Call for Applications: SADC Media Awards Competition 2024

 February 29, 2024

 Donor Name: Secretariat of the Southern African Development Community

 Grant Size: $1000 to $10,000

The Secretariat of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) is pleased to announce the launch of the 2024 SADC Media Awards Competition.

The winners of the 2024 SADC Media Awards will be announced during the opening ceremony of the 44th SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government to held in Republic of Zimbabwe.

Categories

• Entries are invited from the following categories:
  • Print Journalism
    • Comprising features/articles published in newspapers, newsletters, websites, magazines.
    • Print Journalism submissions should have a minimum of 100 (one hundred words and a maximum of 2000 (two thousand) words.
  • Radio Journalism
    • Comprising broadcast material.
    • Radio Journalism broadcast material should have a minimum duration of 1 (one) minute and a maximum of 30 (thirty) minutes. All broadcast material should be submitted on a CD or USB. The entries should be accompanied by electronic transcript in word format for translation purposes.
  • Television Journalism
    • Comprising televised material
    • Broadcast material should have a minimum duration of 1 (one) minute and a maximum of forty-five (45) minutes. All broadcast material should be submitted on a CD or USB. The entries should be accompanied by electronic transcript in word format for translation purposes.
  • Photojournalism
    • comprising published pictures with a caption.
    • Photographic entries should have one (1) photo, or a pictorial spread of not more than twenty (20) photos published in one issue/edition. Each entry must be accompanied by an original newspaper in which photo (s) were published.

Prize Information

• Each category carries a first prize of US$2,500.
• The runner-ups in each category will receive a second prize of US$1000 and will receive the prize money and certificates in their respective countries through their National Contact Point.
• The monetary prizes will be accompanied by a certificate signed by the SADC Chairperson.

Rules

• The entries should have been published/broadcast between January and December the year preceding the awards (2023) by a registered and/or authorized media house or agency or carried on a website of a registered and/or authorized media house or agency in any of the SADC Member States.
• The themes of the entries to be submitted for the competition must be on issues and activities promoting Regional Integration in the SADC region, i.e. infrastructure, economy, water, culture, sports, agriculture, etc.
• All media practitioners who are SADC nationals may enter the competition, except those in institutions contracted by SADC and the SADC Secretariat staff.
• All works entering the competition should be in one of the SADC working languages, i.e. English, Portuguese, French and any national indigenous language of the SADC Region and should be submitted together with the transcript in one of the three SADC working languages, i.e. English, French and Portuguese. These should be published/broadcast (newspaper cutting, websites, magazines, audio CDs, USB and newsletters.
• All entries must be submitted to the National Adjudication Committee not later than February 29, 2024.
• All submissions must be made strictly on the SADC Media Award Entry Form and should contain full contact details of the entrant, including, passport-sized photograph, physical address, telephone and, where applicable, fax number and email address.
• Entries will be initially screened and judged by the National Adjudication Committee in each Member State, which will select the best entry in each of the four categories to be forwarded to the Regional Adjudication Committee (RAC), through the SADC Secretariat.

For more information, visit SADC.