Join up with Celtx and Against Malaria in the fight against malaria.

Celtx the "integrated media Pre-Production" company have launched a competition that encourages students to creata some of media that can be used to increase awareness of malaria.

See below for details

We're challenging high school, university, and film school students across the planet to create media that educates the public about malaria and inspires others to donate $5 to buy a life-saving malaria bednet.

From October 1st to December 31, 2008 use Celtx to create a video, film, ad, comic book, stage play, podcast, video game, music video, machinima - anything that you think will draw attention to malaria bednets and encourage others to make a donation.

On January 15th, 2009, Against Malaria will select 3 projects whose creators will receive the honor of determining the countries of distribution for 5,000 malaria bednets. 10 projects will also be selected at random and their creators will receive a Celtx swag pack (jacket and USB stick). Plus, one or more of the projects will be linked to and promoted on the Against Malaria site.

Sound Design Competition

Post Magazine have announced a sound design competition in conjunction with "Sonopedia".
Create a 30sec piece of sound design narrative using only a set of provided samples.

Rules and Info for the SONOPEDIA Sound Design Competition

• A Sound Design Narrative can consist of a sound narrative (telling a story with sound), a sonic landscape, abstract sound art, the choice is yours.

• Judging Criteria: The judges will evaluate entries based on creative use of sound effects, and structure and flow from beginning to end.

• The Winner must be prepared to describe how they created their sound narrative, such as what kinds of effects and editing techniques they used, software used, etc.

• Audio format for entries: 16-bit 44.1 kHz stereo .wav file.

• Submit entries to submissions@postmagazine.com by November 14, 2008.

• Entries over 30 seconds long not accepted. You are only allowed to use sounds included in the download package. You are not allowed to use sounds from any other source. You are allowed and encouraged to manipulate and process the sounds.