Listening at the Prix Bohemia Radio festival|foto:Khalil Baalbaki, Český rozhlas

The festival welcomes international submissions to the News Report category, celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.

The international News Report category is open to foreign entries, which must be submitted by April 30, 2026.

All conditions for entering pieces in the competition can be found here.

The international News Report category is intended for radio reports with a maximum length of 10 minutes, aired between April 1, 2025, and March 31, 2026 by a Czech or foreign public service broadcaster/distributor in the territory of the invited foreign broadcasters. Each international radio broadcaster may submit up to 2 news reports.

This is a news format - i.e., authentic, eyewitness reporting by a journalist on an important current event presented as a description, narration or interview with other participants, along with a documentary sound recording of the environment. Entries must be submitted in the broadcast version and format, i.e., without any editing.

Specific criteria for the jury's evaluation:

  • Importance/impact of the entry
  • Source completeness, comprehensiveness and contextualisation
  • Balance
  • Linguistic and expressive quality
  • Sound quality

Contact person: Marietta Čtveráková

Application form

Application form for the 42nd international Prix Bohemia Radio Festival for competitive entries in the News Report category.

Fields marked with * are mandatory.

Submitter
Competition entry

Please upload A STRICT VERBATIM TRANSCRIPT of the entire report (including announcements, inserts) in the original language and in English, with time stamps for individual speakers and sections in MS Word format (10 MB maximum size) and an AUDIO RECORDING in .wav or .mp3 format (44,1 kHz, 16-bit, 2 GB maximum size).

Please upload A PHOTOGRAPH of the author (mandatory) and A VISUAL OF THE PIECE (if available)

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