Starting October 5, 2026, children and teens ages 8 to 16 can try out the games and digital educational resources nominated for the 2026 TOMMI Games Award at the Ribnitz City Library and evaluate them as game testers. The testing phase runs through November 17, 2026; registration is open at any time.
Children's and Youth Jury Begins Work as Game Testers
Starting October 5, 2026, children and teens ages 8 to 16 can try out the games and digital educational offerings nominated for the 2026 TOMMI Games Award at the Ribnitz City Library and evaluate them as game testers. The testing phase runs through November 17, 2026; registration is open at any time.
GAME TESTERS Wanted! Join the Children’s and Youth Jury!
Through this initiative, the project teaches children and teens how to engage with digital media in an age-appropriate, critical, and creative way. The TOMMI promotes media literacy among young people and highlights their perspectives on digital content. Media literacy is more important than ever in the digital world and is one of the crucial key competencies for future generations.
25 Years of the TOMMI Games Award
The TOMMI Games Award is being presented for the 25th time and is one of the most important awards for digital games and educational offerings for children and teens in the German-speaking world. Publishers, developers, and studios can submit their games and digital educational offerings. An independent panel of experts—comprising educators, researchers, journalists, and education specialists—nominates the best titles. The children’s and youth jury then tests the nominated games in more than 40 public libraries across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland and selects the winners in each category.
New partners of the TOMMI Games Award are the Federal Agency for the Protection of Children and Young People in the Media (BzKJ) and klicksafe. The patron is Federal Minister of Education, Family, Senior Citizens, Women, and Youth Karin Prien.
The awards ceremony will take place on Sunday, December 6, 2026, at 8:00 p.m. on the KiKA media show “Team Timster,” as well as on kika.de and in the KiKA app.
Publisher and Partners
TOMMI is published by FEIBEL.DE – Office for Children’s Media in Berlin. Partners include Dein SPIEGEL, the German Library Association (DBV) (dbv), the Federal Agency for the Protection of Children and Youth in the Media (BzKJ), Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Familie & Co, game – Verband, Gaming ohne Grenzen, KiKA, Kita-Onlinekongress, klicksafe, and ZDF.
➢ Info & Registration:
Ribnitz-Damgarten City Library, Im Kloster 4, 18311 Ribnitz-Damgarten
Phone: 0 38 21 – 89 34 52 0
bibliothek@ribnitz-damgarten.de
www.bibliothek.ribnitz-damgarten.de
