Winners 2003
1st Prize (50.000 Euro)
The war in Chechnya - a close-up of a tragedy
Anna Politkovskaja
Tchétchénie: le déshonneur russe
Buchet/Castel, Paris, 2003. Russian/French
2nd Prize (30.000 Euro)
The Somalian Diaspora after the disintegration of a state

Nuruddin Farah
Yesterday, Tomorrow: Voices from the Somali Diaspora
Continuum International, London, New York, 2000. English
Yesterday, Tomorrow: Stimmen aus der somalischen Diaspora
Edition Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main, 2003.
3rd Prize (20.000 Euro)
Poaching and the exploitation of nature in Inner Mongolia
Jiang Hao
Revealing the Secrets of Poachers
Qunzhong chubanshe, Beijing, 2000. Chinese
"My writing is a combination of three elements. The first is travel, travel as exploration, as concentration, as a purpose. The second is reading literature on the subject. The third is reflection, which comes from travel and reading."Ryszard Kapuscinski (ceremonial speaker 2003)