The International Publishers' Association (IPA) invites publishers and non-governmental organisations working in defence of free expression to nominate candidates for the 2007 IPA Freedom to Publish Award. The annual award honours a person or organisation anywhere in the world that has made an important contribution to the defence and promotion of the right to freely publish. The winner of the award receives a cheque for CHF5,000, approximately EU€3,000. The 2008 IPA Freedom to Publish Prize will be given in Amsterdam on September 18 2008 during the opening ceremony of the International Seminar on Neo-censorship (September 18-20 2008).


IPA member organisations, members of the IPA freedom to publish committee, individual publishers, and international professional and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) working in the field of freedom of expression may nominate candidates to the Prize. The Prize is awarded for exemplary courage in upholding freedom of expression and freedom to publish. Each year the Prize is intended to honour a
person, organisation, or institution that has made a notable contribution to the defence and/or promotion of freedom to publish anywhere in the world. Nominations should be submitted to IPA’s Freedom to Publish Director at the email address in the contact information below. The Jury (IPA’s Board) shall vote on May 11 2008 when meeting in Seoul.


The deadline for application is April 18 2008.

Click here for access to more information and then select "Freedom to Publish" and the Freedom Award.

Click here to download a nomination form in PDF format.

Past recipients include publishers Ayse Nur Zarakolu (Turkey), Shalah Lahiji (Iran) and Trevor Ncube (Zimbabwe). Click here and select "Freedom to Publish", then select "PRs" and then "15/06/07 - 2007 IPA Freedom Awards open 2nd Cape Town Book Fair" to read about previous winners.