Nomination Form - Media Award

CLIA Australasia’s annual Media Award aims to recognise the high standards of cruising journalism in print and electronic media across Australia and New Zealand. Submissions will be accepted from freelance and staff journalists from mainstream, online and trade media outlets

To be eligible for this award category

• Cruise articles must be based on a CLIA Member Line product(see https://www.cruising.org.au/Member-Cruise-Lines for list of members)

• Comprise at least 800 words.• Published or broadcast during the 2017 calendar year and based on a cruise experience

undertaken within an 18-month period prior to publication. • Only ONE entry per journalist will be accepted and all submissions must be made electronically as

PDF or WMV files emailed to Vera Pajovic, (vpajovic@cruising.org) and clearly marked as “Media Award Entry”.

• Entries will be assessed on the coverage of the shipboard experience on a CLIA Cruise Line Member as well as cruise destinations.

• Journalists should indicate whether they have been hosted on a cruise or travelled at their own expense or if your entry was linked to any commercial/financial arrangement with a cruise line.

Submissions will be accepted until 22nd December 2017 with the presentation of the award to occur on February 24th, 2018 at the annual Cruise Industry Awards night in Sydney. An independent panel will make the final decision on the winner and no further correspondence will be entered into.

Applicant’s name: __________________________________________________________________________

Date of cruise: _____________________________________________________________________________

Hosted or independent cruise: _______________________________________________________________

Medium of publication or broadcast: __________________________________________________________

Date of publication or broadcast: _____________________________________________________________

Word count: ________________________ Contact phone number: ________________________________

Signature:____________________________________________ Date:___________________________

*An electronic copy of the final version of the story must be included in the application, along with a completed application form. Print articles must be submitted in PDF format.

Please email all submissions to Vera Pajovic, Marketing Manager CLIA Australasia - vpajovic@cruising.org