any candidates?

submit journalistic work
on asia for =Oz= award
of 10,000 dollars!

By Kulamarva Balakrishna


Vienna,Tuesday,February 5,2008: Any one
candidate for 10,000 dollar award for the
best journalism work in English for the year 2007?
Here is an opportunity announcement routed by
the South Asia Journalists Association, Columbia
Universtiy, for only original journalists not copy
cats or pirates. I write this because Indians are
the worst intellectual property thieves. I know
this having been a victim of these plagiarists.
They have many languages you can not go on
tracing all of them even with search engines!

Text of offer:

Hi all,

Asia Society is currently seeking nominations
for our "Oz prize".(It is new =Oz=, the old one
being notorious sex maniacs mag of old) Its a
$10,000 cash award given for the best piece of
journalism (in print or online) on Asia. Stories
must have appeared in English during calendar
year 2007. Details are below--feel free to share
with anyone you think interested and do feel free
to contact me with questions.

Best,
Elaine

Elaine Merguerian | Associate Director,
Communications | Asia Society | 725 Park Avenue
| New York, NY | 10021 | t 212-327-9313 |
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Contact: Deanna Lee or Elaine Merguerian
(212) 327-9271

ASIA SOCIETY SEEKING NOMINATIONS FOR ANNUAL
OSBORN ELLIOTT PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE
IN JOURNALISM ON ASIA

February 5, 2008-The Asia Society is pleased to
announce that it is now seeking nominations for the
Osborn Elliott Prize for Excellence in Journalism on
Asia. The $10,000 prize is awarded annually to a
writer who has produced the best example of journalism
about Asia in print or online during the calendar year.
Criteria for the prize include consideration for
the impact of the work, its originality, creativity,
depth of research and educational value in informing
the public about Asia. The next winner of the "Oz Prize,"
whose work was produced during the 2007 calendar
year, will be announced at a special program at the
Asia Society in New York City this spring.The Osborn
Elliott Prize for Excellence in Journalism on
Asia honors legendary journalist and author Osborn
Elliott, former editor-in-chief of Newsweek, who set
new standards for reporting and editing and became
one of the earliest practitioners of "civic journalism"
-the deliberate focusing of the journalistic enterprise
on urgent issues of public policy. Previous winners
include Evan Osnos of the Chicago Tribune (2007),
Barbara Demick of the Los Angeles Times and
Matthew McAllester of Newsday (2006), Philip P. Pan
of The Washington Post (2005), John Pomfret of
The Washington Post (2004) and Elisabeth Rosenthal
of The New York Times (2003). An independent
jury of distinguished writers, award-winning journalists
and Asia-hands, chaired by Norman Pearlstine, Senior
Advisor on Telecommunications & Media for The Carlyle
Group, will review nominations for the prize from
both media organizations and journalists.

Eligibility:
* A submission can consist of a single article,
a series of articles around a single theme or a body
of work including various themes.
* For the purposes of this award, "Asia" is termed
as defined by the Asia Society, comprising of countries
from Iran eastward up and including Australia and
New Zealand. It does not include the Arab Middle East.
* While applications from non-US publications will
be considered, the work must have been published in
English.
* All nominations or direct applications are limited
to one per organization or journalist.

Submissions Requirements:
* Name of journalist being nominated.
* Complete contact information: mailing address,
email and telephone number.
* The name, telephone number and email of the
nominee's editor (self-nominees should inform their
editors that we may contact about your submission).
* A photograph or headshot of journalist for use at
public announcement of the winner (image may be
submitted as a print photograph or as a 300dpi image
on disk in tiff or jpeg format).
* 16 copies of the body of journalistic work to
be considered.


All submissions must be complete and received by
Friday, March 14, 2008. Please submit all materials
by mail. Electronic and fax submissions will not be
accepted. Submissions should be directed to:
Deanna Lee
Vice President, Communications
Asia Society
725 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10021 (end)