1st Place 1000 EUR

2nd Place 750 EUR

3rd Place 500 EUR

A special prize will be given for the best story focusing on gender issues.

Applicant Requirements

Applicants must:

• be practicing journalists, bloggers or storytellers (students, NGO activists, etc.)
• live and work in Africa
• have an Android smartphone that can run StoryMaker

• only submit one story per category

Story Requirements: (stories should be in the form of video)

Stories must:

• be compelling and be of human interest

• be original and adhere to the 5 W´s (who, what, why, when, where)

• be of good technical quality (sound, light and images)
• be no longer than 3 minutes
• be shot and edited using StoryMaker
• be uploaded on the Storymaker.cc site
• focus on one of the two categories mentioned above

Stories will be scored on quality of content and visual storytelling as well as technicality. They will be judged by a professional jury consisting of experts and media professionals. Participants should complete the application form and send their stories to StoryMakerAfrica@freepressunlimited.org.

Deadline for applications is December 31, 2014 by 5PM CET. Winners will be announced in the beginning of 2015.

StoryMaker

With StoryMaker journalists and activists can create quality, news stories and safely share these through their mobile phones. The App is free and can be downloaded via Google Play. StoryMaker is developed by Free Press Unlimited, The Guardian Project and Small World News. The App is now available in both English and Arabic with more languages to come. Learn more here.

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