THE 21st ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS PRESS AWARDS 2016 [Extension deadline for Student Categories]
DATES AND NOMINATION
- Please submit your entry with the Online Entry Form
- Entry deadline: February 24th, 2017, 11:59PM (HKT)
- Please note the entry deadline is final. The system will automatically prevent entry submission after the deadline.
CATEGORIES
For Tertiary Educational Institute students
- English Print / Text – Chinese Print / Text
- English Broadcast / Radio – Chinese Broadcast / Radio
For Secondary School Students
- English Print / Text – Chinese Print / Text
ELIGIBILITY
Entrants must be:
- (tertiary) Students currently enrolled at tertiary educational institutions in Hong Kong, as of 31 January 2017. Sub-degree, undergraduate and graduate students are welcome.
- (secondary) Students currently enrolled in any secondary school in Hong Kong, as of 31 January 2017. International school students are also welcome.
Works must be
- For Print/Text: News articles and features published in either a student or professional publication, either online or offline, are eligible. while commentary article / essay article/personal blogs/ unpublished manuscripts would not be accepted
- For Broadcast/Radio: Broadcasts need to come from either professional or campus media channel, either online or offline.
- Online works must have appeared on sites linked to professional or campus media. We will not accept self-published works seen only on Facebook, YouTube, Vimeo or other social media.
- Published in either English- or Chinese-language media.
- Published from 1 January, 2016 to 31 December, 2016.
- Related to human rights and MUST address one aspect of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. un.org/Overview/rights.html. You may refer to the past winning works on amnesty.org.hk