Robert F. Kennedy Book Award and RFK Journalism Awards

The Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights is accepting submissions published in the United States (US) for the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award and RFK Journalism Awards.

The Book Award: Each year the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights presents an award to the book that "most faithfully and forcefully reflects former US Senator Robert Kennedy's purposes - his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice, his conviction that a decent society must assure all young people a fair chance, and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity."

The Journalism Awards: The awards honour outstanding reporting on issues that reflect Robert Kennedy's concerns, including human rights, social justice, and the power of individual action in the United States and around the world - insights into the causes, conditions, and remedies of injustice and critical analyses of relevant public policies, programmes, attitudes, and private endeavours. The categories include print, television, radio, and cartoon.

The Book Award winner will receive a cash prize in the amount of US$2,500 and a bust of Robert F. Kennedy. The Journalism Award winner in each professional category will receive a cash prize of US$1,000 and a bust of Robert F. Kennedy.