Collaborative journalism contest accepting pitches, stories

Professional and amateur journalists can compete in this contest.

Hostwriter, a platform that lets vetted journalists contact each other for collaboration opportunities, will award cash prizes for works of collaborative journalism and for a promising story pitch. HostWriter must have played a part in the story’s research.

Works may be in any language, but the application must be in English, German, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Arabic or Hebrew plus an abstract in English.

The first and second prizes consist of EUR3,000 (US$3,286) and EUR2,000 (US$2,191), respectively. The winner of the pitch prize will receive EUR1,000 (US$1,095).

The deadline is Aug. 31.

For more information, click here.

(sursa: International Journalists’ Network)