Submit Nominations for Asian Media Awards (UK)

Deadline: 19-Aug-21

The Asian Media Awards are open to newspaper, radio, TV and websites dedicated to serving the British Asian community. They are open to mainstream media organisations which have aimed to target the Asian community within the UK.

They are open to international companies who are serving the Asian community within the UK. Categories also aim to reward PR consultancies and in-house departments and the individuals who work within them.

Categories

Radio

Radio Station of the Year: This award is for a radio station that has maintained a high level of standard over a sustained period of time. It will reward those radio stations that have gained a valued listener-ship through quality programming and promotional ventures during the year. The radio station can be internet based but must be produced and transmitted from a UK base.
Regional Radio Station of the Year: Local radio stations including those reaching listeners on the internet remain a valuable service to their communities. The award will be presented to a radio station that has, as well as maintaining a high level of programming, helped to involve itself in community and charity ventures. The radio station can be Internet based but must be produced and transmitted from a UK base.
Best Radio Show: This award recognises a radio show and programme that continues to sustain creative high standards. The radio show can be internet based but must be produced and transmitted from a UK base. Work must have been aired or published in Britain between May 1 2020 and August 20 2021.
Radio Presenter of the Year: This award acknowledges a radio presenter who has helped to sustain high standards over a period of time both in creativity and innovation. The radio station can be internet based but must be produced and transmitted from a UK base. Work must have been aired or published in Britain between May 1 2020 and August 20 2021.

Best TV Character: This award recognises the best and most original TV fictional character on a mainstream UK channel. Work must have been carried between March 1 2019 and August 20 2020.
Best Programme / Show: This award recognises the best programme or show aired on TV or online. The show must have been aired or produced between March 1 2019 and August 20 2021. The TV show must have been produced in the UK.
TV Channel of the Year: This award recognises an Asian TV channel aired in the UK which has helped to transmit quality content over a sustained period of time. The TV channel may be foreign based but must transmit to a UK audience.

Criteria

All work, unless award specifies, must be either carried out in the UK or where involving work overseas, initiated and coordinated by staff in the UK.
Organisations and individuals can enter multiple categories and entries can be submitted on behalf of nominees or by themselves.
All applications will be treated in the strictest confidence.
The Asian Media Awards will be required to send nomination details to Judging panel members only to assist the nomination and judging process for the awards. Judging panel members are bound by confidentiality agreement and will not divulge information to third parties.
They will not use your personal data for any other purpose than for this nomination. Full details of how they use personal data are available in the Privacy Statement.
In specific cases entries may be considered for a different category. Entrants will be notified in advance.
Not all award categories will have shortlisted candidates. Specific awards will have individual winners.
Specific award categories will be short-listed on performance over a sustained period of time.
Entries will be judged by a panel of impartial judges. Judges will disclose to organisers any reservations they may have in judging any specific category if there is any conflict of interest.
Those shortlisted must be available to attend a finalist event in London and the main ceremony in Manchester.
Finalists for the awards will be issued with an official Asian Media Awards logo to promote on any marketing material.