Submit your stories for the 2014 New Media Writing Prize

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International Institute of ICT Journalism (Penplusbytes)

International Institute of ICT Journalism (Penplusbytes)The New Media Writing Prize showcases exciting and inventive stories that integrate a variety of formats, platforms, and digital media. This international prize is now in its 5th year. The prize encourages and promotes the best in new media writing and is leading the way toward the future of the ?written? word and storytelling. In the past four years, the NMWP has attracted entries from the very best and most innovative writers in the field.

What Are The Prizes?
There are three categories/prizes –
Main Prize: ?1000 donated
Student Prize: 3 months paid internship at Unicorn Training, Bournemouth, UK, working with Unicorn?s writing and design team.
People?s Choice Prize: Details TBC.

Main Prize Friday 28th November 2014 by 12 noon GMT;
Student Prize Friday 12th December 2014 12 noon GMT.

Shortlisted entrants will be invited to the Awards Ceremony, Wednesday January 21st 2015 at Bournemouth University. Winners will be announced at the Ceremony.

What Are We Looking For?
We are 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, documentary or transmedia work using words, images, film or animation with audience interaction. Interactivity is a key element of new-media storytelling.
We are 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

APPLY AT http://newmediawritingprize.co.uk




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