 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Media for Liberty Journalism Award
Call for Entries: 3rd Annual 'Media for Liberty' Journalism Award
$50,000 Prize for Winning Submission
ENGLEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Liberty Media Corporation ("Liberty") (Nasdaq: LCAPA, LCAPB, LINTA, LINTB, LSTZA, LSTZB) is now accepting submissions for the annual "Media for Liberty Award." This award recognizes media contributions that explore the link between economic and political liberty. Eligible works must be originally published or broadcast via print or electronic media during the 2011 calendar year, and received by Liberty Media no later than January 9, 2012. There is a $50,000 prize for the winning entry.
The Media for Liberty Award is open to journalists worldwide whose original works bring new insights on societal issues, news events, economies, political structures and cultures that illustrate their prosperity or struggle in their pursuit of a free market environment and civil liberties uninfluenced by government agenda.
Sample topics and issues might include (but are not limited to):
Government involvement in private enterprise (TARP, health and financial reform)
Dependency on foreign oil
Access to healthcare (universal care, rationing, Medicare)
Sovereign debt
Basic goods (food, housing, healthcare) becoming prohibitively expensive for the middle class consumer
Ultimate cost of globalization from a societal, cultural, economic perspective
True cost of ethanol and its impact on food and fuel
Fair trade
Global tax and regulatory changes
Submitted works will be reviewed by a jury panel and evaluated based on the degree to which the theme is addressed, inspirational and educational value, relevance to the public discourse, and mastery of media format.
Prior year's recipients were CBS 60 Minutes for a segment titled "Congo Gold" that traveled to the war-torn region of eastern Congo to investigate the connection between the mining of gold and other precious minerals, and an essay in The Atlantic titled "How a New Jobless Era will Transform America" that examined the likely lasting effects of the recent Great Recession on American society, culture and politics.
Eligibility Requirements
Eligible media outlets, including newspapers, magazines, journals, radio, television and websites, must be generally recognized in their markets and accessible to a broad audience in the United States.
Length: Print entries may not exceed 20,000 words. Electronic entries may not exceed 120 minutes.
Language: All entries must be in English, or submitted with an English translation or with English subtitles.
Examples: Eligible entries may include news reporting, feature coverage, investigative reporting, articles, essays, editorials, commentaries, documentaries and educational works.
Programs produced and intended for general theatrical motion picture release are not eligible.
The winner will be notified in February 2012. An awards ceremony will be held in the Spring of 2012 in Washington, D.C.
Entry forms, rules and judging criteria can be found at Liberty Media's website, www.mediaforlibertyaward.com or on Facebook. Entries should be sent to:
Media for Liberty Award
12300 Liberty Boulevard
Englewood, CO 80112
720-875-5400
About Liberty Media Corporation
Liberty Media owns interests in a broad range of electronic retailing, media, communications and entertainment businesses. Those interests are attributed to three tracking stock groups: (1) the Liberty Interactive group (Nasdaq: LINTA, LINTB), which includes Liberty Media's interests in QVC, Provide Commerce, Backcountry.com, BUYSEASONS, Bodybuilding.com, IAC/InterActiveCorp, and Expedia, (2) the Liberty Starz group (Nasdaq: LSTZA, LSTZB), which includes Liberty Media's interest in Starz Entertainment, and (3) the Liberty Capital group (Nasdaq: LCAPA, LCAPB), which includes all businesses, assets and liabilities not attributed to the Interactive group or the Starz group including its subsidiaries Starz Media, LLC, Atlanta National League Baseball Club, Inc., and TruePosition, Inc., Liberty Media's interest in SIRIUS XM Radio, Inc., and minority equity investments in Time Warner Inc. and Live Nation.
Liberty Media Corporation
Courtnee Ulrich, 720-875-5420
or
Press Contact:
Amanda Cheslock, 212-446-1884
http://www.libertymedia.com/
http://ir.libertymedia.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=583638
|
|
Unbound Press & Spilling Ink Holiday Flash Fiction Prize
Now Open!
Closing Date: January 9, 2012
Winning and short-listed entries notified no later than January 31, 2012
1st Prize – iPad2 and publication in our 2012 annual print anthology
For an idea of what you could win and information about the iPad2 visit the good people at the Apple Store
2nd Prize – iPod touch and publication in our 2012 annual print anthology
For an idea of what you could win and information about iPod touch visit the good people at the Apple Store
3rd Prize – iPod nano and publication in our 2012 annual print anthology
For an idea of what you could win and information about iPod nana visit the good people at the Apple Store
Shortlisted Entries – publication in our annual 2012 print anthology
Shortlisted & Honorable Mentions will receive also receive a free copy of Story.Book, our 2011 annual print anthology
Entry fee:
GBP – 1 for £5 or 3 for £10 (cheques accepted from UK banks)
EURO – 1 for €8 or 3 for €16
USD – 1 for $10 or 3 for $20
Competition Guidelines
500 words max (no minimum).
There is no theme. All styles are welcome.
Entry fees may be paid securely online via PayPal (you do not need a PayPal account) or via post. Cheques must be from a UK bank and should be payable to Unbound Press.
Simultaneous submissions are accepted but please let us know as soon as possible if your entry has been accepted elsewhere or won/placed in another writing competition. Entry fees will not be refunded in this case.
Entries may be submitted via email or post. Entries submitted via email must be attached in the form of a Word (doc) or Rich Text Format (rtf). Entries submitted via post must be printed on standard-size paper and double-spaced and should be accompanied with a cover page stating: Name, Postal Address, Phone Number, Email Address (if available) Title Entry/Word Count. Entries sent via post will not be returned (please don’t send your only copy). Send postal entries to: UP & SIR HOLIDAY FLASH FICTION PRIZE /PO Box 16864 / Glasgow / Scotland / G11 9DJ
If you submit via post and wish to receive an acknowledgement of receipt be sure to include your email address OR a self-addressed, stamped envelope or postcard.
Please be kind when formatting and adhere to general rules of courtesy (i.e. 12pt standard font, double-spaced, pages numbered).
Submissions must be entrant’s own original work and must be previously unpublished.
International submissions are welcomed but all entries must be written in English.
Copyright remains with the author.
Entries will be judged anonymously and all decisions are final.
How to Enter
You have two payment options. You may use the secure, pay-online PayPal option below or you may send a cheque (from a UK bank only) to the following address: UP & SIR HOLIDAY FLASH FICTION PRIZE, PO Box 16864, Glasgow, Scotland G11 9DJ.
If paying online: once you have a receipt/transaction number submit your entry via email to: unboundpress@gmail.com
Be sure to cut and paste your PayPal receipt/transaction number into the body of the email (or let me know that payment has been sent via post)
State the competition category in the subject line of your email
In the body of the email please include the following:
Name
Postal Address
Title of Entry and Word Count
PayPal Receipt/Transaction Number
Don’t forget to attach your story!
Announcement of Winners
Winners and runners-up will be notified by email after the closing date and results posted on the Unbound Press and Spilling Ink Review websites.
http://unboundpress.com/
http://unboundpress.com/2011/12/03/un ... iday-flash-fiction-prize/
|
|
Doire Press Poetry & Chapbook Competition
Doire Press
is pleased to announce its 2012
1st annual poetry & chapbook competition
Winners will each receive 75 copies of their own professionally edited and printed chapbook (one for poetry, one for fiction), published by Doire Press. Chapbooks will be perfect-bound, contain up to 40 pages, feature colour front and back covers, as well as their own isbn and barcode.
Fiction entries: one short story per entry (4,000 words max)
Poetry entries: 4-6 poems per entry (10 pages max)
Deadline: January 9, 2012
Entry fees: €10 for first entry, €8 for each additional entry (you may submit multiple entries in either fiction or poetry, or submit to both fiction and poetry).
Judges:
Fiction: Alan McMonagle is an award-winning writer living in Galway. Shortly after receiving his MA in Writing from NUI, Galway in 2007, he published his debut collection of short stories, Liar, Liar (Wordsonthestreet, 2008). He has won several awards for his work, including second prize in the Séan O'Faoláin short story contest, joint-first prize in the Jonathan Swift Awards and a short-listing for the inaugural William Trevor-Elizabeth Bowen writing award. He was also one of four Irish authors placed on the long-list for the 2009 Frank O'Connor Award for his short story. His stories have appeared in many journals in Ireland and North America including The Adirondack Review, Grain, Prairie Fire and The Stinging Fly.
Poetry: James Martyn is from Galway and his work has appeared in The Sunday Tribune, The Stinging Fly and The Shop. He has had work broadcast on both RTÉ and BBC and has won the Listowel Writers’ Week Original Short Story Competition. He was short-listed for a Hennessy Award in 2006, for the Francis McManus award in 2007 and 2008, and for The William Trevor International Short Story Competition in 2007 and 2011. He won second place in the 2011 Dromineer Poetry competition. His first collection of poetry, Shedding Skin, was published by Arlen House in 2010.
The judging for the contest is completely anonymous. Entries must include cover page with full contact information and title of story or first poem. Entrant’s name must not appear anywhere on the manuscript.
Entrants must not have any books published in the genre to which they’re applying (not including self-publication or chapbooks); however, they can enter the other category. For example, if you have published a poetry book, you are not allowed to enter the poetry competition but can enter the fiction.
Entries must not have won any other competition but can have been published in literary journals or magazines.
Use standard formatting (one poem per page for poetry/double-spaced for fiction, 12-font for both).
Send entries via postal mail to:
Doire Press
Aille, Inverin,
County Galway
Ireland
Make cheques or money orders payable to Doire Press. Entry fees can also be paid via Paypal (see bottom of page).
Email submissions will also be accepted with an additional €1 per entry printing fee.
To submit via email: Put complete contact information in body of email. Attach manuscripts as a Word (.doc file only, no X) or PDF file. Use size A4 page. For poetry submissions, put all poems in one document. Send email to doirepress@gmail.com. Put the words ‘Competition entry’ in the subject line of email.
To pay by Paypal:
1. Log onto Paypal website at www.paypal.com.
2. Send money to email address: doirepress@gmail.com.
3. Send the correct amount (€10 for first entry; €8 per additional entry; €1 for printing charges per entry if sending entries via email).
4. In Message box enter your name and title of story or first poem.
5. Note transaction number
6. Include Paypal transaction number on contact page, if submitting via post, or in body of email, if submitting via email.
The long list of twenty-five in each category will be announced on the Doire Press website on January 30th. The short list of ten in each will be announced on February 13th and the winners will be announced on February 20th. 2nd and third place winners in each category will receive a certificate.
The judges’ decisions are final.
Winners of competition agree to submit final manuscripts to editors within three weeks of winning competition. Winners agree to work cooperatively with editors to produce a mutually-agreed upon chapbook. Chapbooks will be a maximum of forty pages, which includes opening pages, such as title page, contents, etc. Winners may submit artwork to be considered for cover, but cover is designed by publisher. Winners receive all copies of chapbook to be sold, given away, etc. At the winners’ request, competition judges will contribute forward or back cover blurb. If winner lives outside Galway area, winner agrees to pay shipping charges of chapbooks.
For any questions, click here to email.
Doire Press kindly thanks its competition sponsors, Senator Fidelma Healy Eames, Mayor Sally-Ann Flanagan and Clodoiri Lurgan Teo (clprint.ie).
http://www.doirepress.com/
http://www.doirepress.com/Doire_Press/competition.html
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Newsletter
Subscribe to our FREE newsletter. JAC sends emails about news and contests published on JustaContest.com. Messages are sent no more than once a day.
Coming contests (Fiction)
Coming contests (Poetry)
No Events
Coming contests (Non-Fiction)
Coming contests (WORLDWIDE)
|
Deadline: 31st May