[1] The newspaper (whose title means "Voice of the Council") began publication on October 4, 1962, by the name Glas s Koncila, at the initiative of the Zagreb Franciscans and based upon a decision made by the archbishop of Zagreb, Franjo Šeper, as a mimeographed bulletin which reported on the events of the Second Vatican Council.

[1] In 1963, the Franciscans handed over the publication of the newspaper to the Archdiocesan Cathedra in Zagreb; the newspaper began to be published as a semi-monthly under the name Glas Koncila (printed in the Informator printing house in Zagreb), and Vladimir Pavlinić was appointed editor.

[8] Since January 1985, Glas Koncila has been a weekly newspaper, published jointly by the archdioceses of Zagreb, Split, Sarajevo, Rijeka and Zadar.

Notable contributors include[3][4] Bonaventura Duda, Celestin Tomić, Vladimir Lončarević, Sonja Tomić, Stjepan Lice, Živko Kustić, Smiljana Rendić, Eva Kirchmayer-Bilić, Tomislav Šagi-Bunić...

The winners of the award receive the right to publish the novel in Glas Koncila, as well as a money prize.