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General Information

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General Information concerning registration


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How are the categories classified?

  • The four categories in Overview Categories above are based on the existing school systems in Europe.
  • Since there are distinct differences between the systems, some compromises had to be made.
  • If you are unsure about what category to enter your materials in, please contact the chairperson for advice.

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What materials can be entered?

Learning materials are defined as any kind of resource such as:
  • A book or a set of books (textbook, workbook, teacher's resource book, etc are billed as one book)
  • A package including different sorts of components in print and in electronic form (books, CDs, DVDs, online resources)
  • A purely digital learning resource to be used in school or as self-study material (with or without LMS)

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General advice for entering materials.

  • When material is entered, the jury does not look at a text- or workbook as a single item but at the material for the whole program/course.
  • It is advisable to list all the components of the material you want to enter, be it textbook or online resource or tablet app or teacher's book or game.
  • Please note that the appraisal process starts in April and ends in July.
  • If your materials are in beta version and cannot be judged because of technical problems, it might be advisable to enter them a year later.
  • For this year's BELMA competition, only titles with a publication date from last year or from the currant year will be accepted. An exception may be made when a complete program is entered where some of the individual titles have an earlier publication date.

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Dates, Conditions and pricing for participating

On small mobile devices the registration forms are not available because they would be difficult to fill in on these devices. If you want to register, please use a browser on a computer. Thank you!

Dates:
  • Registration for BELMA Awards starts: February 16, 2026
  • Early Bird rate available until: March 06, 2026
  • Submission deadline for PDFs or program access: May 27, 2026
  • Deadline for payment: June 05, 2026
  • Shortlist announcement: August 05, 2026
  • Winners announced: Wednesday, 07. 10. 2026 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 2025 or 2026.If you are entering more than one title, the system will recognize that and automatically charge the correct reduced amounts. There is a limit of 5 entries on the number of learning materials that can be submitted from each publisher.


Evaluation fees:
  • The price for Early Bird participation is 450 Euros ( members: 270 Euros) for the first entry/title.
  • The Early Bird participation fee for following entries in any category is 450Euros ( members: 270 Euros).
  • The price for participation is 500 Euros ( members: 300 Euros) for the first entry/title.
  • The participation fee for following entries in any category is 450Euros ( members: 270 Euros).

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Important! Once your registration has been confirmed at the end of the registration process:

  • please send 3 physical sets of the most important components of your title to the address below, ONLY if you have NOT uploaded a PDF of the book during registration.
  • 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.
  • Send printed material to this address:
    Prof. Dr. Péter Bagoly-Simó
    Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
    Geographisches Institut
    Didaktik der Geographie
    Unter den Linden 6
    D-10099 Berlin

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Questions about entering the Best European Learning Materials Awards?

Please contact:
Diana Kali, chairperson of the BELMA jury