The first Nuclear-Free Future Award ceremony, held at the Archbishop's Residence in Salzburg on 5 November, 1998, was followed by ceremonies that took place at Los Alamos (1999), Berlin (2000), Carnsore Point, Ireland (2001), St. Petersburg (2002), Munich (2003), Jaipur, India (2004), Oslo, Norway (2005) and Window Rock, Arizona (2006), before returning again to the Archbishop's Residence in Salzburg for the 10th annual ceremony. In 2008 we will be honoring in Munich two indigenous activists, one representing each hemisphere of the globe.

The Nuclear-Free Future Award is divided into four categories: Resistance, Education, Solutions, and Lifetime Achievement. The first three categories are each outfitted with a money prize of $10,000. The Lifetime Achievement Award, which does not go through the jury process, but rather is a selection made by the Nuclear-Free Future Award organizers, is an honor which enlists no prize of money; instead, the recipient receives a work of art created by a contemporary artist.

Eligible of nominating a person or organization for a Nuclear-Free Future Award is every last living person on this planet. The 6-10 page nominations for the 2009 Award Ceremony (which will be held in Copenhagen), written in English, should arrive at Nuclear-Free Future Award / Ganghoferstr. 52 / 80339 Munich, Germany no later than April 1, 2009. As nominator you should keep in mind that you of course are well aware of the brilliance and enlightened tenacity of the person or organization you find deserving of a Nuclear-Free Future Award, but that most likely all eighteen members of our far-flung international jury are not. Try to make your dossier as detailed, informative, and colorful as possible. Nominations should include:

1. Biography of nominee / chronology of events
2. Photographs of nominee/events
3. News clippings
4. Evaluation by the nominator
5. Brief resume of nominator

The mission of the Award is to bring an alternate point of view to a thematic which most usually only gains media attention in the wake of nuclear catastrophes and scandals. The Award pays tribute to the visionaries and architects of a non-nuclear future while they are engaged in their work -- instead of waiting to honor them, graced by hindsight, some thirty or forty years later. To bring these people out of the shadows and place them in the public spotlight is the Award's central focus. Are you aware of some person or organization worthy of nomination? We'd love to hear from you.

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