This year, the award accepts entries aired on television or on online platforms between 1 September 2024, and 31 August 2025. Entries can be videos, individual photos or series of up to 10 photos.
Deadline for submissions: 30 September 2025, 12:00 noon
This year the jury will again grant the award in several categories. As in previous years, there will also be an award for the best first-time entrant – a category that honours first-time entrants demonstrating excellence in their work.
The jury of the Hégető Honorka Award is chaired this year by Balázs Weyer, journalist. Members of the jury: Antónia Mészáros, Executive Director of UNICEF Hungary and Krisztina Máté, television journalist and producer. Photos will be evaluated by Éva Keleti, Kossuth and Béla Balázs Award-winning photographer, and Szilvia Mucsy, Co-Founder and Director of the Budapest Photo Festival.
As a long-standing sponsor of the award, Yettel is offering a special award for an exceptional work also in 2025. The mobile operator not only recognizes the work of journalists but also supports the issue highlighted by the award-winning piece, thereby underscoring the important role of the media in addressing significant social matters.
The Hégető Honorka Award was established in 2003 in memory of the young RTL reporter who tragically lost her life in a car accident. Hégető Honorka’s work was marked by deep social sensitivity and empathy for the vulnerable and disadvantaged – values that continue to set the standard for the award today.
Terms and conditions:
• Format: video or photo/photo series
• Scope:
o for videos: 5 to 30 minutes
o for photos:
individual photo: maximum 3 per entrant
photo series: a series of at least 8 and up to 10 photos
• Date of publication: 1 September 2024 to 31 August 2025
• The entry should include the following information:
o name and contact details of entrant (phone number, e-mail address)
o project title and synopsis
o place and date of publication
Entries should be uploaded to https://rtl.hu/hegetodij
Video entries must be submitted via a YouTube or Vimeo link.
Deadline for submissions: 30 September 2025, 12:00 noon
For questions about the award programme, please contact: hegetohonorkadij@gmail.com
Sponsors of the Hégető Honorka Award: RTL Hungary, the Hégető family, Yettel Hungary