The deadline for receiving original entries for this award, the most important gastronomic journalism prize in Spain, will remain open until 27 January 2025. There will be two prizes, €4,000 for the best journalistic work in all categories and €1,000 for the best academic work.
Tomorrow is the deadline for the submission of entries for the XXXI ‘Álvaro Cunqueiro’ National Gastronomic Journalism Award, with a total of €5,000 in two awards promoted by the Lalín Town Council, in collaboration with the Faculty of Communication Sciences of the University of Santiago de Compostela, the Galician gastronomic associations and the Galician Tourism Agency (Xunta de Galicia). It is the most important prize for gastronomic journalism in Spain and has a total prize money of 5,000 € distributed in two categories:
1) Prize of 4,000 € for the best journalistic work among all the categories as a whole and for which writings published in printed media may compete: books, works, publications or research on gastronomy; journalistic works broadcast on radio and television; websites with content dedicated to gastronomy or graphic works (photography, cartoon, etc.) published in printed media.
2) Prize of 1,000 € for the best academic work (press, radio, television and web) dedicated to gastronomy and presented by students of Journalism, Advertising and Audiovisual Communication from all over the country with the aim of promoting the new values of the journalistic profession, which must be academically accredited by a teacher from the centre of studies.
The works may be submitted until 27 January 2025, in accordance with the rules and the extract of the rules of the call published in the BOPPO on 9 December and 13 December, respectively. In any case, if the sending is made by post, the date on the postmark will be taken into account.
Writers, journalists and individuals who have published articles, books, interviews, reports, cartoons, photographs, comments, etc. in Galician, Spanish or any other language in the different media (press, radio, television, social networks and publications) on subjects related to Galician gastronomy in particular and gastronomy in general in the last two years may take part in the competition. Students of Journalism, Advertising and Audiovisual Communication who present their academic work related to gastronomy can also take part.
The winners of previous editions in any of the categories may not have been awarded prizes.
Only one work per author may be submitted in each category. The works submitted will be articles, books, interviews, reports, cartoons, photographs, commentaries, etc. written in Galician, Spanish or any other language, published in the different media in the last two years. The works must deal with subjects related to Galician gastronomy in particular and gastronomy in general. The works may not have previously been awarded prizes in any other national or international competition, nor may they have been submitted to any other competition whose decision must be made before the resolution of this call for entries.
Submission of entries via the electronic office or General Register
The works shall be submitted, either by the author or by third parties or entities, in original copy, by means of a general application form duly completed and signed through the electronic office of the City Council of Lalín, accompanied by a letter addressed to the Mayor-President of the City Council of Lalín with the name, personal details, contact telephone number, responsible declaration and curriculum of the author.
The application must state ‘For the Álvaro Cunqueiro Gastronomic Journalism Award’, as well as the category (journalistic or academic). In the case of books or any other support that allows it, they can also be submitted physically through the General Registry of the City Council of Lalín (Plaza de Galicia, 1 36500 Lalín) by mail or in person. However, it is essential and a necessary condition that the presentation in physical/paper format is accompanied by the corresponding copy in digital format (USB, DVD, CD or similar) or, where appropriate, a download link that effectively allows the same.
In the case of physical presentation, six copies of the work must be submitted, as well as a letter addressed to the Mayor-President of the City Council of Lalín with the name, personal details, contact telephone number and curriculum of the author and, where appropriate, also of the person presenting the work.
A jury, appointed for this purpose, which will be made up of journalists from the Galician media and representatives of the collaborating institutions, will select the works it considers worthy of the awards, taking into account their journalistic quality, dissemination of Galician gastronomy, promotion of our culture, considering the reference to the Cocido de Lalín as an added value.
This jury will meet once all the selected works have been reviewed, to issue the decision that will be announced publicly in an event scheduled for this purpose prior to the celebration of the LVIIth Cocido Fair.
The City Council of Lalín may require the identification of the personality of the prize-winners who, except in cases of force majeure, must collect the prizes at the event organised for this purpose.
Before proceeding to payment, the prize-winner must present at the Lalín Town Council Registry a certificate certifying that he/she is up to date with his/her tax obligations with the Social Security, the State Agency for Tax Administration and the Galician Tax Agency. The City Council will check ex officio that the prize-winner is up to date with their tax obligations with the entity itself.
The City Council also reserves the right to summon the winners in any of the categories to form part of the jury in the next edition.
The ‘Álvaro Cunqueiro’ Award is named after the first town crier of the Cocido Fair and has been promoted by the Lalín Town Council since 1993, in collaboration with the Galician gastronomic associations, the Galician Tourism Agency and the Faculty of Communication Sciences of Santiago de Compostela, to recognise the work of journalists and writers as disseminators of Galician cuisine.
Link to the rules and the extract of the rules published in the BOPPO:
https://boppo.depo.gal/web/boppo/detalle/-/boppo/2024/12/09/2024079246
Extract from the rules:
https://boppo.depo.gal/web/boppo/detalle/-/boppo/2024/12/13/2024081213
