Within the framework of the 10th Arevordi International Environmental Film Festival, the Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets (FPWC) announces a competition for the best individual journalistic work and the media outlet most actively covering the issue of wild animals kept in captivity in Armenia.

The aim of the competition is to stimulate more active media coverage of the issue of wild animals kept in captivity in various private areas across Armenia and to ensure the broadest possible dissemination of information, thereby contributing to greater public awareness.

The competition will include works published no earlier than October 2019 and up to the deadline for submission of applications. Applications will be reviewed by a professional jury, and monetary prizes will be awarded.

The competition will be held in two categories:

1. Individual journalistic work
2. Media outlet most actively covering the issue

The author of the selected best individual journalistic work will receive a prize of AMD 200,000, while the winning media outlet will receive AMD 300,000.

The individual journalistic work should stand out for its analytical understanding of the issue, an approach containing elements of investigative journalism, and a clearly visible personal approach of the journalist.

The media outlet most actively covering the issue of wild animals kept in captivity should include, in the online application form, links to materials published during the specified period, after which the professional jury will review them and select the winners in both categories.

Competition conditions and deadline

The journalistic material:

• may be in the following formats: television, multimedia, or online, including video content,
• must have been published in one of Armenia’s media outlets between October 1, 2019, and September 30, 2021,
• must be submitted to the competition either by the author or by a third party with the author’s consent,
• must be published in Armenian or have Armenian subtitles.

Journalistic materials will be accepted until September 30, 2021.

To apply for the competition, it is necessary to fill out the online application form:
https://forms.gle/EXHpDYZ9e7cFL5sQA

For questions, please call +374 77 110 260 or write to film@fpwc.org.