Applications for the 2024 Awards Season Are Now Closed
Submissions for the 2024 IACP Awards for the annual Cookbook Awards, Digital Media Awards, Food Photography & Styling Awards and Food Writing Awards have now closed. IACP’s Awards Director, Paola Briseño-González and the Executive Awards Committee and Subcommittees continue to uphold and enhance the rigor of the awards program. It maintains its high level, technical review process and is considered one of the most prestigious award programs in the culinary industry. The organization continues efforts to make the awards more accessible by offering a free entry period for digital media, food photography & styling, and food writing categories, as well as reduced entry fees in the cookbook awards program. Submission deadline for the Cookbook Awards was March 21, 2024. Submission deadline for the Digital Media, Food Photography & Styling and Food Writing Awards was April 4, 2024.
The IACP Cookbook Awards continues its partnership with The Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts to award $5,000 to the recipient of the IACP Julia Child First Book Award and support the continuation of the work of a first-time author.
The Food Writing Awards highlight the best in food journalism, both print and digital.
Both members and non-members are eligible to enter these awards.
Click here to see the Food Writing Awards categories and how to enter.
SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARDS
The special recognition awards highlight food industry leaders who are shaping the culinary world. The recipients are nominated by IACP members and non-members. The recipients are selected by the IACP board of directors.
The Toni Tipton-Martin Award uplifts an emerging food writer who demonstrates readiness to professionally transition their work into full-time Food Journalism in a specific platform: cookbook, newspaper, magazine, website, broadcast, or other venue. Candidates for this $5,000 award come from nominations by IACP members, non-members, and food journalism industry members.
The winner will be selected by the IACP Board and Toni Tipton-Martin.
Click here to see previous winners of special recognition awards.
The recipients of the trailblazer award are chosen for their passion and impact in the food community. This award is intended to acknowledge those individuals who have shaped the culinary world.
Click here to see previous winners of special recognition awards.