The International Association of Women in Radio and Television (IAWRT) invites women radio and TV/film documentarists to enter their documentary in the IAWRT Awards for Excellence 2009.

The IAWRT Awards celebrate outstanding documentaries made by women and are open to all female producers, directors, and journalists working with radio, television, and film documentaries anywhere in the world.

Documentaries must be about women who are making a difference, on their own lives or on the lives of other women. Entries must be between 20 and 90 minutes long (film submissions) and 15 - 60 minutes (radio submission) and have been aired or shown at a competitive festival between November 2007 and October 2009.

Award Categories are:
• Radio - 15 - 60 min. in length
• Television - 20 - 90 min. in length

Click here for more information and to download the entry form in MS Word format.

Guidelines include the following:

• The director must be a woman.
•  The programme must be about women/a woman.
• Candidates are limited to entering one programme.
• Entries must be in English or subtitled
  in English (TV/film) or accompanied by a full English manuscript
  (radio).
• Programmes must have been broadcast/aired or screened/listened to on a competitive festival between November 2007 and October 1 2009.
• Each entry must include a complete entry form with the radio/TV programme on CD/DVD.

Click here to read about previous winners.

Pick of the Commonwealth Update on August 4 2009, and email from Gerd Inger Polden to The Communication Initiative on September 16 2009.