Are You:

• A media professional, working in print, radio and/or video?
• have reported on/covered or have an interest in reporting on/covering what is happening in mountain communities
• have published or can have something published in mainstream media (between September 2001-February 2002)

For Print media

A news story (500 words) or feature article (1200 words), that has been published within the period September 2001-February 2002

For Radio and Video

A broadcast (15-30 minutes) quality documentary or news-feature that has been broadcast between the period September 2001-February 2002

Theme and focus

The production/production should portray a dynamic situation in the mountains in which a woman or groups of women have devised ways to take the community forward.

Celebrating Mountain Women (CMW) as an event will be a gathering of about 250 women and men meeting in Kathmandu, Nepal on May 28-31, 2002. Part of the International Year of the Mountains (IYM) celebration, the focus is on bringing various groups of people who can learn from each other. These include mountain women, policy makers, NGOs, civil society organisations, the donor community, politicians and entrepreneurs.

The three-day event will explore themes related to mountain women under the areas of research, policy and practice. A high priority will be given to networking, exhibits of foods, enterprises, singing, dancing, oral traditions of story telling, etc.

A major activity on the third day will be to auction various ideas and best practices that could be developed and converted to actual programming.

Criteria for Selection

• Be innovative
• Tell a story in a compelling way
• Have elements of colour, smell, atmosphere
• Appeal to a diverse audience

In both print and electronic media (Three awards in each category - print, radio and video). Total 9 awards

First Place: US $ 500

Second Place: US $250

Third Place: US $100

Citation

In addition each winner will receive a citation from the sponsors of the CMW event, and the prize-winning entries will be publicised on the web sites of the CMW and IYM events. The entries will also be sent to the international Rio+10 conference to take place in September 2002 in South Africa.

Entry Form

1. Name
2. Address (tel, fax and email)
3. Present occupation
4. Entry
   1. Print (please enclose a xerox of the media in which the entry has appeared, as well as include it electronically)
   2. Electronic (please send a radio tape or video (VHS/PAL) with information about where the entry was broadcast. A letter of confirmation from the studio or network where it was broadcast is essential, as is permission for the CMW to use the material in non-commercial activities)

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