Submissions are Now Open for the New Media Writing Prize Competition 2024-25

Name of the Event: New Media Writing Prize Competition 2024-25

Last Date of Application: 1 February 2025

Link to Apply:

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The NMWP encourages and promotes the best in new media writing and leads the way toward the future of the ‘written’ word and interactive storytelling.

The Competition is organised by the New Media Writing Prize CIC, with facilitation and sponsorship from the Bournemouth University Higher Education Corporation (“BU”) Faculty of Media and Communication, the University of Birmingham, One-toOne Development, Wonderbox Digital, and FIPP Media, with a generous donation from if:book UK/Chris Meade.

The winning work in each category will receive the following prize:

• The Chris Meade Memorial UK New Media Writing Prize: £1000 donated by if:book UK/Chris Meade, where the winner may also be a student.

• The Student Award: TBD

• The Opening Up Award: £500

• The Digital Journalism Award: TBD

• The IDN for Social Good Award: £500

Each entry should contain the following information within the text of the online form:

1. title of the work;

2. Entrant’s contact details: name, email address, telephone number, city, and country. For joint entries, all entrants’ contact details must be provided with the identification of the main entrant for contact purposes;

3. Access details, e.g. URL. If it is an app, we will need 6 free access codes for the judges. If sharing from cloud storage (e.g. Google Drive), you must ensure sharing permissions are set to “public” or “anyone with a link” or equivalent; The organisers will not follow up for access permissions. If they cannot access the work, it will not be judged.

4. Entrant’s short biography (50-100 words). For joint entries, all entrants must provide their biographies.

5. Student entrants must provide proof of identity which should be copied into the entry form, in the short biography section, e.g. a scanned copy of the entrant’s Student Union ID card or university enrolment number, which will be authenticated at the organiser’s discretion.

6. No attachments will be accepted.

We are not the official organisers of the program. If you have any queries regarding it, kindly contact the organisers at - entries2024@newmediawritingprize.co.uk