The Multimedia Prize Paper Award is an annual award for an original paper in the field of multimedia published in the IEEE Transactions on Multimedia in the previous three calendar years. Authors of a single paper cannot receive the Multimedia Prize Paper Award in three consecutive years. The prize shall be a certificate and an honorarium of up to $500 per author. The total honorarium is not to exceed $1000. In the event that there are more than two authors, the maximum prize shall be divided equally among all authors and each shall receive a certificate.