The International Green Pen Award is presented each year at the Asia-Pacific Forum of Environmental Journalists (APFEJ) Annual World Congress for environmental journalists who have made a significant contribution in promoting environmental journalism.

The award is open to all full-time or freelance journalists in the world working on the environment in all forms of media, in government agencies, and in private, United Nations, and non-governmental organisations (NGOs). It is aimed to recognise the leadership of individuals in the field of environmental journalism - people who help, inspire, and support others in the field.

Entries (including photocopies) must be submitted by surface mail to Dharman Wickremaratne, Director, Asia-Pacific Forum of Environmental Journalists (APFEJ), at the address in the contact information below.

They must include:

• Name of Candidate
• Gender
• Date of Birth
• Nationality
• Organisation
• Designation
• Complete address
• E-mail
• Web
• Cell phone
• Fax
• Brief particulars of the candidate, including a short description of significant contributions in promoting environmental journalism and their impact (max. 1,000 words)
• Reasons why the candidate merits the Award (max. 300 words)
• Three references and their address/telephone/fax/e-mail
• Nomination submitted by (name, address, telephone, fax, e-mail)
• Place/Date

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Some of past recipients of the International Green Pen Award are: Aditya Man Shrestha - Nepal (founder Secretary General of Nepal Forum of Environmental Journalists), Jim Detjen - United States (US) (founder chairman of US Society of Environmental Journalists), Anna Solomon - Papua New Guinea (editor-in-chief of Papua New Guinea's Word Publishing newspaper group), Yohei Sasakawa - Japan (president of the Sasakawa Pacific Island Nations Fund), and Giff Johnson - Marshall Islands (editor of the Marshall Islands Journal, Majuro).

Email from Dharman Wickremaratne to The Communication Initiative on August 14 2009.