Gabriel Awards

The Catholic Media Association is honored to sponsor the Gabriel Awards, a premier program honoring excellence in film, broadcast, and digital media productions released in the United States and Canada. CMA Membership is not required for the Gabriel Awards.

The Gabriel Awards were created in 1965 to “recognize outstanding artistic achievement in a television or radio program or series that entertains and enriches with a true vision of humanity and true vision of life.”

A Gabriel-worthy award entry is dedicated to authenticity and excellence. It affirms and highlights values of dignity, community, tolerance, justice, or compassion.

The primary goal of the Gabriel Awards is to encourage media professionals to serve, enrich, challenge, and uplift their audiences.

The Gabriel Awards Committee accepts professional entries for work in film, radio, English and Spanish language television and digital media projects completed in the 2024 calendar year. Categories are listed in that order on the following pages.

Judges recognize productions that:

Are dedicated to authenticity and excellence.
Highlight values of dignity, community, tolerance, justice, or compassion.

First-place recipients receive a coveted Gabriel statue. Runners-up receive a beautiful certificate of accomplishment.

The 59th Annual Gabriel Awards opens Nov. 1 2024. Awards are presented during the Gabriel Awards Reception at the Catholic Media Conference, June 24-27 in Phoenix, and announced in The Catholic Journalist, as well as on the CMA website and on social media.

Questions?

Email Kathleen Holloway, Marketing and Program Manager, at: awards@catholicmediaassociation.org

The Catholic Media Association is located at 10 S. Riverside Plaza, Suite 875, Chicago, IL 60606.