Entries now are being accepted for the 2011 Online Journalism Awards from the Online News Association (ONA), the association announced.

Award entries can be submitted into 13 different categories, including the Knight Award for Public Service, general excellence in online journalism, general excellence in online journalism non-English, breaking news, and multi-media. Two categories also specifically include blogging entries. The deadline for entries is June 27.

Eight awards and $33,000 in prize money, funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the Gannett Foundation, will be distributed. The competition has been opened to include news produced for any digital device, according to a statement from ONA and its partner, the University of Miami's School of Communication.

“The OJAs honor innovative reporting across the digital spectrum — if you are producing top-flight journalism, regardless of your audience or format, these are your awards,” Awards Chair Anthony Moor said in the statement.

Winners will be announced at the Online News Association Conference and Awards Banquet, Sept. 22-24 in Boston. Early registration at a discounted price for the conference continues through June 14.

Previous winners include MSNBC.com and Argentina's La Nación, which took top honors at the 2010 awards ceremony.

Just as the Online Journalism Awards began accepting e-readers and other mobile devices as eligible platforms, the Pulitzer Prize board also announced digital-friendly changes in 2010 that made multi-media content eligible for an award. And in April, an online-only news series from ProPublica made history with its Pulitzer win.