This competition has now closed.
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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNERS
Please keep your eyes peeled for their entries and interviews on SBS Food in the coming weeks.
VISUAL
‘Trip Down Memory Lane’ – Yeli C.
‘Tourist’ – Tess C.
AUDIO
‘Solo food journeys’ – Annabel B.
WRITTEN
WINNER
‘ A (very fancy) Pasta Pitsop’ - Ange Y.
HIGHLY COMMENDED
‘Home Away From Home’ – Jaclyn B.
‘Sing me a fish story’ – Anh A.
‘Sourdough, Survival and Starting Again’ – Stefanie W.
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Food is a unifier. It is sustenance, but it also connects people, cultures and regions from across the world and within our own homes. SBS Food has partnered with Diversity in Food Media Australia and we are looking to celebrate brand-new content creators in food.
Whether you have a first-person memoir, an audio excerpt or perhaps something more visual, we want to encourage you to be brave and bold, and share your ideas by entering our SBS Diversity in Food Media Competition.
This competition aims to uncover new and inspiring voices and content creators who have their own food stories to tell and that reflect and celebrate diverse Australia.
- Find out more about the competition:
Open for entries from 21 February until 21 March 2022.
The competition theme is ‘Journey through food’, which allows plenty of scope to write a non-fiction memoir piece, tell an original audio story or provide a piece of visual artwork on the theme.
The competition is only open to Australian citizens or permanent residents, currently living in Australia; aged 18 and over, and who are not published authors of a book (written) or regular food media contributors, employed as a radio presenter or prominent podcaster (audio) or previously managed by an agency or gallery (visual).
Using this year's theme, there are three categories to select from, each with its own criteria for submission. You can only submit one entry per person, so choose your category wisely.
Categories
Written
- Writers aged 18 and over are asked to submit a first-person memoir food piece, 1,000 words max, that ties into the ‘Journey through food’ theme.
Audio
- Creators aged 18 and over are asked to submit their own 2-3 minute MP3, MP4 or WAV audio file of an already completed or in production episode or podcast excerpt that ties into the ‘Journey through food’ theme.
- Plus a 250-word (maximum) written statement that outlines the project idea in more detail.
Visual
- Creators aged 18 and over are asked to submit 1 x still image they have created that ties into the ‘Journey through food’ theme (photo, illustration, artwork or mixed media), uploaded in a JPEG, TIFF, PNG or PDF file.
- Plus a 250-word (maximum) written statement to accompany the image that outlines the concept.
The winning submissions from each category will be awarded a cash prize to support further development and skills in their respective categories.
Prizes include
Written
The first prize is a $3,000 cash prize.
There will be a $1,500 cash prize awarded to two highly commended pieces.
Audio
There will be one winner and they will receive a $1,500 cash prize.
One mentorship session with Audiocraft.
Visual
There will be one winner and they will receive a $1,500 cash prize.
The competition
SBS Food wants you to take us on a journey through food. Food is not just fuel. It’s love, family, home, emotion, tradition, education, health, sickness, ethics, our passport and so much more. We can travel for food, travel through food and also use our senses to be transported by food and there is a storyteller in all of us, especially when food is involved. Select your category (Written, Audio/Visual) and submit your entry.
The competition launches at 9am (AEDT) on February 21.
The competition closes at 6pm (AEDT) on March 21.
All competition winners will be contacted and announced in May 2022.
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