The international Balearic Islands university journalism award

1st – To be a university student enrolled in any bachelor’s degree, diploma or degree in Communication at any university in the world or university college in the current academic year (2023-2024). Entries may be accepted from students on other degree courses if the organisation considers that there is a clear link with the field of communication.

2nd- University College Alberta Giménez (CESAG) graduates from the 2022-2023 academic year).

1 – An author can participate simultaneously in all categories, with the requirement that this person may only participate in a maximum of three entries.

2 – The topic will be about important social aspects. Social topics must be linked to the following issues: vulnerable groups; education and childhood; training and the education system; environment; culture; ethics and religion; peace and justice; communication, etc.

3 – The reports must be submitted in accordance with the instructions given on the web page (https://www.cesag.org/premioperiodismo) before the required deadlines. Entrants who are enrolled at a university other than University College Alberta Giménez (CESAG) or Comillas Pontifical University must attach a digital copy of their university enrolment slip for the current academic year through the tab enabled for the purpose on the award’s web page.

4 – The winning entries may be disseminated by the organisers, who will always indicate who the authors are, with the goal of promoting the work of the award winners.

5 – Particular care will be taken in monitoring to ensure that the work is original. In the event of total or partial plagiarism, the organisers of the competition will disqualify the candiateand shall reserve the right, depending on the seriousness of the plagiarism, to notify the authors of the original works about the plagiarism to enable the latter to take the legal action they deem appropriate.

1st- The works must be original and created after January 1, 2024. The content used in the works must be completely copyright-free. The competition accepts no responsibility for any breach of copyright and it may eliminate from the competition at any time any works that fail to comply with the law on intellectual property, with regard both to the images used and to the soundtracks.

2 – The original video must be in the format of an audiovisual report (or documentary short film of a social nature) and its educational, informative and journalistic function will be assessed.

3 – The duration of the audiovisual report shall not be longer than 12 minutes (credits included).

4 – The reports must include title and captions or credits identifying the sources, as well as information about the technical and artistic team. Whether supporting voice-over narration is used or not, the educational, informative, social and creative value of the report will be considered positively.

5 – Audiovisual works can be individual or group works. In the event that the entry belongs to a group of authors, contact and receipt of the monetary prizes, if any, will be carried out through a single representative of the group.

6 – Audiovisual works will be accepted in English, Spanish or Catalan. In the event that the original language is not English, Spanish or Catalan, the video must be subtitled in any of these three languages.

1st- The works must be original and created after January 1, 2024.

2nd- The original video must respond to the format of audiovisual reportage (or short documentary of a social nature) and its Balearic focus will be valued.

3nd- The duration of the audiovisual report shall not be longer than 5 minutes (credits included).

4th- Audiovisual works can be individual or group works. In the case of several authors, all of them must belong to the same school. Contact and receipt of the monetary prizes, if any, will be carried out through the school.

5º- Audiovisual works will be accepted in Spanish or Catalan.

1- There will be six prizes, spread over four categories in the following way:

AUDIOVISUAL CATEGORY
First Prize for the Best Audiovisual Social Report: €1,000
Second Prize for the Best Audiovisual Social Report: €500

SECTION REPORTS FOR SECONDARY AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE BALEARIC ISLANDS
Prize for the Best Social Audiovisual Reportage with Mobile Phone: €300.

WRITTEN CATEGORY
First Prize for the Best Written Social Report: €400

RADIO CATEGORY
First Prize for the Best Radio Social Report: €400

ABSOLUTE CATEGORY
Section for Communication students from Spanish universities: €400

2- The names of the winners will be made public at the award ceremony, in the framework of the II FestCESAG – II International University Social Documentary Festival and through the University College Alberta Giménez (CESAG) website (www.cesag.org).

3 – The award-winning works will be published on the University College Alberta Giménez (CESAG) website and communicated to the Balaeric Islands media for their potential public dissemination.

4 – The Committee reserves the right to use other channels for dissemination in order to promote the competition, the sponsoring organisations and the award winners.

The criteria for selection and prizes by the jury will take into account:
a) Social, educational, informative and journalistic interest.
b) Originality and creativity. The jury will assess the originality of the chosen topic and its creative approach.
c) Technical and artistic quality. The jury reserves the right to reject any works that are not of a minimum standard of quality and shall be able to declare the competition void.