The United Nations Correspondents Association (UNCA) 2009 Awards
for coverage of the United Nations and its agencies:
over $40,000 in Journalism prizes
The United Nations Correspondents Association invites media worldwide to submit entries for its Fourteenth Annual UNCA Awards for the best written and electronic media coverage of the United Nations, its agencies and field operations. The prizes amount to over $40,000 with $10,000 each for the main categories.
Secretary General Ban Ki Moon will present the prizes at the UNCA Awards Dinner at the UN Headquarters in New York on Friday, December 4th, 2009.
There are no entry fees of any kind for submissions.
Deadline for submissions is 30 September, 2009 - including the Prince Albert Foundation/UNCA Global prize for Climate Change.
items for 2009:
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UNCA is adding an additional prize, The Prince Albert Foundation/UNCA Global Prize for Climate Change, which brings the total prize money on offer to over $40,000.
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The Alexander Bodini Foundation is the new sponsor for the Elizabeth Neuffer Prize.
The UNCA Awards now include:
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The Prince Albert Foundation/UNCA Global Prize for coverage of Climate Change
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The Elizabeth Neuffer Memorial Prize for print and on-line media coverage of the UN and its agencies and their work.
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The Ricardo Ortega Memorial Prize for broadcast journalism coverage of the UN and its agencies.
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The United Nations Foundation prize for any entry in any medium that best covers the humanitarian and development aspects of the U.N. and its agencies.
Elizabeth Neuffer, The Boston Globe bureau chief at the United Nations, died while on assignment in Baghdad in 2003.
Ricardo Ortega, formerly the New York correspondent for Antena 3 TV of Spain, was one of the leading Spanish journalists of his generation who was shot dead on mission, in Haiti in 2004.
The judges will look for similar qualities in entries for the UNCA Journalism Awards:
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The awards are open to all journalists anywhere in the world
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Work in print, Internet, radio or TV between 1 September, 2008 and 30 September, 2009 covering the UN and its agencies in whatever capacity. The judges will look for entries with impact, insight and originality, and will take into account the courage and assiduity of the journalist. Investigative work is welcome.
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Entries not in one of the official languages of the UN should have a translation into English or French, and video entries should be in VHS (preferably NTSC) format.
We particularly welcome entries from outside the USA and even more so from developing world media. -
A written transcript assists judging of radio and TV entries.
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Multiple or joint entries will be accepted
NOTE: It is possible that this year UNCA may inaugurate a prize specifically for books about the UN and related multilateral agencies and their work.
Internal entries, or those arriving through UN pouch should go to:
UNCA-Awards 2009, United Nations Room 326, New York, NY 10017, USA
Mail, Fedex, registered or couriered packages should be sent to:
UNCA Awards Committee
Mailbox 613
The Chrysler Building
132 East 43rd Street
New York, NY 10017, USA
+1 (212) 867-0001
Scanned or email entries to: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Any questions, please email address above or telephone Awards Chair: Ian Williams at +1 212 686 8884
UNCA Awards Committee
Ian Williams, Gampaolo Pioli, J.Tuyet Nguyen, Frank Ucciardo, Jim Wurst, Margaret Besheer and Melorine Mokri.
Check Here for details, results and lists of previous winners.
THE UNITED NATIONS
CORRESPONDENTS ASSOCIATION
RANAN LURIE
POLITICAL CARTOON AWARD
AND
THE UNITED NATIONS
SOCIETY OF WRITERS & ARTISTS
RANAN LURIE
POLITICAL CARTOON AWARD
Present the 2009 Awards
These awards are granted for the best political cartoons reflecting the spirit and the principles of the United Nations.
THIRTEEN AWARDS WILL BE GRANTED:
First Prize:
$10,000.00
Second Prize
$5,000.00
Third Prize
$3,000.00
Ten Honorable Mentions in the form of plaques