Sample Components of the Our Daily Bread Prize Program

The anticipated $10,000 Prize will be awarded as one $5,000 grand prize and two $2,500 semi-finalist prizes. The winners will be notified and formally announced at a venue compatible with the purpose of the Prize and the lead organization.

Steps to Mount the “Our Daily Bread Prize”  to help advise the future host who will inherit and includes the following activities.

1.  Develop a Timeline

  • Produce a timeline for the Prize that will specify all activities involved from the beginning to the end
  • Enroll Jurors (who agree to confidentiality)
  • Invite Jurors to participate in a password protected Juror Forum
  • Jurors design the prize objectives – the conditions under which they will judge  Excellence in candidate submissions
  • Administrators produce “Calls for Abstracts”.  Abstracts will be reviewed by quorums of Jurors
  • Based on Abstract reviews, Jurors will recommend candidates to be invited to submit full papers and videos  for consideration by a specific date
  • Papers are collected and candidate names are converted to numbers (blinded) by the administrators and uploaded onto the Juror Forum
  • Over a period of six weeks, Jurors rank papers and prepare for Juror deliberation conference calls
  • Jurors deliberate
  • Jurors select both the papers for publication and the Prize winner(s)
  • Prize winners are announced
  • Negotiation with book editor  is undertaken if the jurors recommend that sufficient quality publication-ready papers were received
  • At the announcement of the Our Daily Bread Prize, the jurors are thanked, and the winning papers and videos are posted widely
  • If a book is to be published, it will be distributed to libraries and higher educational institutions globally

2. Global Outreach for Candidates

Global outreach could include social media (3BL Media), sustainability media (CSR Wire), international sustainability calendar postings, and community outreach leader development. Community outreach leaders can also send Calls for Submissions to their communities to reach a significant number of potential candidates. In addition, if they publish newsletters or e-newsletters, participate in working groups, consultancies, associations, or have relationships with authors or media associates working to expand food and farming business practices, they can invite associates to expand the reach of their work by becoming Prize candidates.