Uganda Conservation Media Awards

The Uganda Conservation Media Awards is an initiative of Uganda Wildlife Authority supported by WildAid to encourage, motivate and interest media (reporters and editors) to give due consideration to conservation issues.

Award Categories

• The awards feature four categories:
  • Community conservation: This includes ways in which communities engage with and benefit from conservation, as well as human-wildlife conflict and ways to address it.
  • Wildlife protection: This could include anything from how rangers conduct their work to a day in the life of a wildlife vet.
  • Wildlife crime: Including arrests, prosecutions, and how this work is done. This is very important in order to highlight to the nation the legal consequences of harming wild animals and habitats.
  • Habitats and environment: These stories should explain the relevance to wildlife.
  • In each category, separate awards will be given for the following media groups:
    • Print and/or online – This includes new media such as blogs, websites, and other digital platforms.
    • Radio
    • TV

Award Information

• One separate award will be given for the Uganda Wildlife Photograph of the Year. Winners will be given a cash award of 5,000,000 Uganda shillings, a winner’s plaque, and free entry to Uganda’s national parks for the winner for one year.

Eligibility Criteria

• Only Ugandan nationals are eligible to enter.
• Each entry must specify the journalism and award category applied to.
• Entries must be original works of the author.
• For print and online entries, URL links and/or legible scans/photos of the print media pieces must be included.
• For TV and radio entries the script of the piece must be submitted.
• For entries in languages other than English, a translation must be submitted.
• Entries may not be submitted more than once to the UCMA.

Rules

• The process will be open and transparent.
• Entry forms that do not meet the requirements will be disqualified.
• The decision of the Adjudication Panel is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
• Each entrant assumes full responsibility in respect of the entry and quality of support material and discharges the Adjudication Panel from any responsibility in respect of third parties.
• Any submitted material cannot be claimed back after the competition unless through prior arrangement.

For more information, visit UWA.