First Pulitzer Center Awards to Helium writers

The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting has announced the 13 winners of its first-ever essay contest on Helium!

The winners hail from all around the globe, including a Canadian mother of two, who talks about child labor in Congo; a California writer, remembering her Vietnam veteran brother who died from the effects of Agent Orange; and a counselor and adjunct professor from Colorado, who wrote on Venezuela's Hugo Chavez. Read all the winning essays on the Pulitzer Contest Overview page .

And read Pulitzer Center's article about all the winners; see what inspired them and what they learned while writing.

But don't be left out – The Global Issues/Citizen Voices Essay Contest No. 2 has just launched. Your deadline is April 22!

More Citizen Journalism Awards at Helium
The time has come to rethink what it means to be a journalist. If you have what it takes to research topics and issues, contribute an objective voice and write compelling articles, then you are a citizen journalist. Helium is bringing together the worlds of traditional news reporting and community-based journalism to create a site that citizen journalists call home.

As a citizen journalist writing at Helium, you'll get recognized by publishers, news outlets, journalism institutions and peers. Here's where to build a diverse portfolio of top-quality articles to help jump-start your career.

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