Michael Kelly Award
The Michael Kelly Award is a journalism award sponsored by the Atlantic Media Company. It is given for "the fearless pursuit and expression of truth"; the prize is $25,000 for the winner and $3,000 for the runners-up. It is named for Michael Kelly, an American journalist killed covering the Iraq War.
In 2003 the University of New Hampshire, Department of English, established the Michael Kelly Memorial Scholarship Fund, which awards a sophomore or junior student "who is passionate about journalism".
| Year | Winner | Finalists |
| 2004 | Anthony Shadid | Dan Christensen; Tom Junod; John Lantigua; George Packer |
| 2005 | Nicholas D. Kristof | David Grann; Kim Murphy; Maximillian Potter; Elizabeth Rubin |
| 2006 | Sharon LaFraniere | Kurt Eichenwald; James Risen; Eric Lichtblau; Chris Rose; Cam Simpson |
| 2007 | C. J. Chivers | Rukmini Maria Callimachi; Jesse Hamilton; William Langewiesche; Charles Forelle, James Bandler, and Mark Maremont; Steve Stecklow |
| 2008 | Loretta Tofani | Kelly Kennedy; Joshua Kors; Tom Vanden Brook; Peter Eisler; Blake Morrison |
| 2009 | Barry Bearak; Celia W. Dugger; Richard Behar; Peter Godwin | |
| 2010 | David S. Rohde | Ken Bensinger and Ralph Vartabedian; Sheri Fink; Jeffrey Gettleman |
| 2011 | Mandy Locke and Joseph Neff | Emily Bazelon; John Bowe; Jonathan M. Katz |
| 2012 | Sarah Stillman | Rukmini Maria Callimachi; Kathy Dobie; A.M. Sheehan and Matt Hongoltz-Hetling |
| 2013 | Brian Mockenhaupt | Alberto Arce; David Barboza; Michael Phillips |
| 2014 | Rukmini Maria Callimachi | Matthieu Aikins; David Phillips; Megan Twohey |
| 2015 | Rania Abouzeid | Matthieu Aikins; Alex Campbell; Dexter Filkins |
| 2016 | Alissa J. Rubin | Martha Mendoza, Margie Mason, Robin McDowell, Esther Htusan; Ian Urbina; James Verini |
| 2017 | Shane Bauer | Hannah Dreier; David Fahrenthold; Selam Gebrekidan, Stephen Grey, Amina Ismail |
| 2018 | Dionne Searcey | Kristen Gelineau, Todd Pitman, Esther Htusan; Carol Marbin Miller, Audra D.S. Burch; John Woodrow Cox |
| 2019 | Maggie Michael, Nariman Ayman El-Mofty, Maad al-Zikry | Hannah Dreier; Christine Kenneally, Connor Sheets |
| 2020 | Azam Ahmed | Tom Warren, Katie J.M. Baker, Kyle Hopkins; Craig Whitlock |
| 2021 | Nadja Drost | Margie Mason, Robin McDowell, Tony Plohetski; Megha Rajagopalan; Alison Killing; Christo Buschek |
| 2022 | Ian Urbina | Jessica Contrera, Leah Sottile, Andrew Quilty |
| 2023 | Lynzy Billing | William Wan, Mstyslav Chernov, Evgeniy Maloltka, Vasilisa Stepanenko, Lori Hinnant, Terence McCoy |