Celebrate with us and win

We’re not sure how ethical this is, but if you help us observe Ethics Week, you can win cold hard cash…

Greed is good – and ethical

Ethics Hold’em is Texas Hold’em with an ethical twist. Read more about the game here, plus how to acquire a free deck of cards. Then…

• What you do: Play a game of ethical poker and share photos or video during Ethics Week. Make sure you tag #spjethics.
• What you get: We’ll mail you a deck of these specially printed playing cards.
• What you win: SPJ’s Ethics Committee will choose the best Ethics Hold’em social post and send three winners $100.

SOLD OUT! We’ve shipped more than 50 decks. More are on back order.

When unethical is ethical

SIN stands for Spread Immoral News. Designed for college and high school publications – although we’d love to see a pro pub do it – SIN goes all in on being unethical. Read more about the concept here. Then…

• What you do: On April 1 or as close to that date as possible, publish a completely unethical edition of your publication.
• What you get: You want to be unethical, not illegal. If you have any doubts about what you’re writing, contact us and we can match you with a First Amendment attorney for a free pre-publication review.
• What you win: Send us a URL or a PDF of your SIN edition by April 10 at 11:59:59 pm Eastern time, and the Ethics Committee will choose the best one during Ethics Week. That staff receives $500.

Win a research grant

SPJ invites college researchers to propose topics for study. Read more about the grant here.

What you win: $2,500 to conduct your approved research project. Announced during Ethics Week.

What you do: Apply for the grant by March 22, 2025.

What you get: We want you to succeed, so feel free to contact us below with any questions. We’ll help best we can.