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The Michael Kelly Award is a journalism award sponsored by the Atlantic Media Company. It is given for "the fearless pursuit and expression of truth"; the prize is $25,000 for the winner and $3,000 for the runners-up. [1] It is named for Michael Kelly, an American journalist killed covering the Iraq War.

In 2003 the University of New Hampshire, Department of English, established the Michael Kelly Memorial Scholarship Fund, which awards a sophomore or junior student "who is passionate about journalism". [2]

YearWinnerFinalists
2004 Anthony Shadid [3] Dan Christensen; Tom Junod; John Lantigua; George Packer
2005 Nicholas D. Kristof [4] David Grann; Kim Murphy; Maximillian Potter; Elizabeth Rubin
2006 Sharon LaFraniere [5] Kurt Eichenwald; James Risen; Eric Lichtblau; Chris Rose; Cam Simpson
2007 C. J. Chivers [6] Rukmini Maria Callimachi; Jesse Hamilton; William Langewiesche; Charles Forelle, James Bandler, and Mark Maremont; Steve Stecklow
2008 Loretta Tofani [7] Kelly Kennedy; Joshua Kors; Tom Vanden Brook; Peter Eisler; Blake Morrison
2009 Ken Armstrong and Nick Perry [8] Barry Bearak; Celia W. Dugger; Richard Behar; Peter Godwin
2010 David S. Rohde [9] Ken Bensinger and Ralph Vartabedian; Sheri Fink; Jeffrey Gettleman
2011 Mandy Locke and Joseph Neff [10] Emily Bazelon; John Bowe; Jonathan M. Katz
2012 Sarah Stillman [11] Rukmini Maria Callimachi; Kathy Dobie; A.M. Sheehan and Matt Hongoltz-Hetling
2013 Brian Mockenhaupt [12] Alberto Arce; David Barboza; Michael Phillips
2014 Rukmini Maria Callimachi [13] Matthieu Aikins; David Phillips; Megan Twohey
2015 Rania Abouzeid Matthieu Aikins; Alex Campbell; Dexter Filkins [14]
2016 Alissa J. Rubin [15] Martha Mendoza, Margie Mason, Robin McDowell, Esther Htusan; Ian Urbina; James Verini [16]
2017 Shane Bauer Hannah Dreier; David Fahrenthold; Selam Gebrekidan, Stephen Grey, Amina Ismail [17]
2018 Dionne Searcey [18] Kristen Gelineau, Todd Pitman, Esther Htusan; Carol Marbin Miller, Audra D.S. Burch; John Woodrow Cox [19]
2019 Maggie Michael, Nariman Ayman El-Mofty, Maad al-Zikry [20] Hannah Dreier; Christine Kenneally, Connor Sheets [21]
2020 Azam Ahmed Tom Warren, Katie J.M. Baker, Kyle Hopkins; Craig Whitlock [22]
2021 Nadja Drost Margie Mason, Robin McDowell, Tony Plohetski; Megha Rajagopalan; Alison Killing; Christo Buschek [23]
2022 Ian Urbina Jessica Contrera, Leah Sottile, Andrew Quilty [24]
2023 Lynzy Billing William Wan, Mstyslav Chernov, Evgeniy Maloltka, Vasilisa Stepanenko, Lori Hinnant, Terence McCoy [25]

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  2. ↑ "Michael Kelly Journalism Scholarship". Department of English, University of New Hampshire. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
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  12. ↑ "The Living and the Dead (Excerpt)". byliner.com. Archived from the original on 2013-01-22. An excerpt from the Byliner Original The Living and the Dead, winner of the 2013 Michael Kelly Award and a Finalist for the National Magazine Award for Feature Writing.
  13. ↑ "AP's Rukmini Callimachi Wins the 2014 Michael Kelly Award for Coverage of al-Qaida in West Africa" (PDF). Atlantic Media. 2014-04-14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-18. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
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  17. ↑ "Atlantic Media Announces Finalists for the 2017 Michael Kelly Award". Theatlantic.com. 22 March 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  18. ↑ "Dionne Searcey Wins 2018 Michael Kelly Award". Theatlantic.com. 9 April 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  19. ↑ "2018 Michael Kelly Award Finalists Announced". Theatlantic.com. 16 March 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  20. ↑ "Pulitzer Center Grantees Win 2019 Michael Kelly Award". May 24, 2019.
  21. ↑ "Finalists". 13 December 2021.
  22. ↑ "Azam Ahmed of the New York Times Wins 2020 Michael Kelly Award". The Atlantic . 12 November 2020.
  23. ↑ "Nadja Drost Wins 2021 Michael Kelly Award for California Sunday Magazine Cover Story". The Atlantic . 27 January 2022.
  24. ↑ "Ian Urbina Wins 2022 Michael Kelly Award for Story in the New Yorker About the Secret Prisons That Keep Migrants Out of Europe". The Atlantic . 3 October 2022.
  25. ↑ "Lynzy Billing Wins 2023 Michael Kelly Award for ProPublica Investigation". The Atlantic . 13 July 2023.
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