Rules
Eligibility
The European Press Prize has announced its winners and runners-up for the 2021 edition on June 3, 2021. The 2021 shortlist has been announced in April, 2021. The 2022 edition will open for entries on October 1, 2021. 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, please reach out to us at info@europeanpressprize.com.
Submission
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.
There are 4 different categories in which journalists can send in their work: Investigative Reporting, Distinguished Reporting, Opinion and Innovation. You can read more about the categories when selecting ‘categories’ in the menu above.
Each year, on October 1, a button will become available on our website that brings you to our entry form. Please submit your article here and fill in the form.
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 Opinion Award, up to three articles may be submitted per author.
For the 2022 edition of the European Press Prize, the publication date should be between December 1, 2020 and December 31, 2021.
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.
Judging
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 chooses the recipient of the Special Award. The winners will be announced during the Ceremony in May or June.