Cátedra Vargas Llosa sponsors the First Prize for Young Journalism

In order to promote the defense of freedom in the media, the Vargas Llosa Chair and the Atlas Network Foundation Launch the First Prize for Young Journalism; initiative endowed with US $ 10,000 for the winner.

The award was announced during the most recent edition of the Libertad Forum, organized by Atlas Network, a non-profit organization that seeks to give people opportunities for development without going through persecution or coercion.

Journalists under 35 years of age of any nationality can participate in the call with works originally published in Spanish in the written press (magazines, newspapers and their respective web pages) between November 1, 2020 and October 31, 2021 (closing of the announcement). The winning work will be published in a widely circulated medium.

“We want journalism, in its different manifestations, to be valued as a cultural category … we believe that great journalism can have a high cultural dimension, excellent level and we want this award to serve to stimulate young journalists to carry out this task without no complex compared to the other genres of the world of culture”Said Álvaro Vargas Llosa, member of the Chair’s steering committee and son of the winner of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature, Mario Vargas Llosa.

The Vargas Llosa Chair was born in 2011 with the aim of promoting the study of contemporary literature, as well as promoting the work of the Peruvian writer. Among its activities is the Mario Vargas Llosa Biennial, whose 2021 edition was held in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Registration at https://catedravargasllosa.org/. The bases, in this link.

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