Deadline: 10-Dec-21
Nominations are now open for the European Press Prize.
Prize Details
Amount: Four – worth 10,000 euros each.
Prize Categories
- Investigative Reporting Award – For discovering and revealing facts, exposing hidden news to the public.
- Distinguished Reporting Award – For exceptional reporting, telling a story in the best possible way.
- Public Discourse Award – For a remarkable textual interpretation of the world they live in. (Formerly known as the Opinion Award)
- Innovation Award – For challenging the current boundaries of journalism by finding new ways to engage with audiences.
- Special Award – The judges award a special prize for excellent journalism to one striking entry which defies categories and disciplines.
Rules
- Articles can be a maximum of 5,000 words in all. Going beyond that puts a heavy strain on translation resources.
- For authors submitting articles for the Investigative Reporting Award, Distinguished Reporting Award, and Innovation Award, only one article may be submitted per author.
- For the Public Discourse Award, up to three articles may be submitted per author.
Which countries’ journalists are eligible to compete?
Any of the 47 countries which make up the Council of Europe and Belarus are fine – though this isn’t a Council of Europe contest, or an EU one. They’ve just taken the widest possible practical definition of Europe.
Eligibility Criteria
- Any journalist that works in or is from Europe is eligible to compete in the European Press Prize.
- The articles can be in any language, but accompanied by a synopsis in English (250 words maximum), explaining the theme of the article(s), together with an assessment of its impact and reception. If you need assistance with writing this in English.
Judging Criteria
- After the entries have come in, they will be assessed and sifted through by the Preparatory Committee, consulting widely.
- The Preparatory Committee’s choices and the resulting shortlists will be published on the European Press Prize website. All shortlisted journalists will be asked to attend the ceremony where the winners will be announced.
- The Panel of Judges makes the final selection of winners and choose the recipient of the Special Award. The winners will be announced during the Ceremony in May or June.
- The following rules are adhered during the judging process:
- PrepCom and judges cannot enter the contest in the year they are judging.
- Each PrepCom / judge, whether an ordinary member or chair, has one equal vote.
- All proceedings and deliberations of each jury are conducted in confidence.
- If PrepCom members or judges recognise they are personally involved in submitted work, through either a personal or professional relationship, for instance when working for the same organisation, they must declare their interest openly at the beginning of any discussions on the work and withhold their vote.
- The laureates will be announced in two stages. First of all, nominees in all categories will be announced. Secondly, the winners in all categories, including the Special Award will be announced at the award ceremony.
- The chair of the PrepCom will sit in at the judges meeting to elaborate on the year’s entries and choices made by PrepCom. The chair of the PrepCom does not hold a formal vote during the meeting of judges.
For more information, visit https://www.europeanpressprize.com/awards/timetable-and-procedure/