European Digital Publishing Award

The European Digital Publishing Award welcomes media companies that create and market content-driven products, as well as their suppliers, service partners and service providers.

Submissions are accepted until the early-bird deadline on December 10, 2026, the regular deadline on January 28, 2027, or the late deadline on February 15, 2027.

 
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Categories

Digital Product

This category recognizes outstanding digital publishing products – from websites and apps to digital platforms and standalone content products.



UX & Usability

Digital publishing products that stand out through an exceptional user experience and intuitive navigation.




Launch / Relaunch

Launches or relaunches of digital publishing products.






Digital Storytelling

Editorial content that makes particularly creative and effective use of the possibilities offered by digital media. The jury will consider the idea, journalistic or editorial quality, storytelling, and the connection between content and digital execution.

Interactive & Data Storytelling

This category combines interactive storytelling and data-driven storytelling. It recognizes content that uses data, visualizations, interaction, or exploratory elements to make complex topics accessible and relevant.

Audio & Video

Audiovisual digital formats specifically developed for digital publishing platforms or particularly successful in this context.



Audience Development

This category recognizes projects and strategies that reach, engage, and build lasting relationships with digital audiences.



Digital Marketing & Growth

Innovative digital marketing and growth strategies for publishing products and media brands. Creative and effective approaches to acquiring new users, increasing reach, or engaging existing audiences.

Revenue & Business Model

Innovative and successful business models for digital publishing. The focus is on the connection between product, audience, and monetization.





AI & Digital Innovation

Applications of artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies that drive the sustainable development of digital publishing. The focus is not on the use of a specific technology itself, but on the tangible value it creates for content, users, editorial teams, or business models.

Publishing Technology

This category recognizes technological solutions that make digital publishing more efficient, intelligent, or effective.






Digital Transformation

Projects that go beyond transforming a single digital product and sustainably advance structures, processes, or ways of working in publishing.





Special Categorie

  • European Publishing Platform of the Year

Jury

Trantow_Markus@ManuelHorn

Markus Trantow

Editor-in-Chief

turi2
AretzTilman

Tilman Aretz

CEO

Nachrichtenmanufaktur/ ntv.de
Rasmus-Emborg

Rasmus Emborg

Editorial Director

Watchmedier
Carsten Erdmann

Carsten Erdmann

Editor-in-Chief Digital

Funke
Georg Taitl Jury EPA

Georg Taitl

Co-Herausgeber / Chefredakteur

Österreichs Journalist:in
 

Submission

ELIGIBILITY
Media companies as well as their suppliers, service partners and service providers are eligible to participate.
ENTRY PERIOD
Entries from the 1.5 years preceding the submission deadline will be considered, unless otherwise specified for a particular category.
MULTIPLE ENTRIES
An entry may be submitted in multiple categories. Category-specific adjustments can be made for submissions in additional categories.
SUBMISSION ON BEHALF OF OTHERS
Entries may be submitted in the entrant’s own name or on behalf of another party.
RIGHTS
By submitting an entry, participants confirm that they hold all necessary rights to the submitted material and that no third-party rights are infringed.
JURY
The jury may assign an entry to a different category where appropriate. The jury is also not obliged to award a prize in every category. The jury’s decision is final.
AWARDS
Winners receive a certificate; main prize winners receive a trophy and a certificate. All winners will be published in connection with the Awards and honoured at the European Publishing Congress 2027 in Vienna.
ENTRY FEES
The entry fee is charged per media brand and award section. A media brand includes media products published under the same or a related name and under unified publishing responsibility. The award sections are the European Magazine Award and the European Digital Publishing Award. The flat rate applies to the categories within the respective award section.
The entry fees are:
Early Bird until 10 December 2026: €290 net
Regular Deadline until 28 January 2027: €390 net
Late Deadline until 15 February 2027: €490 net
 
 

Contact

Maria Algaer
Lützowstraße 106
10785 Berlin

Mail: publishing-awards@oberauer.com
Phone: +49 (0) 173 612 78 54

photos: Manuel Horn (Trantow), ntv.de (Aretz), Watch Medier (Emborg), FFS (Erdmann), Schedl (Taitl)