All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) Secretary General Muhammad Aslam Kazi has announced the categories for the 16th APNS Journalist Awards and requested the journalists/photographers/cartoonists of member publications to submit their entries in any one of the categories.
The Editors/Chief Executives of Member Publications may also send the entries on behalf of their journalists for the contest.
The entrants are not allowed to send entries for more than one category.
The entries should have appeared in the member publications of the APNS during January 1, 2001 to December 31, 2002.
The categories are as under:
1. Best investigative report: Open for all dailies and periodical publications.
2. Best scoop: Open for daily publications only.
3. Best column: In the following three sub-categories
-- English Language dailies
-- Urdu Language dailies
-- Regional Language dailies
4. Best feature: In the following three sub-categories
-- English language publications
-- Urdu language publications
-- Regional language publications
5. Best article of the year 2001 or 2002: In the following sub-categories
-- English language
-- Urdu language
-- Regional language
6. Best cartoon: Open to all cartoonists of member publications
7. Best photograph: Open to all photographers of member publications.
The photographers (six copies each) should of standard size (10 inches x 12 inches)
The APNS secretary general said that the participants are required to send three entries in any one category (six copies of each entry) published in member publications during the relevant period (January 1, 2001 to December 31, 2002). The entries must be submitted, composed/typed on separate sheets, without giving the name of the author and publication along with a copy of tear sheet of the publication. For regional language entries for best investigative report and best scoop, the entrants are required to submit Urdu/English translation of the entry as well.
Muhammad Aslam Kazi also announced that sending of the entries should be responsibility of individual and only in case where the names of participants do not appear in the byline, the entry should be counter-signed by the competent authority in the publication.
All entries should reach the APNS Secretariat by October 15, 2004. The entries should be addressed to Dr Tanvir A. Tahir, Executive Director, APNS, 32-Farid Chambers, Abdullah Haroon Road, Karachi. Ph. 5671256, 5671314.-PR
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