SBS Radio Competition 2020

SBS Radio a Multi culture radio of Australia announced SBS Radio Competition 2020 for the listeners. Starting in 1975 to promote Australia's new health care system Medi-Bank, SBS Radio has grown up with multicultural Australia and is now the world’s most linguistically diverse broadcaster, a bridge linking to the 21 per cent of Australians who speak another language.

SBS Radio Competition 2020 Details

SBS is inviting aspiring writers from diverse backgrounds to share their stories and have their voices heard. 

Do you have a story about growing up in diverse Australia? Tell your story for the chance to win $5000 to further your storytelling career. Entries open August 15, 2020. SBS strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to enter.

The SBS Emerging Writers’ Competition is a chance for budding writers to share their unique story and be in the running to win a prize pool of up to $10,000. 

Thyme of this competition : ‘Growing up in Diverse Australia’
(This will allows plenty of scope to write a memoir piece about some aspect of your formative years.)

Rules and regulations 

Competition: SBS Emerging Writers’ Competition.

Promoter:  

Special Broadcasting Service Corporation (BN 91 314 398 574)
A(SBS) of 14 Herbert Street, Artarmon NSW 2064. Phone: 1800 500 727.

Entry Restrictions: 

The Competition is open to Australian residents only, aged 18 and over who are not published authors of a book. Employees of the Promoter, the Prize Supplier(s) and associated companies and their immediate families are ineligible.

Competition Period:Commences: 09:00 AEST/ADST on August 15, 2020

Closes: 18:00 AEST/ADST on September 15, 2020.

Maximum Number of Entries: One per person

By entering this competition the entrant is acknowledging that they approve of and grant all rights necessary to the Promoter to enable the Promoter to share and use the content in any way and in any media (including sharing on social media) and that all participants (and where necessary their parent or guardian) are aware and approve of this use.

How to enter: 

During the Competition Period, entrants must go to SBS Competition Page and follow the directions to complete the online entry form.

Entrants must agree to sign up to the SBS Voices e-newsletter.

Entrants must register their details, including (but not limited to) name, address and phone number. By providing this information you agree to be contacted by the Promoter to provide all required contact details. 

Entrants must submit a first-person memoir piece of 1000-2000 words on the topic of growing up in diverse Australia.  

Major Prize:

There will be one Major Prize where the first-place winner will receive $5,000. 

• The Major Prize is valued at $5,000. 
• Runners Up Prize/s: 
• One Second-place entrant will receive $3,000.
• Two Honourable Mentions will be awarded $1,000 each.
• The Runners Up Prizes consist of $5,000 ($3,000 and 2 x $1,000)
• Each Runners Up Prizes have a total value of $5,000.
• Total value of all Prizes:$10,000

Prize Supplier/s: SBS – Special Broadcast Service

Winner Selection Process:

One major Prize Winner and 3 Runners Up will be selected from all valid entries. 

Entries will be judged on a weighted criterion of 1) originality 2) creative flair 3) writing technique 4) story telling.

A panel of judges selected by the Promoter will judge all valid entries and the Winner(s) will be selected on Friday 30th October, 2020 at 11:59 at 14 Herbert Street, Artarmon, NSW 2064 

Prize Winner Notification:

Major Prize Winner will be notified by email and phone on Monday 2nd November 2020.

Winners’ names will also be published on the SBS website. 

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What is SBS Radio

SBS Radio is a radio wing of Special Broadcasting Service Corporation of Australia. SBS Radio uses FM (also DRM in some area), AM, WEB and app based radio broadcasting technology. 

Starting in 1975 to promote Australia's new health care system Medi-Bank, SBS Radio has grown up with multicultural Australia and is now the world’s most linguistically diverse broadcaster, a bridge linking to the 21 per cent of Australians who speak another language.  

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