This category includes texts published in one of the following countries: USA, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. All other texts written in English belong either to the ‘Europe’ category, the ‘World I’ category (countries in Africa and the Middle East) or the ‘World II’ category (Asian countries).

For the True Story Award 2027, reportage from all over the world can be submitted. Texts should have been published between 1 October 2025 and 30 September 2026 in newspapers, magazines, or online.

• The submission deadline is Saturday, 31 October 2026, at 12:00 pm (noon, UTC).
  Late submissions will not be considered.
• The texts’ length should be between 3 000 and 17 000 words.
• Re-published texts, books and manuscripts are ineligible.
• Visual and audiovisual works are ineligible.
• Academic papers and historical non-fiction texts are excluded.
• Texts can be submitted by the authors or by editors.
• In submitting their work, authors declare that their work covers actually researched events and that it complies with journalistic standards.

If their work is nominated, the authors grant the organisers of the True Story Award the right to publish their work in English translation on the www.truestoryfestival.org website and in German translation in the festival publication at the time of the annual award ceremony.