About the Golden Quills
Mark your calendar: May 18, 2026
Mark your calendar: May 18, 2026
We are proud to receive more than 1,100 entries each year from across Western Pennsylvania, as well as parts of Ohio and West Virginia.
Each year, the Golden Quills contest honors dozens of journalists and news outlets in our region for their expert storytelling and accountability work.
Maggie Jones Patterson, a journalism professor at Duquesne University, was honored with the Service to Journalism Award at the 2025 Golden Quill Awards.
Save the date: May 18
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Save the date: May 18 📰
Reserve Your Spot at the 2026 Golden Quills Dinner
Winners will be announced at May 18 awards ceremony
The judging results are in, and finalists have been announced for The Press Club of Western Pennsylvania’s 62nd Golden Quill Awards, which recognize professional and student excellence in written, photographic, design, broadcast, audio, video and digital journalism in Western Pennsylvania and nearby counties in Ohio and West Virginia.
Winners will be announced during the Golden Quills dinner and awards ceremony on Monday, May 18, at Rivers Casino Event Center, 777 Casino Drive, on Pittsburgh’s North Shore. That evening, the Press Club will also honor Michelle Wright, who recently retired from WTAE-TV, with its President’s Award and the Women’s Press Club of Pittsburgh with its Service to Journalism Award.
During the dinner, Kaitlyn Hughes, a student at Duquesne University, will receive the Bob Fryer Memorial Scholarship and Annelise Hanson of Penn State University, the Press Club Scholarship.
Doors at Rivers Casino’s Event Center will open at 5:30 p.m. with a cash bar. Dinner and the awards ceremony will begin at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $55 each for Press Club of Western Pennsylvania members, $55 for students, $60 for nonmembers and $440 for a table of eight. Download an invitation here and make payment below.
The Rivers Casino must have advance notice of any Quills attendees under 21 years old. Contact Karen Carlin at karenacarlin@gmail.com for information about underage guests. All attendees should bring IDs.
There are still opportunities to be a Quills sponsor or buy an ad in the program booklet. Prices are below. For more information, contact Karen Carlin at karenacarlin@gmail.com.