Buy your ticket for the 2025 Page One Awards

Please join us the evening of Thursday, June 26 to celebrate the winners of our annual Page One Awards contest. We’ll honor and celebrate the state’s best journalism with an evening of fun at Nicollet Island Pavilion in Minneapolis.

This year’s contest drew more than 500 entries representing every corner of the state. Each of our first place finishers will receive plaques, while second place, third place and honorable mentions will receive certificates.

And of course, there will be the awards, with plaques and certificates presented to winners during the ceremony, and more special surprises as part of the program!

We’re especially excited to honor the winners of the inaugural A-Mark Prize for Investigative Journalism in Minnesota contest, which will award journalists and their newsrooms $15,000 in prize money.”

We’ve got a great night planned, with a cocktail hour, dinner, dessert, at this gorgeous venue along the banks of the Misssissippi. A cash bar will be available.

Doors open at 5pm and dinner will begin around 6:30! 

We’ll have more information about the program — including our keynote speaker! — in the weeks ahead. But spots are limited, so secure your ticket today.

Tickets are $42 for dues-paying SPJ members, and $58 for non-members. Member tickets include a free drink ticket.

SPJ members in good standing may purchase up to two tickets at the special member rate. You can join as a member at this link.

Plus: We’re offering newsrooms and others the option to purchase and reserve an entire table (8 tickets) for $450.

Click here to buy your ticket today!

Award finalists can expect to be notified that they placed in early May.