Celebrating Storytellers Across Africa
The stage is set, and the spotlight is bright for the DStv Content Creator Awards 2024. The DStv Content Creator Awards has announced that entries across all categories are now open, ready to honour the creative talents who are reshaping the content landscape.
This year is about storytelling in all its forms. It’s about the narrative, the stories, and, most importantly, the unique points of view of each content creator. It’s about celebrating the creator’s own perspective – the unfiltered, original POV of content creation that brings stories to life.
The DStv Content Creator Awards is shaking things up! This year the prestigious award ceremony will focus more on celebrating the content creators themselves rather than individual pieces of content. New categories have been introduced to echo the evolving nature of content.
This year’s categories are:
CONTENT
1. Thumb-stopping Award
2. New Best Event After Movie Award
LONG-FORM
3. Podcast of the Year Award
4. New Storyteller Award (10 minutes to 30 minutes)
5. Song of the Year Award (opens for public voting once the five nominees are announced)
CAMPAIGNS
6. Best Creator Campaign Award
CONTENT CREATOR
7. Social Commentary Award
8. DStv Creator of the Year Award (public voting once the nominees are announced)
9. Emerging Creator Award (public voting once the five nominees are announced)
10. Cause Award (public voting once the five nominees are announced)
11. New Pan-African Creator Award
12. New Trendsetter Award (public voting once the five nominees are announced)
13. Fashion & Style Award
14. Foodie Award
15. Travel & Lifestyle Award
16. New Gaming Creator of the Year
17. Beauty Award
Content creators, agencies, and brands are encouraged to enter in multiple categories if applicable but can submit only one entry per category.
This year, the DStv Content Creator Awards goes continental with the first-ever Pan-African Creator Award. This category is for the African continent, celebrating talent in countries outside of South Africa. The plan is to shine a light on the amazingly talented content creators across Africa who have entertained us for years.
Everything you need is at www.contentcreatorawards.co.za. Visit the website for all the details, the nitty-gritty on each category, entry criteria and FAQs. Like last year, The DStv content creator Awards is using Judgify, to make it easier and simpler to enter.
The glittering awards gala will take place in October in Johannesburg, promising an unforgettable black-tie event for the continent’s best content creators.
Put these dates in your diaries:
Entries Open: 03 May to 21 June
Workshops: June & July
Judging: July
Nominee Announcement: August
Voting Opens (Public voting categories only): August
Voting Closes: September
Awards Show: October
The DStv Content Creator Awards is proudly partnering with DStv as the title sponsor and 947 as the radio partner, ensuring that the awards reach every corner of the content-creating community. For more information or to get in touch, reach out at info@contentcreatorawards.co.za or engage with the brand on all social media platforms – TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Use the hashtags #DStvCCA and #ContentCreatorAwardsSA to join the conversation.
By Sinenzolo Mondi – Nduku
