THE SCRAPBOOK is pleased to note that entries are now being accepted for the Eric Breindel Award for Excellence in Opinion Journalism, which honors the memory of the New York Post editor and WEEKLY STANDARD contributor who died unexpectedly in March 1998, at the age of 42.
The Breindel Award, sponsored by the Eric Breindel Memorial Foundation, is the most lucrative in the field of opinion journalism, with a prize of $ 10,000. The foundation presents this annual prize to the columnist or editorialist whose work best reflects the spirit that animated Breindel's writings: love of this country and its democratic institutions, as well as the act of bearing witness to the evils of totalitarianism. Boston Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby was the first winner of the award. News Corporation, Breindel's employer and the corporate parent of this magazine, pledged $ 250,000 to the Eric Breindel Memorial Foundation.
A confidential panel appointed by the foundation will judge the entries. Those who wish to be considered should submit no more than five editorials or columns written in the 1999 calendar year, accompanied by a $ 25 entry fee. Applications may be obtained by contacting award administrator Jan Ruffle at 212-930-8018. The winner will be announced in June.