2021 Audience Media Awards Broadcasting Video Contest... Applications Accepted Until September

[Asia Economy Reporter Seulgina Jo] The Korea Communications Commission and the Korea Viewer Media Foundation announced on the 29th that they will hold the '2021 Viewer Media Awards Broadcasting Video Contest' to discover creative video and audio works produced directly by viewers.

Now in its 7th year, this contest is held in the categories of ▲New Video Work Award ▲Broadcasted Video Work Award ▲Audio Work Award ▲Theme Video Work Award ▲Special Award. Anyone who is not professionally engaged in video and audio content production, including general viewers and listeners, can participate. The submission period is from the 30th of this month to September 30th. Entries can be submitted non-face-to-face via email or mail to the Korea Viewer Media Foundation and regional Viewer Media Centers.

The newly established ▲Theme Video Work Award category from this year selects a specific theme annually and awards excellent related content. Considering that this year marks the first year of active action toward achieving the greenhouse gas reduction targets by 2030 under the Paris Agreement adopted by the international community in 2015, including the hosting of the ‘P4G Seoul Summit,’ the theme selected for this contest is ‘Environment.’

Contents submitted in the four work award categories will be judged based on creativity, planning, directing, and completeness. The final judging process, which will select 22 winning works, will allow the general public to participate through ‘Gukmin Saenggakham’ (National Thought Box).

Outstanding works will be awarded at the ‘2021 Viewer Media Awards Ceremony’ scheduled to be held in December. Winners will also have the opportunity to be broadcast nationwide through terrestrial broadcasting and other channels in the future.

Chairman Sanghyuk Han said, “Last year’s grand prize-winning work, ‘Drone, I Want to Fly Too,’ was broadcast on KBS and moved many viewers, demonstrating the very high content production capabilities and quality of the public. I hope that many excellent works will be produced and discovered again this year and shared with the public.”

He added, “In addition to the contest, the Korea Communications Commission will strive to enhance viewers’ content production capabilities and activate broadcasting participation by expanding various media education and media experience opportunities nationwide through regional Viewer Media Centers and the visiting sharing bus.”

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.