Contact: Tiffany McCallen, Associate Director, Religion Newswriters Association, 614-891-9001, ext. 2, McCallen@RNA.org

WESTERVILLE, Ohio, Jan. 2 /Christian Newswire/ -- The Religion Newswriters Association invites journalists to enter its contests recognizing religion reporting excellence in the news media. More than $14,000 in prizes are awarded in nine contest categories.

NEW: Now accepting online-only newspaper submissions.

Also, contests for TV and Radio religion reports return this year.

Templeton Story and Templeton Reporter of the Year Awards offer a $3,500 first prize.

Other print contests include Religion Writer of the Year (Supple); Religion Pages/Sections (Schachern); Student Reporter of the Year (Chandler); and Reporter of the Year at small and mid-sized newspapers (Cassels, circulations below 50,000 / Cornell, circulations 50,001 – 150,000).

Visit www.RNA.org for entry forms and more information. Postmark deadline: Feb. 1, 2007 (Chandler student contest deadline is May 1, 2007).

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