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Come to Florence as an awardee!
Voices is granting 25 awards of 1200 euros each* to young journalists and media freedom advocates to participate in the festival’s upcoming edition.
The Awards have a broad focus across seven categories, recognising outstanding achievements in various journalistic formats (Radio, Video, Digital, Cartoons and Comics, and Photojournalism) as well as in Media Literacy and International Best Practices.
Are you dedicated to these fields? Can you showcase innovation and impact in your work?
Find the full eligibility criteria and application procedure in the Voices 2026 Call for Entries.
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Radio Video Digital Cartoons Comics Photojournalism Media Literacy
Radio Video Digital Cartoons Comics Photojournalism Media Literacy
Meet the previous winners
The recipients of the Voices Awards 2025, with a focus on Journalism, were:
- Giacomo Zandonini (Italy), in the category 'Impact: Cross-border investigative reporting'
- Under the Surface project, in the category 'Impact: Cross-border investigative reporting'
- Liliana Carona (Portugal), in the category 'Local resilience'
- Ivana Milosavljević (Serbia), in the category 'Remarkable youth: Promising journalists under 30'
- Jenny Tsiropoulou (Greece), in the category 'Emerging talent'
The recipients of the Voices Awards 2024, with a focus on Journalism, were:
- Helena Rodríguez Gómez (main applicant, Spain), Benjamin Hindrichs and Sandra Abdelbaki in the category 'Impact'
- Laura Llach Gil and Lucia Riera in the category 'Impact'
- Vicky Hristova (Bulgaria) in the category 'Remarkable youth'
- Ilaria Potenza (Italy) in the category 'Remarkable youth'
- Anja Matic (Croatia) in the category 'Remarkable youth'
The recipients of the Voices Awards 2025, with a focus on Media Literacy, were:
- Antonin Atger (France), in the category 'Digital Wellbeing'
- Peace Journalism Laboratory, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece), in the category 'Digital Parenting & Generations'
- Safa Ghnaim (Germany), in the category 'Empowering Citizens' Engagement and Participation'
- François Laboulais (France), in the category 'Media Literacy Multipliers'
- Tereza Kráčmarová (Czech Republic) in the category 'Media Literacy Multipliers'
The recipients of the Voices Awards 2024, with a focus on Media Literacy, were:
- Nicola Bruno for the project 'Open the Box' (Italy) in the category 'Media Literacy Multipliers'
- Jenny Sköld and Lotta Bergseth for the project 'Voice4You' (Sweden) in the category 'Media Literacy Multipliers'
- Inger Klesment for the project 'Developing Media and Digital Literacies in Children Aged 5 to 10 through Play' (Estonia) in the category 'Digital Parenting & Generations'
- Bert Pieters for the project 'VIbe CHeck' (Belgium) in the category 'Digital Well-being'
- Thomas Prager for the project Bait Media (Austria) in the category 'Empowering Citizens Engagemernt and Participation'
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