journalism about Latino issues that are radically transforming the landscape of our country.”

The AL DIA Foundation Awards honors also the legacy of Father Felix Varela, a North American intellectual from the 19th Century who published one of the first Spanish-language newspapers in the history of the U. S. in the City of Philadelphia.

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