Deadline: 25-Nov-22
The New Media Writing Prize (NMWP) is now open for entries.
Benefits
- 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: £500 and a year’s FIPP membership.
Who they are looking for?
NMWP is looking for good storytelling (fiction or non-fiction) written specifically for delivery and reading/viewing on a PC or Mac, the web, or a hand-held device such as an iPad or mobile phone. It could be a short story, novel, poem, narrative game, documentary, or transmedia work using words, images, film or animation with audience interaction. Interactivity is a key element of new-media storytelling.
The NMWP is looking for creativity, so try to be imaginative to create an engaging story i.e. combining any number of media elements, such as words on a screen combined with images and video clips. New media writing can be created using a variety of tools i.e. a word processor, DV camera, social networking tools (i.e. Twitter), mobile phone/s, a scanner, Augmented Reality software – anything goes!
Criteria for all the categories:
Innovative use of new (digital) media/transmedia to create an engaging, satisfying fictional or non-fictional narrative, poem, or other story form.
- Ease of accessibility for the reader/viewer.
- Effective use of interactive elements.
- A great example of how new media can do things traditional media can’t.
- The potential to reach out to a wide audience (i.e. not just specialist interest groups).
Eligibility Criteria
- Anyone can apply!
- Whether you’re a student, a professional, an artist, a writer, a developer, a designer or an enthusiast, the competition is open to all.
- It’s also an international competition, open to all outside the UK. Entries do need to be in English.
For information, visit NMWP.
For more information, visit https://newmediawritingprize.co.uk/