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

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 1st 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)