The Guardian and the United Kingdom (UK) Department for International Development (DFID), in partnership with eight UK-based international non-governmental organisations (NGOs), invites new voices in journalism from the UK who are writing about issues facing the developing world today - issues that are often overlooked or under-represented by the media.

There are two strands of entry into this competition. One is for professional freelance journalists (people who have been published before - excluding student journalists - who are not employees of media organisations). The other is for anyone who is not a professional journalist, including amateurs and students.

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Click here to read about how the competition works.


Journalists need to write a 650- to 1000-word article on an aspect of global poverty covered by one of the 16 themes listed here and upload it using the online entry form.

Click here to read about previous winners.

Email from Diana Thomas to The Communication Initiative on July 31 2008 and the Guardian website.