PMAC Awards for Excellence in Investment Journalism

A submission may be made in either the long OR short-form category

• Short Entry Awards: One (1) submission of up to three (3) different/unrelated entries
  • First prize: $4,000
  • Second prize: $2,000
  • Third prize: $1,000

• Long Entry Awards: One (1) submission
  • First prize: $4,000
  • Second prize: $2,000
  • Third prize: $1,000

Introducing a New Award of Distinction
The 2026 Awards program introduces a new Award of Distinction to mark its 15th year, a $2,000 discretionary honour presented by the judging panel to recognize exceptional achievement in financial journalism. The Award of Distinction is a judges’ discretionary honour recognizing exceptional achievement in business journalism. It may be presented to an outstanding submission, a journalist whose work has had significant impact, or selected as the overall standout of the awards cycle, including submissions outside the standard categories.

• Submissions must have appeared in print, online (text content), or audio-visual (podcasts, radio and TV broadcasts on investment topics that educate and inform investing public) format between March 1, 2025, and February 28, 2026
• Submissions are only eligible to those in Canadian media
• Submissions must have been made available to the Canadian public in English or French
• Individual journalists are eligible for one (1) submission, in either the Short Entry category OR the Long Entry category
• Employees, directors, or officers of a financial services or investment firm are ineligible

• Short Entry: One (1) submission of up to three (3) different/unrelated entries
  • Print/Online Article: Each entry must be less than 1,000 words
  • Audio/Visual: Entry must be less than 30 minutes or less
• Long entry: One (1) submission
  • Print/Online Article: Entry must be 1,000 words or more; OR one (1) submission of a series of related articles totaling 1,000 words or more
  • Audio/Visual: Entry must be more than 30 minutes or more

Nominations

• Nominations can be made by the author(s) of the submitted article(s), editor or other employee of the publication or by the general public at large.
• Nominations must be received by April 15, 2026
• The awards will be presented at an event held within three months of the application closing date.

Each qualifying entry will be considered in competition with all others by an independent panel of judges that will be appointed annually.

The panel will comprise of an appropriate balance of experienced and knowledgeable professionals with expertise in either the field of journalism or investment/financial services:

• At least one judge will be fluent in French and English.
• All potential judges will be screened for any actual or perceived conflict of interest.

In evaluating the merit of an entry, judges shall consider:

• The article’s content meeting the stated purposes of the Award;
• Professional journalistic ethics and commonly accepted standards;
• The constraint of the article length given the complexity of the topic covered; and
• Journalists that go “above and beyond” to write thoughtful and substantive articles that provide a perspective on topical issues pertinent to the Canadian investing public.