SABC TV to sponsor the WGSA Muse Awards

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SABC TV to sponsor the WGSA Muse Awards --

Tue, 29 Mar 2016 10:40

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The SABC TV Network is proud to announce its gold sponsorship of the WGSA Muse Awards 2015. The WGSA Muse Awards is a platform which recognises the talent, hard work and achievements of the performance writers of the Writers Guild South Africa. Now in its third successful year, the award ceremony will take place on Saturday, 2 April 2016 at the Soweto Theatre, Johannesburg.

The SABC, as a public broadcaster, recognises the need to celebrate and reward key stakeholders in the broadcasting industry and as such, the WGSA Muse Awards allows the organisation to be associated with a platform which seeks to recognise and celebrate writers in the industry. Through this sponsorship, our aim is to ensure that we support the celebration of South Africas leading performance writers, invest in the development of South African performance writers while participating in the future of the local film, TV, radio, theatre and new media industries, said Verona Duwarkah, group executive, SABC Television.

The WGSA Muse Awards run nationally and recognise talent in the following categories:

Feature Film

TV Drama/Soap

Radio Drama

TV Comedy/Sitcom

Animation/Web Series

Short Film

Stage Play

The judging phase of the awards is jury-based and looks at concept and theme, characterisation, genre, language and style, story and structure, pace, dialogue, professional format and presentation. After which finalists in each category are selected. All finalists receive a WGSA Muse Awards Finalist Certificate. Winners are awarded the specially designed WGSA Muse Trophy along with their Winners Certificate.

The WGSA Muse Awards is the brainchild of former WGSA Chairperson, Harriet Meier and was launched in 2013. The primary objective of the WGSA Muse Awards is to recognise the hard work done by our members in the SA film, TV and entertainment industry. It is an award by writers for writers, which finally shines the spotlight on the often forgotten custodians of SA arts and culture, commented Meier.

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