The Linguistics Journalism Award is a real thing. (Most recent winner announced here: http://www.linguisticsociety.org/news/2015/10/22/arika-okrent-announced-w

The Linguistics Journalism Award is a real thing. (Most recent winner announced here: http://www.linguisticsociety.org/news/2015/10/22/arika-okrent-announced-winner-lsa-linguistics-journalism-award http://www.linguisticsociety.org/news/2015/10/22/arika-okren...) Kristen Hare is unlikely to win this year's prize.