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Dates:
Registration for BELMA Awards starts:
February 24, 2025
Early Bird rate available until:
April 4, 2025
Submission deadline for PDFs or program access:
May 16, 2025
Deadline for payment:
May 30, 2025
Shortlist announcement:
August 11, 2025
Winners announced:
Wednesday,15. 10. 2025 at the Frankfurt Book Fair
Conditions:
Each submitted learning material must have been published in last or the current year for the first time, i.e.
it must have been published in 2024 or 2025.
There is no limit on the number of learning materials being submitted from each publisher. If you are entering more than one title, the system will recognize that and automatically charge the correct reduced amounts.
Evaluation fees:
The price for
Early Bird participation is 396 Euros (
members: 238,50 Euros)
for the first entry/title.
The Early Bird participation fee for
following entries in any category is
316 Euros (
members: 190,80 Euros).
The
price for participation is 440 Euros (
members: 265 Euros)
for the first entry/title.
The participation fee for
following entries in any category is
352 Euros (
members: 212 Euros).
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General points:
The eMail address of the registering person must be in the same domain as the company if the registering person is not already in our database. For example: the publisher has the URL www.company.com, so the registering person's eMail address must be something like name@company.com. If it is something like name@gmail.com, the registration will be rejected. In front of the @ the name can be anything, whatever the naming convention in your company is. There is a blacklist in our system of domains that will not be accepted.
If you are registering your company
for the first time with BELMA, you need to send an e-mail to
the webmaster with all the relevant information as listed below under
First time participants. This procedure is a safety measure. Once your information is in our database you will get notified that you now are able to register your learning materials.
When you register your materials please check for typos and use international characters and expressions. If the original title of your entry is in non-roman letters, please provide an English translation in the Field
Title in English. If you later notice there are typos, no problem, just send us an
eMail with the typos and their corrections and we will take care of that, since you will not be able to modify any entry once it has been submitted.
If you have registered an entry before, the auto fill function will take care of most of the general entries. If you see information about your company that needs to be updated, send an eMail to the webmaster, specifying what information on what page needs to be changed.
EEPG members: Even if you are taking part for the first time your company data will be filled in automatically, although the URL issue described above is to be observed too.
If you want to enter two or more sets of items the system will recognize this, and will charge you correctly.
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In order to save time when registering for BELMA, please make sure you have the following pieces of information and documents within easy reach before you go on line:
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If your company participates for the first time:
Participating publishing house details
Name of Company
Postal mailing Address
Email address
Website address
VAT number (very important!) including leading letters for abbreviation of the country
Contact Person
First name
Surname
Telephone number
Mobile phone number
Email address
department
position
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All participants:
In order to save time when registering for the BELMA Awards, please make sure you have the following pieces of information and documents within easy reach before you go on line:
Details of each published learning materials to be entered for the BELMA competition
Title of the publication
ISBN number
Educational field, please choose from the dropdown list or fill in the "Other" field if if you can't find a match in the list.
Learning materials entered, resources (When a material is entered, the jury does not look at a text- or workbook as a single item but at the material for a whole program/course. It is thus advisable to list all the components of the material you wish to enter, be it textbook, CD or DVD, online resource or tablet app or teacher's book or game). Check as many items you see fit to describe your resources.
Product description: Make a clear and concise description in English of the learning material entered (ca. 200 words for each), plus a shorter one that can be used with social media, stating:
The target group.
The main characteristics of its components (in case of a learning materials' package).
the specific innovative features of the materials.
If your product is web based you are asked for the product-URL during registration. Please fill in the URL and - if access is protected - send an
e-mail with the access information.
BELMA Category in which you wish to enter each learning material
Category 1: Early childhood education and first years of compulsory primary education
Category 2: Second half of primary education and lower secondary education
Important: Please also have ready a
print-PDF of the
title page of your publication and also of your favorite
two page spread (as one PDF file with both pages in it, please). The same goes for online/digital products, please choose the most interesting screens and provide them in high-res PDF format. This material will be used to print posters and certificates, so please make sure they have sufficient resolution.
These uploads will be named automatically when you have specified what kind it is (title, spread or website screen shot) and the format (PDF or JPG).
You will be asked to upload these two files after entering the title information.
Alternatively you can upload the whole Book as PDF instead of the title if you do not want to send out the printed version via mail.
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Online registration:
During the registration process you will be taken through the forms and fields that need to be filled in with the obove listed information.
Once the online form is completed, you will get a mail stating materials entered and related costs.
A separate email containing the invoice will be sent to your email address after registration. If you do not get it,
please check your spam-folder.
If you experience any difficulties during registration, please send an eMail to the
webmaster.
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Important! Once you have received the e-mail of confirmation and the bill, prepare the following items:
Please send 3 physical sets of the most important components of your title, ONLY if you have NOT sent a PDF. If you want to showcase the quality of your printed book despite having sent a PDF, please send ONE set of the most important components of your title to:
Prof. Dr. Dr. Peter Bagoly-Simo
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Geographisches Institut
Didaktik der Geographie
Unter den Linden 6
D-10099 Berlin