Sladjana Perkovic

Sladjana Perkovic was selected for the 2021 European Press Prize shortlist with ‘Sisters of Europe.’

Sladjana Perkovic is a Franco-Bosnian journalist and a fiction writer. After finishing her studies in political communication at the Sorbonne in Paris, she mainly worked as a news correspondent for media outlets in ex-Yugoslavia. Her work has also been featured in many European news outlets such as The Guardian. She has also worked for the French TV show “Echappées Belles”. She is the author of two novels, “Kuhanje” (2017) and “U Jarku” (2019). Today, Sladjana is mostly committed to her writing career.

Tjaša Kalkan

Tjaša Kalkan was selected for the 2021 European Press Prize shortlist with ‘Sisters of Europe.’

Tjaša Kalkan is a visual artist and photographer based in Zagreb, Croatia. She holds a Master’s degree in Photography, and a BA in German and French Language and Literature. She is a regular contributor to the independent long-form journalism magazine Point.51 and the architecture and design magazine Assemble Papers. She works as a set photographer on international film sets and collaborates frequently on theatre, film, dance and music projects. She has exhibited her work in several solo and group shows, and was awarded the Audience Award at the HT-Croatian Contemporary Art Competition (2019, 2017) and the RC Young European Art Award Austria (2017).