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2023 FSWA award nominations open
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Written by Andy Behrens   

FSWA members will be able to submit nominations for the 2023 Fantasy Sports Writers Association awards beginning Monday, October 23, continuing through Friday, December 22. At the conclusion of the submission process, an independent panel of judges will decide each of the award categories.

This year’s categories are as follows:

  • Fantasy Baseball Writer of the Year (3 submissions required)
  • Fantasy Baseball Article of the Year
  • Best Fantasy Baseball On-Going Series (3 submissions required)
  • Best Fantasy Baseball Publication*
  • Fantasy Football Writer of the Year (3 submissions required)
  • Fantasy Football Article of the Year
  • Best Fantasy Football On-Going Series (3 submissions required)
  • Best Fantasy Football Publication*
  • Fantasy Basketball Writer of the Year (3 submissions required)
  • Fantasy Hockey Writer of the Year (3 submissions required)
  • Fantasy Racing Writer of the Year (3 submissions required)
  • Fantasy Golf Writer of the Year (3 submissions required)
  • Fantasy College Sports Writer of the Year (3 submissions required)
  • Fantasy Soccer Writer of the Year (3 submissions required)
  • DFS Writer of the Year (3 submissions required)
  • Research Article of the Year
  • Player Notes Writer of the Year (6-8 submissions required, each 200-word maximum)
  • Best Long-Form Video (10+ minutes)**
  • Best Short-Form Video (less than 10 minutes)**
  • Best Football Podcast**
  • Best Baseball Podcast**
  • Best Podcast, all sports**
  • Best Radio Show**
  • To nominate, be sure to register for an account in the upper right of the site. After you receive a confirmation email, log in to the site. Writers can submit their own nominations or submit for other members. Only active FSWA members can compete. Anyone not a member of the FSWA can apply right here. Once approved, you will be able to submit your nomination. Writer of the Year category entrants are asked to submit a selection from the full year of fantasy coverage (both preseason and in-season articles).


    *NOTE TO MAGAZINE PUBLISHERS: Please mail your 2023 Fantasy Football and Baseball print publications to our offices by Dec. 15 or send via email to compete for the best magazine award in each category. Please contact Andy Behrens at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for the appropriate mailing address.

    **NOTE TO MULTI-MEDIA PARTICIPANTS: Email a link to Andy Behrens, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .


    Step 1: After logging in, open the nomination tool

    Step 2: Select the Nominee

    On the first screen, pick the name of the FSWA member you would like to nominate for an award. Writers can nominate their own work. If you do not see the person’s name listed, click on the “Add a New Person” button and enter the name.

    Step 3: Select the Category

    On the second screen, use the dropdown menu to pick the category for the person you are nominating. Please Note: Nominees can only have one submission per category.

    Step 4: Enter the Article(s)

    On the third screen, a box will appear with an assigned numbers for the candidate, category and article. Click the “enter” button to add the article into the web editing tool. For categories which require multiple submissions (writer of the year, on-going series awards), please complete this process for all the required submissions.

    To enter an article in the web editing tool, simply copy the article online or out of a word processor program. Then paste it into the web editing tool. Please delete all references to the author and the site for which he/she is writing. When finished, click the “save” button. PLEASE DO NOT OVERWRITE THE CATEGORY AND CANDIDATE NUMBERS WITH ARTICLE HEADLINES. When entering for multiple submission categories, you will be redirected to the page where you can enter new articles. This page will now also allow you to edit the articles you have already posted. When finished entering all articles, click the “Back to Nomination” button and begin your nomination.

    Click here to submit a nomination