Awards

DEADLINE: JUNE 30, 2021—The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) invites entries for the 5th edition of the West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards (WAMECA). WAMECA 2021 will be held on October 22 and […]

DEADLINE: AUGUST 1, 2021 —The 2021 African Fact-Checking Awards invite applications from journalists and journalism students across the continent. The awards are aimed at promoting the practice of fact-checking and making accurate information available to […]

DEADLINE: JUNE 1, 2021 —The first annual Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards is now open for applications from around the world. Entries must have been published or broadcasted in 2020. Winning entries will feature great […]

DEADLINE: MAY 31, 2021 —USFUCA, UNESCO Center for Peace and World Genesis Foundation invite youth around the world to participate in 2021 youth multimedia Competition. UNESCO’s mission is to mobilize the optimism of youth to […]

DEADLINE: MAY 23, 2021 —Professional and amateur photographers around the world are invited to submit entries for the 2021 Global Peace Photo Award. The Global Peace Photo Award is awarded by Edition Lammerhuber in partnership […]

DEADLINE: MAY 25, 2021 —WAN-IFRA’s African Digital Media Awards is currently accepting entries from news publishers in Africa. The 2021 Digital Media Awards seeks entries from any of these categories: • Best News Website or […]

DEADLINE: MAY 1, 2021 —The Allard Prize Committee invites photographers to submit entries for the bi-annual Allard Photography Competition. The Allard Photography Competition recognizes photographic excellence reflecting the ideals of the Allard Prize. Entries should […]

DEADLINE: MAY 3, 2021 —The  Africa Photojournalism Award  seeks images that creatively and artistically address the topic of the future in Africa. The Award  aims to identify motifs that show a modern, self-confident, positive-inspiring and […]

DEADLINE: MAY 3, 2021 —The Nigerian Academy of Science (NAS) invites entries for the Science Media 2021 Award for outstanding science reporting. The Science Media 2021 Award is open to all print and broadcast journalists […]

DEADLINE: APRIL 20, 2021— Baikal International Film Festival invites applications for its 20th annual festival on the theme “People and Environment”. The film festival will be held from 23 till 27 of September 2021 in […]