The awards calendar for 2021 is:

TASMANIAN MEDIA AWARDS

• Entries open Thursday, February 4, 2021
• Entries close Thursday, March 18, 2021
• There will be NO entry extensions.
• Broadcast/published between January 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020
• Entry fee: MEAA members free; non-members $85
• Presentation on Friday May 7, Waterside Pavilion, Hobart

NT MEDIA AWARDS

• Entries open Thursday, July 1, 2021
• Entries at midnight Monday August 23 – there will be no further extensions
• There will be NO entry extensions.
• Broadcast/published between July 1, 2020 and June 30, 2021
• Entry fee: MEAA members and Darwin Press Club members $25; non-members $35
• Presentation on Saturday November 6, Venue TBC

SA MEDIA AWARDS

• Entries open Tuesday March 23
• Entries close Tuesday May 4, 2021
• There will be NO entry extensions.
• Broadcast/published between January 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020
• Finalists announced Monday May 24, 2021
• Entry fee: Free for MEAA members
• Entry fee: Non-members:$55

WA MEDIA AWARDS

• Entries open Thursday, June 21, 2021
• Entries close Monday, August 2, 2021
• There will be NO entry extensions.
• Broadcast/published between July 1, 2020 and June 30, 2021
• Finalists to be announced Tuesday September 7 2021

QUEENSLAND CLARION MEDIA AWARDS

• Entries open Tuesday June 1, 2021
• Entries Close Monday July 19, 2021, 2021. There will be NO further entry extensions.
• Broadcast/published between July 1, 2020 and June 30, 2021
• Finalists announced Wednesday, August 11, 2021
• Entry fee: Free for MEAA members
• Entry fee: Non-members $230
• The Awards’s gala presentation is on Saturday, October 9 at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre in the Boulevard Room.

Other state media awards key dates will be announced soon.