The Institute of Women and the Superior Sports Council annually present the “LILI ÁLVAREZ” Awards, which recognize the journalistic works that have best contributed to the dissemination and defense of equality between women and men in the sports field and to make female sport visible in Spain.
Deadline for submission of works for the eighth edition: from 4 to 23 June 2025
EIGHTH EDITION OF THE LILI ALVAREZ AWARDS, 2025
Four categories are established, according to the format of the work, broadcast both in conventional medias - press, radio and television - at the state or regional level, as well as in digital media or other Internet sites (blogs, social networks, websites, etc.), being able to be pieces of any extension:
- Journalistic works of text.
- Graphic journalistic works.
- Journalistic works of radio.
- Audiovisual journalistic works.
The works may be of any journalistic genre (news, report, chronicle, interview, etc.) and of individual or collective authorship. In the latter case, the candidacy must be submitted jointly or with the authorization of each co-author.
The prize money is 5,000 euros for each of the categories, including the corresponding taxes according to the current legislation.
INFORMATION CALL FOR APPLICATIONS:
Extract from the Resolution of 28 May 2025, Published in the Official State Gazette No. 133, dated 3 June 2025
Resolution of 28 May of the Directorate of the Women’s Institute, call for “LILÍ ALVAREZ” Awards. Order TAS 535/2007 of Regulatory Bases of August 7, 2007, amending Order TAS/535/2007.
Annex I
Annex II
LINK TO THE WOMEN’S INSTITUTE WEBSITE
1st edition 2017
- Category of audiovisual journalistic work: María Rodríguez Escario, for “Rugby: the roar of the lionesses” by RTVE.
- Category of journalistic work of text: Lucía Santiago Loira, with the work “Looking for a coach” of the EFE Agency.
- Category of graphic journalistic work: Laura Pérez Torres, with the work “World MTB in Vallnord” in Progreso Deportivo.
2nd Edition 2018
- Category of audiovisual journalistic work: Cristina Mitre Aranda, for “Women who run” from La Caña Brothers.
- Category of journalistic work of text: Francisco Javier Carrión Molina, for “Pesas contra tabúes” of El Mundo newspaper.
- Category of graphic journalistic work: Marta Rosique Martínez, for “Angela Mingot in full celebration” of El Diario Información.
- Category of radio journalistic work: Javier de la Casa del Río and David Menayo Ramos, for High heels” of Programa 100”, by Radio Marca.
3rd Edition 2019
- Category of audiovisual journalistic work: María Antonia Rebolledo San Martín, for “The first woman… athlete”, broadcast on Aragón TV.
- Category of journalistic work of text: Miguel Ángel Barbero González, for “Cerco a las federaciones sin mujeres”, published in ABC.
- Category of graphic journalistic work: Pablo García Sacristan, for “Survivors”, published in Marca.
- Category of radio journalistic work: Ana José Cancio Pastor, for “The essence of sport: Enma Falcón”, issued in RNE.
4th Edition 2020
- Category of audiovisual journalistic work: Elena Jiménez Salvador, for “Encarna Hernández, the pioneer of Spanish basketball”, broadcast on TVE.
- Category of journalistic work of text: Laura Marta Loriente, for “Jumping from the Sky’s Edge,” published on ABC
- Category of graphic journalistic work: Carolina Jiménez Cencerrado, for “Small Referents”, published on the Women’s Universe website.
- Category of radio journalistic work: Anto André Hernández, for “The Strength of Women’s Work”, broadcast on Radio 5 of RNE
5th Edition 2021
- Category of audiovisual journalistic work: Paloma Monreal, Sandra Sánchez and Bárbara Quesada, for “The match that changed the history of Spanish women’s football” broadcast on the YouTube channel El Patio
- Category of journalistic work of text: Diego Fonseca, for “From marginalization to the elite, 50 years of the women’s soccer team”, published by the newspaper “El País”.
- Category of graphic journalistic work: Ángel Rivero, for “Salto a la élite”, published in the newspaper Marca
- Category of radio journalistic work: Cristina Gallo and Ana Amelia Menéndez, for “We won with them 261”, broadcast on Radio Principado de Asturias
6th Edition 2022
- Category of audiovisual journalistic work: Ruben León Rubio, for ‘A girl, example for other girls’, broadcast on RTVE.
- Category of journalistic work of text: Alberto Romero Barbero, for “The coach abused us”, published in Marca.
- Category of graphic journalistic work: Laura Rodríguez Albarrán, for the photograph of the FC Barcelona players spotting Virginia Torrecilla, Atletico’s teammate, after overcoming a brain cancer, published in Marca.
- Category of radio journalistic work: Juan Manuel Sevilla Carrillo, for “The story of Cristina’s success: the first deafblind woman to compete on horseback”, issued in the SER
7th Edition 2023
- Eleonora Silvia Giovio, in the category Journalistic Work of Text, for the work “Without coaches there is no parity: how a program works to alleviate the gender gap”, published in the newspaper El País.
- Sofia Valgañón Valgañón, in the category Graphic Journalistic Work, for the work “Spanish pioneers opening the way”, published in Diario Marca.
- Diego Espinilla Salas and Paula Canal Diez, in the Audiovisual Journalistic Work category, for the work “Pioneers who marked the path of football in Castilla y León”, broadcast on La 7 de Castilla y León Television.
- Verónica Gómez Torres and Miguel Ángel Garrosa Gómez, in the category Radio Works, for the work “Women (re)conquer the square”, broadcast on Radio Bilbao – Canal Ser.
