Prizes & Awards
How To Apply For World’s Best School Prizes 2023
The World’s Best School Prizes celebrate the stories and share the expertise of schools that are transforming the lives of the next generation and making a real difference to their communities. They give vital recognition to the enormous contribution schools make to society’s progress, especially in the wake of COVID. The World’s Best School Prizes […]
Applications Open for the Explore Africa Writing Contest 2022
Explore Africa Writing Contest is a project to promote travel information and tourism in Africa by improving creating new articles about cities, villages, geographical regions, itineraries and phrasebooks on the English Wikivoyage. Africa is a beautiful continent with great people and offers countless destinations worth exploring for people who are travel enthusiasts. With over 1.2 billion people, […]
UNRISD 2022 #CrisesofInequality Media Contest ($1,000 1st prize)
The UNRISD is launching the #CrisesofInequality Media Contest for the best journalistic materials to showcase the key themes of the Institute’s 2022 Flagship Report: Crises of Inequality: Shifting Power for a New Eco-Social Contract. The purpose of this contest is to call on journalists to help increase awareness on the urgency to build a new […]
Hostwriter Story Prize 2022 for Collaborative Journalism (up to €1,000)
The Hostwriter Story Prize highlights exemplary works of journalistic collaboration. They look for work that shows how two or more journalists have collaborated together to realize a story that goes deeper than would have been possible solo. Hostwriter is an open network that helps journalists to easily collaborate across borders. They support members at all […]
Call For Entries: 2023 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. The objective of the Awards is to promote reporting of COMESA regional integration projects hence raising public awareness, understanding and participation and ownership. Categories Award Eligibility Application Entries […]
UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize 2022 for the Use of ICT in Education ($25,000 prize)
The UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the Use of ICT in Education recognizes innovative approaches in leveraging new technologies to expand educational and lifelong learning opportunities for all, in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Goal 4 on education. Established in 2005 with the support of the Kingdom […]
2022 Sony Future Filmmaker Awards (Win $5,000 and a trip to Los Angeles)
The Sony Future Filmmaker Awards is a major new programme for short films providing an exceptional opportunity for creators and filmmakers from around the world. The 30 successful filmmakers will be flown to Los Angeles to visit the Sony Pictures studio in Culver City, California, where they will gain unparalleled insight into the world of […]
Les Margaret Awards 2023 for African & European Women Entrepreneurs
Les Margaret Awards reward every year European and African women entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs, whose projects and innovation meet the major challenges of the society. This year again, JFD will reward women for their creativity, audacity and innovation through 3 award categories: Entrepreneur, Intrapreneur and Junior, each of which will include a European and African winner. […]
WWSF Prize 2023 for Women’s Creativity in Rural Life ($1,000 prize)
The Women’s World Summit Foundation (WWSF) has launched the “Prize for Women’s Creativity in Rural Life” to honor women and women’s groups around the world exhibiting exceptional creativity, courage and commitment for the improvement of the quality of life in rural communities. The Prize aims to draw international attention to laureates’ contributions to sustainable development, […]
#YouthLeadSDG14 Action Challenge 2022 (win up to £1,000)
The Commonwealth Secretary-General and the Commonwealth Youth Climate Change Network (CYCN) launched this global competition to inspire, empower and reward young people taking action on oceans. The #YouthLeadSDG14 Action Challenge, revealed at COP27, will see three young activists awarded £1,000 each for their work towards the realisation of the fourteenth UN sustainable development goal (SDG14). […]