Journalists And Creators Invited To Enter Climate Media Awards 2025 With Entries Closing 27 October

Entries close on Monday, 27 October.

The awards call on journalists, content creators or storytellers who are shining a light on how climate change is hitting their community, and what people are doing about it, says the awards.

In 2024, the Climate Media Awards gave away R100 000 for powerful stories from South Africa. In 2025, the awards are inviting reporters and content creators from across Africa to enter, and it is adding a brand-new award for farming and agriculture, says the awards.

Climate change isn't just a topic for big conferences and global leaders. It's real, it's local, and it's time for everyone to have their say. "Floods and droughts are wreaking havoc across Africa. Climate change isn't just tomorrow's problem, its today's emergency," says Scrolla.Africa's Political Editor, Zukile Majova, who also farms in the Eastern Cape. "These stories need to come from the ground up, from real people in real places."

To enter the competition, the awards want to hear from entrants about how climate change is affecting them, and also about initiatives to deal with the climate crisis, says the awards.

There are four awards:

• Best Written Article — in print or online
• Best Audio or Video — any station or platform
• Best Social Media Post — any platform, and
• Best Agricultural Story.

Each of the first three awards has a prize of R20 000 for first place and R10 000 for second place. The fourth award offers R30 000 and has a first place only, adds the awards.

The awards confirm that it has added the agricultural award. Changing how we farm can change everything — climate, health, nature and the economy. This award is sponsored by SRI-2030. For this award, the awards want to hear about inspiring solutions from farmers, or initiatives by governments — local or national — to encourage methods that improve the resilience of farms and help protect food security. Submissions could also be a call to action to other farmers and governments, says the awards.

Who Can Enter?

Freelancers, journalists, community media reporters, YouTubers, podcasters, and social media creators from across all of Africa. All submitted articles, videos or audio must have been published, broadcast or posted between 1 December 2024 and 27 October 2025, concludes the awards.

For more information, you can also follow the Climate Media Awards on Facebook or on Instagram.

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