Submissions are now open for the 16th edition of the Stories on Umbria International Journalism Award.
The competition, organised by the Umbria Chamber of Commerce, is reserved to those articles dealing with the region’s artistic-cultural-environmental points of excellence and the high quality 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
Tourism, environment and culture – Prize €2,500.00 Photo-journalistic articles published in daily or periodic national and international newspapers and magazines, including on-line ones, between 1 January 2025 and 1 February 2026 principally dealing with the tourist, landscape, environmental and cultural heritage of Umbria.
Umbria del Gusto – Prize €2,500.00 Photo-journalistic articles published in daily or periodic national and international newspapers and magazines, including on-line ones, between 1 January 2025 and 1 February 2026 principally dealing with the typical and high quality enogastronomic production of Umbria.
Videos (large productions) – Prize €2,500.00 Audio-visual reports aired between 1 January 2025 and 1 February 2026 on national or satellite television channels.
Videos (independent productions) – Prize €2,500.00 Audio-visual reports, also made by individual authors, aired between 1 January 2025 and 1 February 2026 on online channels (such as blogs, YouTube or similar platforms).
Schools of Journalism Award – €1,000.00 For video reports made by students of Italian Schools of Journalism recognized by the National Council of the Order of Journalists, aired between 1 January 2025 and 1 February 2026 on national or satellite television or internet channels.
Jury Prize – €2,500.00 The Committee may furthermore award the “Jury Prize” to one particularly worthy candidate among the four main categories of the competition.
Deadline: All submissions must be received by the close of 2 February 2026.
How to send in submissions: Submissions must be made here.
The winners will be invited by the Umbria Chamber of Commerce to participate in the prize-giving ceremony to be held in Perugia during the XX edition of the International Journalism Festival (15-18 April 2026).
Photo credit: Riccardo Urli #ijf25