Bayeux Calvados-Normandy Award

The Bayeux Calvados-Normandy Award for War Correspondents “A Tribute to Freedom and Democracy” (hereafter “the Event”) is organised by the borough of Bayeux (hereafter “the Organiser” comprising any physical person or legal entity who may be wholly or partially substituted therefore).

It aims to pay tribute to journalists and war correspondents from all over the world who work in often perilous conditions to provide unrestricted, democratic information. It rewards a report on a conflict situation, or its consequences for civilian populations, or on a news item concerning the defence of individual freedoms and democracy.

Categories

• Television Category
  • The length of the report must be between 1 minute 30 seconds and 6 minutes.
  • The report submitted must be identical to the broadcast piece.
• Radio Category
  • The length of the report must be between 1 minute and 6 minutes.
  • The report submitted must be identical to the broadcast piece.
• Photo Category
  • The application comprises a report made up of 8 to 15 photos.
• The Young Reporter’s Award
  • In 2024: the category is photo. Since there is a different category according to the years, the presented story must have been realized between 1 June 2022 and 31 May 2024.
• Grand Format Television Category
  • The length of the report must be between 6 and 30 minutes.
  • The report submitted must be identical to the broadcast piece.
• Written Press Category
  • The application must be made up of an article or a series of one to three articles on the same subject.

Ten Prizes Are Awarded

• Seven prizes awarded by the international jury
  • Written Press Prize
    • sponsored by the Calvados Department – €7000
  • Television Prize
    • sponsored by Amnesty International – €7000
  • Radio Prize
    • sponsored by the D-Day Landing Committee – €7000
  • Photo Prize
    • sponsored by Nikon – €7000
  • Grand format Television Prize
    • sponsored by Caen Memorial museum – €7000
  • Young reporter Prize
    • sponsored by Crédit Agricole Normandie – €3000
  • Video image Prize
    • sponsored by Arte, France 24 and France Télévisions – €3000
• Three special prizes
  • The Ouest-France – Jean Marin Prize (written press)
    • €4000
  • The Public Prize (photo)
    • sponsored by the city of Bayeux – €3000
  • The Normandy Region secondary School Students’ Prize (television)
    • €3000

Conditions

• Each report (press article, radio, television, or photo report) must have been produced between 1st June 2023 and 31 May 2024. The Organiser reserves the right to accept one or more reports whose dates would be postponed by a few days before or after the indicated dates of production. The Organiser reserves the right to accept one or more reports whose duration slightly exceeds (maximum 1 minute) the duration indicated in the radio, television and grand format television categories. In the event of a dispute, the Organiser will examine any requests submitted by the Candidates, and his decision will be the final authority in that regard. Each report must have been diffused and communicated to the public before the start of the Event, except for the Photo category for which there is no obligation of diffusion. The story must be presented for the first time at the Event. The report must have been produced (or written) by a journalist present in the field. Under no circumstances will the Organizer accept a report transcribed by telephone or rewritten.
• Number of entries
  • Report produced by a single Candidate: In the Written Press, Radio, Photo, Television, Grand Format Television and Young reporter categories: each Candidate may only present one Report per category. If the Candidate has been entered by a Representative, the latter may enter more than one Report per Category, within the limit of one per Candidate.
  • Report produced by a team of several Candidates: For the Television and Grand Format Television categories, a single Candidate team may only enter one Report per category; however, each of the Candidate members may present another Report as part of another team.

For more information, visit Bayeux Calvados-Normandy Award.