Call for entries: Bayeux Calvados-Normandy Award for war correspondents

8 April 2021

The call for entries for the Bayeux Calvados-Normandy Award for war correspondents closes on 7 June. The prize is for reports about a conflict situation or its impact on civilians, or news stories involving the defence of freedom and democracy.

© Lorenzo Tugnoli / Contrasto for The Washington Post. GHAZNI, AFGHANISTAN – DECEMBER 2: A demining team of the Afghan national army detonate an Improvised explosive device that have been found on the Ghazni-Kandahar highway. A team from camp Sultan search this road for IEDs on a daily basis and often found one or many that have been set up by the Talibans the night before. Improvised explosive devices are one to the leading cause of casualties among civilians and members of the Afghan security forces. The 2021 visual is a photo from the 2020 winning report. This photograph taken by Lorenzo Tugnoli from Contrasto for The Washington Post, was part of his report shot in Afghanistan between November 2019 and February 2020.
© Lorenzo Tugnoli / Contrasto for The Washington Post. Ghazni, Afghanistan – 2 December: A demining team of the Afghan national army detonate an improvised explosive device that was found on the Ghazni-Kandahar highway. A team from camp Sultan search this road for IEDs on a daily basis, and often find one, or many, that have been set up by the Taliban the night before. Improvised explosive devices are one of the leading causes of casualties among civilians and members of the Afghan security forces.

There are a number of categories, including photography. Work submitted must have been created between 1 June 2020 and 31 May 2021. A €7,000 prize is awarded in each category. The photo prize is sponsored by Nikon. For the photo category, applications must comprise a report made up of between 8 to 15 photos.

The categories of represented include: radio, photography, television (short and long formats), written press, and the young reporter prize (written press for 2021).

The Franco-Iranian photojournalist Manoocher Deghati has been named president of the jury for 2021. Deghati has covered more than 40 wars or revolutions and has travelled to more than 100 countries. Since 1978, he has photographed current affairs, conflicts, and social unrest around the world, starting with the Iranian revolution and the war between Iran and Iraq that followed. After being exiled from his native country in 1985, he worked for several major agencies (Black Star, Sipa, Keystone, AFP and AP) and international magazines, including Time, Life, Newsweek, Paris Match, GEO, and National Geographic Magazine.

Check out the 2020 winner at this link.

Information on how to make a submission can be found here.

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