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Dear friends of Japan Prize,
The JAPAN PRIZE 2016 will be accepting entries from this coming Friday, April 1^st.
In the Audiovisual Division, there are five categories for entry. We welcome such excellent educational contents as innovative new themes, methods and technology or facing contemporary social problems head on.

<Categories in the Audiovisual Division>
1. Pre-school Category (up to around age 6)
2. Primary Category (around ages 6 to 12)
3. Youth Category (around ages 12 to 18)
4. Lifelong Learning Category (around ages 18 and over)

1-4 Applicable media: TV programs, Films, Videos

5. Creative Frontier Category (Pre-school/Primary or Youth/Lifelong Learning)

5 Applicable media: Websites, Games, Apps and Cross-media contents

<Prize>
The Best Work in each category: US$2,000
Grand Prix Japan Prize: US$5,000 (selected among the Best Work of all categories)
Special Prize (two prizes): US$2,000
There is no entry fee.
Details and online entry forms are here.
http://www.nhk.or.jp/jp-prize/english/submit/rules_audiovisual.html

In the TV Proposal Division, proposals for TV programs which aim to contribute to education in an entrant’s country/region are welcomed. As the division was established for the purpose of supporting the realization of ideas for educational television programs in countries/regions with limited budgets and facilities, the countries/regions eligible for entry are limited.
Please see details in the Entry Rules on the website.
http://www.nhk.or.jp/jp-prize/english/submit/rules_proposal.html
We are looking forward to receiving unique and excellent educational contents and TV proposal submissions from every corner of the world.

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Thank you.

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s01602-japan-prize@nhk.or.jp

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