2026 Awards Dinner
The Deadline Club Awards recognize the best journalism produced by journalists and media organizations based in the greater New York area. Winners compete for a coveted “Rube” statuette, designed by legendary cartoonist Rube Goldberg. The statuette, designed in 1968, was Rube’s idea of a dead line—shown in three dimensions.
Tickets
Early Bird
- Deadline Club members: $275 (limit 2)
- Non-members: $350
- Table for 10: $3,500
Prices increase at 11:59 p.m. May 6
- Deadline Club members $350
- Non-members $450
- Table for 10: $4,500
Membership
The Deadline Club is the New York City chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. Join SPJ to become a member of our dues-free Deadline Club chapter. We hope you will—now!
To buy a dinner ticket at the discounted member price, you can join—or renew/rejoin— SPJ and the Deadline Club now by going to: https://www.spj.org; click the Join link and indicate you’re joining SPJ and its New York Deadline Club chapter. Renew by clicking the Renew link, or rejoin by clicking Join. Current SPJ-only members who want to be added to our Deadline Club roster can simply notify SPJ Membership Manager Chrystal O’Keefe at: cokeefe@hq.spj.org.
Sponsorships & Program Ads
Sponsorship opportunities are available and the opportunity to place an ad in our program book. Click here for more information.
After Party
After the awards dinner, join us at the charming Long Room pub one block from the Harvard Club at 120 W. 44th St.
Free entry, cash bar. We’ll be in the back section.