The gala for the 29th Miguel Delibes National Journalism Award, organised by the Valladolid Press Association (APV) and sponsored by Unicaja, will be held on 21 April at the Zorrilla Theatre in Valladolid, attended by journalists Íñigo Domínguez and Alfonso Armada, joint winners of this year’s award.
By sponsoring this award in the national journalism sphere, Unicaja demonstrates its firm commitment to promoting culture and its strong ties to Valladolid and, more broadly, to Castilla y León, one of its regions of origin.
Through various initiatives and sponsorships across all the regions where it operates, the bank supports cultural events, the conservation of historical heritage and the promotion of the arts.
Regarding the gala on 21 April, María Aparicio, a fourth-year Journalism student at the University of Valladolid (UVA), will co-host the event alongside journalist Miguel Ángel Castañeda, whilst students from the same year group at the Miguel de Cervantes European University (UEMC) will interview Íñigo Domínguez.
The gala will also feature a tribute to Ramón García Domínguez (1943–2025), a member of the APV, journalist, playwright and biographer of Miguel Delibes, organised in collaboration with the Miguel Delibes Foundation.
The winners
The jury of the 29th Miguel Delibes National Journalism Award decided, for the first time, to award this prize ‘ex aequo’ to journalists Alfonso Armada and Íñigo Domínguez for their works ‘Poema de la fuerza y de la compasión’ and ‘Malditas palabras bien dichas’, published in the magazine Frontera D on 30 July 2025 and the newspaper El País on 20 September 2025, respectively.
The jury noted that both authors, journalists of recognised standing, address the same topical issue in their works –the situation in Palestine– “from two perspectives, in two styles and using two different languages, demonstrating great mastery in the use of language and a command of and innovation within journalistic genres”.
More than enough reasons to receive the Miguel Delibes National Journalism Award, which celebrates the fine use of the Spanish language in the media and comes with a prize of €6,000. The award attracted entries from a wide range of television and press (print and digital) outlets across Spain, including both specialist and generalist media.
Armada and Domínguez thus join a list of distinguished winners: Fernando Lázaro Carreter (1996), Vicente Verdú (1997), Álex Grijelmo (1998), Jesús Marchamalo (1999), José Jiménez Lozano (2000), Carlos Luis Álvarez ‘Cándido’ (2001), Juan José Millás (2002), Javier Marías (2003), Valentín García Yebra (2004), Andrés Trapiello (2005), María de los Ángeles Sastre (2006), Tomás Hoyas (2007), Antonio Álamo (2008), Luis María Ansón (2009), Joaquín Sánchez Torné (2010), Magí Camps (2011), Isaías Lafuente (2012), Iñaki Gabilondo (2013), Ignacio Camacho (2014), Pepa Fernández (2015), Martín Caparrós (2016), Elena Álvarez Mellado (2017), Mariángeles García (2018), Mar Abad (2019), Lola Pons (2021), Luna Paredes (2022), Mara Torres (2023).
In the 2024 edition, the Miguel Delibes National Journalism Award was awarded to a collection of works produced by various professionals from Radio Nacional de España (RNE), under the title ‘30 years promoting Spanish on Radio 5’.
