New media contest

Posted on October 24, 2013 by RedFoxx

Students, bloggers, artists and writers can submit their innovative storytelling.

The Media School at Bournemouth University is accepting entries for its New Media Writing Prize (NMWP).

NMWP is looking for innovative and interactive 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, documentary or poem using words, images, film or animation with audience interaction.

The overall winner will receive GBP1,000 (US$1,616). The student winner will receive a three-month work placement at the leading e-learning company Unicorn Training, in Dorset, UK, with a weekly pay of GBP250 (US$404). The People’s Choice winner, voted for by the public, will be awarded with GBP250.

The deadline is Nov. 25. The deadline for students is Dec. 13.

For more information, click here.Students, bloggers, artists and writers can submit their innovative storytelling.

The Media School at Bournemouth University is accepting entries for its New Media Writing Prize (NMWP).

The deadline is Nov. 25. The deadline for students is Dec. 13.

For more information, click here.

Taiwan Children’s film festival

Posted on October 23, 2013 by RedFoxx

Creators of dramas, documentaries, animation and television programs for children can participate.

The Taiwan International Children’s Film Festival (TICFF) is seeking entries for its competition. TICFF aims to screen quality productions for children under 12, while furthering children’s multicultural education and media literary.

The categories include dramatic feature or short, documentary, animation and television program. The length of drama, documentary and television program must be 10 to 95 minutes; animations can be 1 to 95 minutes.

Winners will each receive a cash prize of US$4,000 and a trophy, and the festival will cover the round-trip ticket and accommodation for all winners.

Productions must be completed between Aug. 1, 2011 and Oct. 31, 2013. Productions in languages other than English or Mandarin must provide a screener with English subtitles.

The deadline is Oct. 31.

For more information, click here.

“It’s Time!” PERL Media Competition

Posted on October 23, 2013 by RedFoxx

Deadline: 13 December 2013
Open to: Students and professional filmmakers worldwide
Prize: First, second and third place will be awarded in each category, all winners will receive a certificate of merit/recognition

Description

The PERL Media Competition is organized by the Partnership for Education and Research about Responsible Living. PERL is a partnership of educators, researchers and practitioners from over 140 institutions in more than 50 countries who are aware of the urgent need for individuals and society to significantly rethink and reorient the choices they make and the manner in which they live their lives in order to reduce the negative impacts of climate change and financial instability, to ensure a more just distribution of resources and foster sustainable, dignified human development for all. PERL is working towards developing methods and materials to encourage people to contribute to constructive change through the way they choose to live.

The PERL Media Competition has three different categories that are all linked to sustainable/responsible living. The media categories are:

SHOOT – Videos/ Short Films
WRITE – Magazine/Press Articles
SNAP – Photos

The main theme for the PERL Media Competition is TIME; how do we perceive it, how do we use it, how can lives be improved by using/conceiving it better. Affiliated topics linked to TIME and moving towards more responsible lifestyles might include: Time and Travel, Time and Food, Time and Choices, Time and Fashion, or Time and Technology. These are just examples of topics so get thinking and come up with themes of your own!

Eligibility

Students (Post Primary to University Students):

All three competition categories (SHOOT Videos, WRITE Magazine/Press Articles and SNAP Photographs) are open to full or part time students of all ages (Post Primary to University Students), who are attending Secondary (Post-Primary), Further Education, Higher or Post Graduate education at the time of submitting their entry.
There is no entry fee however only one entry is permitted in each category per person/group
The competition is open to students worldwide

Professionals (Independent Filmmakers):

The short film category is open to Independent filmmakers
There is no entry fee however only one entry is permitted per filmmaker
The competition is open to filmmakers worldwide

Prize

First, second and third place will be awarded in each category (subject to sufficient entries being received in each category that meet the competition criteria). All winners will receive a certificate of merit/recognition. Winning entries and their authors/creators will be publicly promoted using media appropriate to each category,

Application

Download the application forms for your category:

SHOOT – Videos/ Short Films HERE
WRITE – Magazine/Press Articles HERE
SNAP – Photos HERE

Email your entries to perlmedia2013@gmail.com. The competition closes at midnight 13 December 2013 (Central European Time). Late entries will not be eligible for entry. Entries will be shortlisted and will be announced by March 2014. Winning entries will be notified by email and will be announced on the PERL website and at the PERL 2014 Conference in Ireland (2 – 4 April 2014) where they will be screened/exhibited/promoted using media selected by PERL as appropriate to the category/entry.

For any questions contact perlmedia2013@gmail.com.

Read the official call HERE.

XV International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development

Posted on October 23, 2013 by RedFoxx

The Laboratory for Comparative Social Research of National Research University “Higher School of Economics” invites to participate in the Fourth LCSR International Workshop “Social and Cultural Changes in Cross-National Perspective: Values and Modernization” that will take place from March, 28 till April, 4, 2014 in Moscow within the framework of the XV International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development at HSE. The deadline for applications is February 1, 2014.

The workshop will cover a wide range of academic and social issues: value shift in Russia and in the world, subjective well-being and living standards, inter-religious and interethnic relations, migration and other topics. Suggested topics are:

• Social Well-Being and Its Measurement

• Social Solidarity and Welfare States

• Values, Trust and Happiness

• Nationalism, Ethnicity and Migration

• Gender, Work and Life Satisfaction

• Political Regimes, Elections and Elites

• Religiosity and Tolerance

• Social Change and Genetic Diversity

• Informal relations, Civic Engagement and Corruption

• Social Justice, Aging and Generations

International research network members will deliver their reports on ongoing projects or present the new ones. Many foreign scholars, experts in various fields of social sciences, plan to give lectures during the Workshop. Researchers from various universities of Russia, CIS countries, Europe and the USA will comment on projects. The key lecturers are Ronald Inglehart (University of Michigan, USA), Christian Welzel (Leuphana University, Germany), Eduard Ponarin (NRU HSE, St. Petersburg, Russia), Peter Hedström (Institute for Future Studies, Stockholm, Sweden), Jan Delhey (Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany), Christian Haerpfer (University of Aberdeen, Scotland; the President of the World Value Survey Association), and Robert Andersen (University of Toronto, Canada).

Besides, the winners of the regular call for LCSR research network will present their projects. Please note that one can present a report only after submitting an application. The deadline for applications is February 1, 2014.

Working language of the workshop is English.

The participation is free of charge. The registration is compulsory. Listeners should register before April, 20, 2014 by e-mail to hse.lcss@gmail.com titled “Registration for the LCSR workshop”. The application should contain your name, surname, affiliation and e-mail (and also your home address, if you would like get a certificate of attendance).

Further information on the workshop will be published at the LCSR website.

Website

http://lcsr.hse.ru/en/announcements/96011241.html

United Nations Academic Impact Student Essay Contest

Posted on October 23, 2013 by RedFoxx

Deadline: February 21, 2014
Open to: students, 18 years and older, who are enrolled in a course of study at a college or university
Prize: Winners will be invited to New York for an International AcademicImpact Youth Forum, June 25-29, 2014. They will present theirwork in a Conference at the United Nations Headquarters on June 27, 2014. Airfare, room and board provided.

United Nations Academic Impact Student Essay Contest Rules

The United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI), in collaboration with ELS Educational Services, Inc., (ELS) invites students, 18 years and older, who are enrolled in a course of study at a college or university, to participate in an essay contest on the theme “Many Languages, One World.”

The essay should relate to ideas of global citizenship and understanding and to the role that linguistic abilities and felicity can play in fostering these. Entries, of up to 2000 words in length should be in an official language of the United Nations that is not the mother tongue of the entrant or the principal medium of instruction in his or her education. The official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.

Entries should be uploaded to the website ManyLanguagesOneWorld.ELS.edu by 21 February 2014. An institutional representative will have to attest that the entrant is a student of the institution, in good standing, and that the essay is written in a language that is not the institution’s primary language of instruction and is the original, unaided work of the entrant.

A panel of judges will decide upon a total of sixty student winners of the competition—ten in each of the six languages. The winners will be invited to New York in 2014 to participate in a series of events between June 25 and June 29, 2014. These events will include a youth forum on the 10 principles of the United Nations Academic Impact, multilingualism and global citizenship at United Nations Headquarters, preceded by a preparatory students’ conference at Adelphi University on Long Island, New York. Programmes of touristic sightseeing and recreation will also be arranged by ELS Educational Services.

ELS will pay for roundtrip economy class fares in carriers of its choosing between the entrants’ home city and New York, and be responsible for the entrants’ travel, room and meals from their arrival on June 25th until their departure on June 29th, 2014. No extensions of stay or early arrivals will be possible. Entrants are responsible for all documentation relating to their journey, including passports and visas and the costs related to these, as well as appropriate medical insurance for their journey and stay in the United States.

All winners will be given certificates of participation by ELS, signifying they have won the Student Essay Contest arranged in cooperation with the United Nations Academic Impact.

While the entrants shall retain the rights to their essays, by participating in the contest they grant ELS and the UN a worldwide, exclusive, royalty-free, and irrevocable license to use the content of the essays in whole or in part. In addition, the entrants grant ELS permission to photograph, record, and videotape all activities during the conference. These recordings and photographs will become the property of ELS for didactic use at their discretion, in all media, in perpetuity, to promote multilingualism and global understanding. The entrants also grant the United Nations permission to photograph, record, and videotape all activities during the conference. These recordings and photographs will become the property of the United Nations.

June 25-29, 2014
Winners participate in a 5 day International Youth Forum in New York and present at United Nations Headquarters on June 27th

Submit an essay (2000 words or less) exploring how multilingual ability advances global citizenship and understanding. Your essay should reflect your academic, cultural, and national context.

Entries must be in one of the 6 official languages of the United Nations that is not the entrant’s mother tongue or language of instruction. Entrants must be 18 years of age or older.

Essay Submission Deadline: February 21, 2014

Submission Form