Who Will Win the $75,000 Grantham Prize in 2011?

Entry Deadlines Approaching for the 2011 Grantham Prize  

NARRAGANSETT, RI – December 15, 2010 – Metcalf Institute for Marine and Environmental Reporting at the University of Rhode Island seeks entries for the 2011 Grantham Prize for Excellence in Reporting on the Environment.

Book entries must be postmarked by January 10, 2011.

All other entries must be postmarked by February 4, 2011.

The Grantham Prize, the largest journalism cash prize in the world, honors the work of a journalist or team of journalists for exemplary reporting on environmental and/or natural resource issues with an award of $75,000. In addition, up to three finalists will be recognized with $5,000 Awards of Special Merit. The Grantham Prize is open to works of non-fiction published, broadcast, or posted online in the United States or Canada between January 1 and December 31, 2010.

Grantham Prize contest rules, entry information, forms, formats and a helpful checklist are available online at www.granthamprize.org. Specific inquiries may be directed to .

The purpose of The Grantham Prize is to encourage outstanding coverage of the environment and to recognize reporting with the potential to bring about constructive change. Among the criteria jurors will consider are the significance of the subject matter, quality and originality of the reporting, and the effort involved in telling the story. The Prize-winning story will be broadly disseminated to increase public awareness of environmental issues and to inspire exceptional reporting

Established in 2005, The Grantham Prize is funded by Jeremy and Hannelore Grantham through The Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment and is administered by Metcalf Institute. The Grantham Foundation also supports climate change research and natural resource conservation programs in the United States and internationally. Jeremy Grantham is a Boston-based investment strategist and Hannelore Grantham is the director of The Grantham Foundation.

For more information please contact Metcalf Institute at 401-874-6211 or visit The Grantham Prize website, www.granthamprize.org.

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