Entries now open for 2017 Rural Media Awards (Sept 2017)

Entries are now open for RMSA's 2017 Telstra & Rural Business Support Rural Media Awards for rural journalists and photographers.

These prestigious annual awards carry significant peer recognition and in 2017, offer a total of $7,500 in prize money plus trophies. Individual awards will be given to the best journalists in print, radio, television and online media and regional print and photojournalism awards with significant prize money is being offered for each category. Winners of the four specialist awards will then compete for the overall 2017 Telstra & RBS Rural Journalist of the Year Award, carrying an additional $1,000 in prize money.

Three separate awards will also be offered for photography, with individual prizes for portfolios of work relating to agricultural production, people, and nature and landscape. The winner of each category will receive $500. Winners of the three specialist awards will then compete for the major 2017 Telstra & RBS Rural Photographer of the Year Award, carrying an additional $1,000 in prize money.

Once again, the Royal Agricultural & Horticultural Society of SA Inc is also sponsoring awards for the Best Published Story ($500) about the 2017 Adelaide Show and the Best Photograph ($500) related to the 2017 Adelaide Show.

Winners from the competitions will represent South Australia in a series of national awards run by the Australian Council of Agricultural Journalists (ACAJ), which selects finalists for the highly regarded international Star Prize. The 2017 Telstra & Rural Business Support Rural Media Awards are for work published or broadcast between 1st November 2016 and 31st October 2017.

>> Click here to download Rural Journalist Entry Form

>> Click here to download Rural Photographer Entry Form