2024 FSWA award nominations to open


FSWA members will be able to submit nominations for the 2024 Fantasy Sports Writers Association awards beginning Sunday, December 22, continuing through Wednesday, January 8. 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).

Submit a nomination

*NOTE TO MAGAZINE PUBLISHERS: Please mail your Fantasy Football and Baseball print publications to us by January 10, or send via email to compete for the best magazine award in each category. Please contact Andy Behrens at president@fswa.org for the appropriate mailing address.

Step 1: After logging in, open the nomination tool

Step 2: Select the award category

Use the dropdown menu to pick the category for which you are nominating. Please Note: Nominees can only have one submission per category.

Step 3: Select the member to nominate

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 4: Enter the article(s)

Windows will appear in which you should enter the text of the nominated work(s). For categories which require multiple submissions (writer of the year, on-going series awards), please be sure to enter all required submissions. Multi-media participants, please submit links to your video and/or audio content. 

Please delete all references to the author and site for which they are writing. When finished, simply click the “submit” button.