To apply, follow the guidelines below and complete an ICIJ Award Application Form . Incomplete entries, as well as those that arrive after the deadline, will be disqualified. Any professional journalist or team of journalists of any nationality is eligible to submit an individual investigative piece of work, or single-subject series, on a transnational topic of world significance. In the case of a team of journalists, the first name listed on the application shall be deemed to be the designated representative of the team. The story or series must involve reporting in at least two countries.
Work is eligible without regard to the language in which it originally appeared.
However, entries submitted in the original language must be accompanied by an English translation. English-language subtitles on video entries are preferred but not mandatory. Six copies of each submission are required. Describe what led you to the topic, any unusual conditions you or your team faced in developing the project and whether the investigation had any ramifications. The submission letter should be in English and no longer than two typed pages.