Each year, ACES recognizes editors, mentors, students, and advocates whose work strengthens the profession, through career awards, mentorship honors, early-career recognition, scholarships, fellowships, and contests.
These programs recognize excellence in editing, support the next generation, and highlight the people shaping the field.
Awards and programs
Robinson Prize
Honors one editor whose work exemplifies the values that ACES promotes. One of the most prestigious recognitions in the editing field.
Glamann Award
Recognizes individuals or organizations that have made lasting contributions to ACES and to the craft of editing. It is ACES’ highest honor.
Honors a mentor who has consistently supported and guided others in journalism and editing.
Recognizes early-career editors who are already making a meaningful impact through their work and contributions to the field.
Celebrates the use of grammar and language through creative expression.
Supports early- and mid-career editors and aspiring leaders, with a focus on advancing diversity and inclusion in the profession.
Supports students pursuing editing through multiple scholarships awarded each year.
Celebrates editors who write clever, sophisticated, and distinctive headlines.