Wanted: The best analytical coverage of politics from 2020

Time to pull together your best political analysis writing from 2020 for the National Press Club's annual journalism contest. Please enter that work for the Lee Walczak Award for Political Analysis.

This award, named in memory of Lee Walczak, a Washington editor, bureau chief and White House correspondent who worked for Bloomberg News and BusinessWeek, recognizes excellence in political analysis.

The entry should be one article or a series of no more than three articles on a consistent topic. Judges will consider entries that, like Walczak's work, explain why things happen by describing new developments, putting them in context and forecasting the outcome.

The prize for the winner is $750. The cost of an entry is free for Club members and $75 for non-members. The deadline is April 15.

The contest includes categories for consumer news, politics, online journalism, breaking news, photos, coverage of elderly issues, humor writing, stories about animals and their well-being, the media and other issues. Details about the awards are available online.

The awards will be presented later this summer at the Club, depending on social-distancing conditions.