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Annual Award Programs

The Nation Institute is home to three major award programs, each designed to identify and recognize particularly compelling or courageous progressive voices. See below for information on the awards and application procedures.



The Ridenhour Prizes

Watch the video showcasing the past five years of The Ridenhour Prizes - past winners, presenters and the man in whose memory these awards were created, Ron Ridenhour.

The fifth annual Ridenhour Prizes were held on April 3 in Washington, D.C. The prize recipients are Bill Moyers (Courage Prize), James D. Scurlock for Maxed Out: Hard Times in the Age of Easy Credit (Book Prize) and Matthew Diaz (Prize for Truth-Telling).

Nominations are now open for the annual Ridenhour Prizes, which seek to discover and recognize those who persevere in acts of truth-telling that protect the public interest, advance or promote social justice and illuminate a more just vision of society. Winners are granted a $10,000 cash award and receive one of three different awards: The Ridenhour Prize for Truth-Telling, The Ridenhour Book Prize, and The Ridenhour Courage Prize.

For information on how to nominate someone to receive a Ridenhour Prize, please visit the official website of The Ridenhour Prizes, www.ridenhour.org

Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship

The Puffin Foundation Ltd. and The Nation Institute are the mutual sponsors of an annual award in the amount of $100,000 given to an individual who has challenged the status quo through distinctive, courageous, imaginative and socially responsible work of significance. Candidates are to be found in a broad range of occupations and pursuits, including academia, journalism, public health, literature, art, the environmental sciences, labor and the humanities. The prize is intended to encourage the recipients to continue their work, and to inspire others to challenge the prevailing orthodoxies they face in their careers. The 2007 Prize was awarded to Michael Ratner, president of the Center for Constitutional Rights; the 2006 Prize was awarded to Amy Goodman, producer of Democracy Now!

Click here for more information.

Robert Masur Fellowship in Civil Liberties

This fellowship, established in memory of civil rights attorney Robert Masur, is granted to a distinguished first-year law student undertaking research or an internship in civil rights or civil liberties. The fellowship for 2008 is granted to Enedina Cardenas. Ms. Cardenas will spend her summer in El Paso, Texas, working on farm workers' rights with Texas Grande Legal Aid. The Institute congratulates Ms. Cardenas and wishes her success in all of her future endeavors.

Click here for more information and how to apply.

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The Age of the Warrior

Selected Essays

By Robert Fisk

Robert Fisk, Britain's most celebrated foreign correspondent, takes us from the London bombings to the streets of Lebanon, from war-torn Iraq to the horrors of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, offering courageous, eyewitness accounts of our blood-stained past and present. A collection of remarkable breadth and power, The Age of the Warrior is indispensable reading for our complex, battle-scarred world.

"Robert Fisk is one of the outstanding reporters of this generation. As a war correspondent he is unrivalled."
—Financial Times More


Book Tour: Salvation Boulevard by Larry Beinhart

September 9 - October 22 | Across the United States
Meet the author, listen to him discuss his latest novel, a religious detective mystery, and get your copy of Salvation Boulevard signed at any one of a number of book readings across the country during Larry Beinhart's book tour.

September 24 - November 2
Deborah Stone's Book Tour
(Across the United States)
Deborah Stone, a Nation Books author, recently published her fourth book, The Samaritan's Dilemma. Robert Kuttner, co-editor of The American Prospect calls it "a brilliant and persuasive statement of the case for organized compassion—not out of sentimentality but for the viability of society and our own self regard as a decent people." Listen to her on the radio and get a copy of the book signed at a bookstore on Stone's book tour. Find the schedule here. MORE

October 10 - 13
Greg Palast Talks About Vote Rigging on Democracy Now!
(WBAI, MNN and more)
Watch/listen to Institute Fellow Greg Palast on Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman as he talks about vote rigging and suppression ahead of the 2008 election. For more information, click here. MORE

October 17 | 8 pm
Jeremy Scahill Speaks at Wisconsin Book Festival
(Downtown Madison, Wisconsin)
Listen to Nation Books author, Institute Fellow and Polk Award winner Jeremy Scahill speak at the Wisconsin Book Festival with Amy Goodman and Bob McChesney on the state of the media. MORE

October 21 | 7:30 pm
Clive Stafford Smith Speaks at Malvern Hills
(Worcestershire, UK)
Listen to Clive Stafford Smith, Nation books author of Eight O' Clock Ferry to the Windward Side and top human rights lawyer, speak at Forum Theatre about British and American involvement in secret disappearances, torture and detention without trials. MORE

October 23 | 7:30 pm
Jeremy Scahill in Conversation with Patrick Cockburn
(Brecht Forum, New York)
Listen to Institute Fellow Jeremy Scahill in conversation with Patrick Cockburn on the Iraq War and the elections at the Brecht Forum. For more information, click here. MORE

October 30 | 5 pm
Jeremy Scahill at the University of Michigan
(Ann Arbor, Michigan)
Polk Award-winning author of Blackwater Jeremy Scahill will speak to students at the University of Michigan about his book and the private mercenaries in Iraq in the Michigan League Ballroom. MORE

November 2 | 12:30 pm
Jeremy Scahill Speaks at the Texas Book Festival in Austin
(Austin, Texas)
Listen to the Nation Books author talk about Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army at the Texas Book Festival in Austin. The talk will be held at the Capitol Extension Room E2.026. For more information, click here. MORE

November 14
Josh Kors accepts prestigious Galloway Prize at MRE conference
(National Press Club, Washington, D.C.)
Joshua Kors, author of the Investigative Fund-supported articles on veterans being cheated of their medical benefits, has won the prestigious Joseph Galloway Award of 2008. He will accept the prize at the Military Reporters and Editors conference on November 14 at The National Press Club in Washington, D.C. MORE

November 23 | 10 am
Amy Alexander at Watergate Conference
(Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.)
Listen to Institute Fellow Amy Alexander talk with fellow panelists about how bloggers are changing politics. This event is part of the National Association of Black Journalists' Watergate Conference on Political and Congressional Reporting: Did Politics Change the Media or Did Media Change Politics? MORE

December 8
The Nation Institute Annual Dinner Gala
(Metropolitan Pavilion, NYC)
The Nation Institute will host its annual fund-raising Dinner Gala this year in a new, larger location: the Metropolitan Pavilion. Watch this space—more details to follow. MORE


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