Deadline- 31 July 2013
The African Palliative Care Association (APCA) and Open Society Foundations (OSF) is desired to invite applications for 2013 APCA Palliative Care Journalist Award for Africa. The objective of this award is to recognize the best coverage of issues pertaining to palliative care in Africa, meeting the WHO’s definition of palliative care.
The winning journalist will be awarded USD$1,500, and the media outlet carrying the winning report USD$500. Runner-ups will receive USD$750, USD$500 and USD$250. Winners will receive their awards during the APCA-HPCA palliative care conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, in September.
Eligibility & Criteria-
- Entries are limited to journalists who are working for local, regional or international media organizations. Freelance journalists are also welcome to apply.
- Print, online, radio and television journalists may apply.
- Reports submitted to the competition must have been published or broadcast between1 July 2012 – 31 July 2013.
- Entrants will submit one report only. This can be a news or feature article published in a newspaper, magazine or news website; a television or radio report, or a third party blog on a theme explicitly related to palliative care in Africa.
- Written articles should not exceed 3,000 words.
- Radio or television reports should be no longer than 6 minutes.
- Posts from personal blogs will not be accepted.
- Public relations material or articles of a promotional nature will not be accepted.
- Articles and reports in English, French and Portuguese will be accepted.
- In submitting an entry, the entrant accepts that he or she has read, understood and accepted the competition rules.
- The APCA administrators and jury are the final authorities for determining whether an entry is eligible.
- APCA reserves the right to reproduce entries for use in promotional materials and campaigns.
- APCA does not charge entry fees, or any other fees, in relation to the award.
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