GOFFSTOWN — The First Amendment Award is an annual honor presented by the Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications to recognize New Hampshire individuals or organizations which have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to defending, protecting, or exercising the freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
Local community members and organizations may submit nominations describing how they or a nominee of their choosing has defended or exercised First Amendment rights in a meaningful way.
The deadline to submit is Wednesday, July 29, at loebschool.org/our-first-amendment-awards-and-event.
The recipient is chosen by an independent panel of judges: Melanie Plenda, executive director of the Granite State News Collaborative and 2025 winner of Quill & Ink award; retired NH Supreme Court Justice Richard Galway; attorney Gregory Sullivan, a Loeb School Board of Trustees member and president of the New England First Amendment Coalition; and NH Public Radio senior reporter Annmarie Timmins.
The award is presented at an annual First Amendment Award event.
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