Submissions are now open for Stories on Umbria International Journalism Award 2020.

The competition is reserved to those articles dealing with the region’s artistic-cultural-environmental points of excellence and the high quality typical economic-productive system, bringing the national and international focus on Umbria and its territory and contributing to valorising the best of Umbrian business production.

 

COMPETITION CATEGORIES
The award is divided up into three separate sections:

 

Tourism, environment and culture - Prize € 2,500
We accept photo-journalism articles published in daily or periodic national and international newspapers and magazines, including on-line ones between 1st January 2019 and 10th February 2020 principally dealing with the tourist, landscape, environmental and cultural heritage of Umbria. The articles must be sent together with a copy of the daily or periodical publication in which they were published (alternatively, for applications made via email, a digital copy of the daily or periodical publication may be attached).

Umbria del Gusto - Prize € 2,500
We accept photo-journalistic articles published in daily or periodic national and international newspapers and magazines, including on-line ones between 1st January 2019 and 20th February 2020 principally dealing with the typical and high quality enogastronomic production of Umbria. The articles must be sent together with a copy of the daily or periodical publication in which they were published (alternatively, for applications made via email, a digital copy of the daily or periodical publication may be attached).

 

Videos - Prize € 2,500
We accept audio-visual reports dealing with Umbria, aired between 1st January 2019 and 20th February 2020 on national or satellite television channels or on the internet. These reports must be accompanied by a synopsis in Italian or alternatively in English.

 

Jury Prize - € 2,500
The Committee, whose decision is final and absolute, may furthermore award the Jury Prize to any candidate considered particularly worthy from among the three main categories of the competition.

 

All applications - articles or audio-visual reports - must be received, together with the duly completed and signed candidature form (published on www.pg.camcom.gov.it), by no later than 11th February 2020 by the Competition Organisation Secretary’s Office (applications can be made via mail to: Camera di Commercio di Perugia, Via Cacciatori delle Alpi, 42 - 06121 Perugia – Italia – please clearly write on the envelope “Application for Raccontami l’Umbria - Stories on Umbria 2020; or via email to raccontami@pg.camcom.it).

 

All the winners will be invited to participate in the prize-giving ceremony, to be held in Perugia during the XIV edition of Perugia’s International Journalism Festival (1 - 5 April 2020).

 

 

Competition Organisation Secretary’s Office
Perugia Chamber of Commerce Press Office

 

Communication Office Manager

Paola Buonomo

 

Press Office Officer

Roberto Vitali
Phone +39 075 5748 312 
eMail raccontami@pg.camcom.it

 

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