Deadline- 1 November 2013
Young Europeans are invited to submit applications for Europe & Me Young Journalist Award through which participants will have the chance to win €500 cash prize. Submissions can be on any European topic as long as it is approached transitionally (in a way that makes it directly relevant to at least two European countries).
Topics covered-
- Migration reversed – will the young generation leave Europe behind?
- Erasmus Love – how transnational dating makes Europe a better place!
- Generation internship – is Europe throwing away its potential?
- How the EU became the ECB-U, the ESM-U and the EMF-U – and what this means for European democracy…
- Yugoslavia, k. &. k., & Co. reloaded – what can Europe learn from multiethnic realms in the past?
- Srebrenica, Sirte, Ghuba – why there is no such thing as a European foreign policy, and why there should be
The Prizes-
Entries will be assessed by the E&M editorial board, with shortlisted articles then judged by an expert panel of media professionals. The first prize submission will be awarded €500, two runners-up will receive €150 each. All three finalists will be invited to a journalism workshop scheduled to be held in Berlin or Hamburg, 2014. All shortlisted articles will be published online in a special edition of E&M magazine.
Submissions required-
- An original, unpublished submission of 1,500–2,000 words.
- A submission covering any European topic(s) from a transnational perspective, meaning to be directly relevant to at least two different European countries.
- All submissions must be written in English.
Eligibility & Criteria-
- A resident of the EU, candidate countries or neighbouring countries. There is no need to be an EU citizen, and E&M will accept all submissions considered relevant!
- Age – under 30.
- Not currently employed as a professional journalist.
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