Entries for the Mondi Paper Newspaper Awards close on Friday 13 February 2004

The competition – open to all newspaper journalists employed on a full-time or freelance basis by a South African newspaper – invites entries in seven categories: News Writing, Feature Writing, Investigative Journalism, Creative and Opinionated Journalism, Graphical Journalism, Photographic and Presentation (Layout and Design). The judging panel will nominate finalist entries for the South African Story of the Year category. Entries must consist of the journalist's own work which has been published in South African daily or weekly newspapers between 1 January 2003 and 1 January 2004.

The judging panel will convene on 26 and 27 February 2004 with Professor Guy Berger, head of the Department of Journalism and Media Studies at Rhodes University, chairing the panel.

Winners and finalists will be honoured at an awards ceremony on 6 May 2004 at the Sandton Sun. The three finalists in each category will receive a framed certificate.

For further information, contact Cathy Pestana on (011) 721-3200/1/2 or .