The World Young Reader Prize, an annual award from the World Association of Newspapers (WAN) that recognizes newspapers that do the most to develop young readership, has added a press freedom category to honor newspapers that teach effectively about the fragility and importance of press freedom in a democratic society.

The winner will receive a prize stipend of EU€1000 (US$1,357).

The award will be announced on World Press Freedom Day, May 3, and presented at the 8th World Young Reader Conference, to be held on September 27 to 30 in Prague.

The World Young Reader Prizes are awarded annually to innovative newspapers that have devised, in the judges' opinion, the best project or activity in the past 24 months in one or more of the main areas of young reader development. "Young reader" refers to those under age 25.

For more information and to apply, go to http://www.wan-press.org/nie/articles.php?id=1065 or contact Alexandra Waldhorn at awaldhorn@wan.asso.fr, Mildrade Cherfils at mcherfils@wan.asso.fr or Aralynn McMane amcmane@wan.asso.fr.