Spain creates Soledad Gallego-Díaz Journalism Awards

DUM Editorial.- Spain creates the Soledad Gallego-Díaz Journalism Awards, an initiative that will recognize work related to equality between women and men and will feature five categories, each endowed with 8,000 euros.

The Institute of Women, an agency attached to the Ministry of Equality of Spain, announced that it will soon call for the first edition of the awards, also created to commemorate the career of Soledad Gallego-Díaz, who was the first woman to direct the newspaper EL PAÍS.

The call for entries will be aimed at writers, reporters, and photographers whose journalistic work has contributed to disseminating issues related to gender equality, women’s rights, and feminist demands in Spain.

Five categories and 40,000 euros in prizes

The program will have a total budget of 40,000 euros, distributed into five awards of 8,000 euros each.

One of the modalities will be aimed at written journalism and will allow for the submission of content published in newspapers and other printed publications as well as in digital media. There will also be a photojournalism category for images taken in the context of journalistic reporting.

The third category will be dedicated to audiovisual journalism and will accept video reports broadcast via television or the internet.

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Another category will recognize works of radio journalism published through radio stations or podcasts.

Special mention dedicated to women’s sports

Spain creates Soledad Gallego-Díaz Journalism Awards also including a special mention called Lilí Álvarez, in reference to the pioneer of Spanish sports.

This category will be intended for journalistic work related to equality between women and men within sports and the dissemination of female participation in the different sports disciplines in Spain.

The content opting for the awards may belong to different journalistic genres, including news, reports, chronicles, and interviews.

Proposals may be submitted by a single author or by teams of professionals.

Which works will be able to participate

The rules establish that the submitted pieces must have been published from June 1, 2025, until the date established for the closing of the submission period.

The works may be written or produced in Spanish or in any of the co-official languages recognized in Spain.

The Ministry of Equality reported that the formal call for the first edition will be made in the coming days.

Awards commemorate Gallego-Díaz’s career

The awards are named after Soledad Gallego-Díaz, a Spanish journalist who passed away on May 5, 2026.

During his professional career, he worked as a correspondent in Brussels, London, Paris, New York, and Buenos Aires, in addition to holding various responsibilities within EL PAÍS.

One of the moments of her career occurred when she took over the direction of the newspaper, becoming the first woman to hold that position.

The Ministry of Equality highlighted, when announcing the awards, her career linked to equality and women’s rights, as well as her work within Spanish journalism.

The institution also noted that her arrival at the helm of EL PAÍS set a precedent for the participation of women in leadership and decision-making positions within the media.

Gallego-Díaz had publicly stated at different times in her career the need to maintain actions aimed at preserving the progress achieved in terms of equality.

The Minister of Equality, Ana Redondo, had also highlighted after her passing the journalist’s connection to feminism and her influence among women and sectors related to the defense of freedoms.

With this first call, Spain creates the Soledad Gallego-Díaz Journalism Awards to recognize work in print and digital press, photography, audiovisual media, radio, podcasts, and sports journalism related to equality, distributing a total of 40,000 euros among the five categories.