The best in local journalism will be celebrated this fall when the Press Club of Toledo hosts the 2024 Touchstone Awards at the Valentine Theatre on Thursday, Sept. 26.

The 2024 Touchstone Awards is supported in part by The Blade, Adams Street Publishing, Communica, Nuestra Gente Community Projects, Owens Corning, SSOE Group and media sponsor BCAN/BCSN.

Touchstone categories

Touchstone nominations

Entries are eligible if the work was produced or published between May 1, 2023 – May 14, 2024 and were not submitted for previous Touchstone award consideration.

Please provide a brief description of the entry and any information you would like the judges to know about the work. All work will be judged by a panel of journalism professionals from outside the Toledo region.

Nominations may be submitted electronically to info@toledopressclub.com or delivered to Shaun Hegarty at 4247 Dorr Street, Toledo, Ohio 43607. Entries are due by Monday, July 15.

Once you have submitted your work, pay the entry fee(s) online or by mailing a check, payable to The Press Club of Toledo, to Press Club of Toledo, P.O. Box 2469, Toledo, Ohio 43606.

Entry fees are:

• $10: students
• $25: Press Club members
• $50: one submission and a new Press Club membership
• $75: nonmembers

Entries will not be judged if the entry fees are not received.

Remember, the steps to nominate are:

• Complete the entry form for each nomination.
• Pay your entry fees online or by mail.