Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Media Awards 2018

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) announces the call for entries for the 2018 COMESA Media Awards. The Award scheme is conducted every year to recognize and reward journalists who have contributed to regional integration by publishing and producing broadcast stories on the subject.

Application Deadline: 31st January 2018.

Eligible Countries: Eastern and Southern African countries

About the Award: The objective of the Awards is to promote reporting of COMESA regional integration projects hence raising public awareness, understanding and participation and ownership. Relevant topics for entry include: development projects involving more than one COMESA member State or a national project which have a regional dimension. Such projects cover trade, infrastructure (energy, transport, ICT), investments, gender etc. If an article is not about a COMESA programme, at least it should mention a similar or related COMESA programme to demonstrate that the author is aware about such COMESA programmes.

Categories: Entries shall consist of the following:

•  Print Journalism: Features/articles of a minimum 700 (seven hundred) and maximum 1,500 (One thousand five hundred) words published in newspapers, magazines/ journals and newsletters.
•  Radio Journalism: Documentary or discussion programmes of minimum 10 (ten) minutes and maximum 20 (twenty) minutes duration;
•  Television Journalism: Documentary or discussion programme of minimum 10 (ten) minutes and maximum 20 (twenty) minutes duration.
• Online/new media: Features/articles of a minimum 700 (seven hundred) and maximum 1,500 (One thousand five hundred) words published in newspapers, magazines/ journals and newsletters.

Type: Contest

Eligibility: 

• The awards are open for published and broadcasted works in the fields of print, radio, television, and online media.
• Only journalists who are COMESA nationals are eligible for the competition.
• The competition is open to individual journalists and not media institutions or organisations;
• Entries submitted are those published or broadcasted between 1^st January 2017 and 31 December 2017

Selection Criteria: Selection of the best works will be decided upon by an adjudication panel identified by COMESA Secretariat from Member States.

Value of Award:  The winners will get sponsorship to the COMESA Heads of State Summit, Summit, a monetary award, a trophy and a certificate.

How to Apply:  Entry forms are available on the COMESA website here

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Award Providers: Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)