Named for the two-time Pulitzer Prize winning investigative business journalist team of Don Barlett and Jim Steele, these awards, funded by the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism, celebrate the best in print and online investigative business journalism.

The annual awards were first given out in fall 2007, and feature a Gold award of $5,000 and a Silver prize of $2,000.

For the 2010 awards, entries must have appeared between July 1, 2009, and June 30, 2010. Each media outlet may submit no more than two entries. The submission deadline is Aug. 2, 2010.

Barlett and Steele, who won two Pulitzers with The Philadelphia Inquirer and two National Magazine Awards at Time, have worked together for more than three decades. They are contributing editors to Vanity Fair.

Applications will be accepted only online and from editors or the contest coordinator designated by your news organization. Applicants will need to provide the following at Barlett & Steele Contest Entry: BusinessJournalism.org:

• Contact information for the editor submitting the entry.
• An editor’s letter outlining any (a) obstacles in reporting, (b) reforms or impact after publication and (c) corrections or challenges to accuracy. It can be submitted as a Word document (.doc) or an Adobe Acrobat PDF file.
• Up to four articles, submitted as either an active URL or as a Word document or Adobe Acrobat PDF. A sidebar counts as an article.

Applicants do not have to file all elements in one sitting, but all elements must be uploaded before the application is submitted for consideration. The deadline for submission is 11:59 p.m. PDT on Aug. 2, 2010.

Questions? E-mail Andrew Leckey, Reynolds Center president, or call 602-496-9186.