Call for entries: Ghana's RTP Awards 2018

The event has taken place for over a half-decade. In that time, it has come to be seen, according to an official statement by the organisers, as "the nation’s foremost event for the celebration of the Ghanaian media man and woman".

Applicants, the statement adds, "go through vigorous tests by our esteemed technical team. This ensures that no matter where one plies his or her trade from in the country, as long as during the year of consideration you went above and beyond to perform better than your peers.

"The quality of one's work under the year in review, as well as the influence said work had over the public to give them a gentle shove to play roles in furthering the development agenda of the nation, is vital in securing a nomination. Basically, the RTP Awards are one of the most open and fair award shows in the country, where bias is not shown to anyone no matter the size of your media house."

To be eligible for the awards this year, applicants must have worked between September 2017 and July 2018. There are two main ways to score a nomination:

• Peer-to-peer nomination: Nominations here are turned in by one’s own industry peers, at a special event. Peers from the same field who believe you deserve to be awarded for your work is the highest compliment one can receive and the RTP awards gives a chance for industry peers to nominate others they think meet our criteria.
   
• Personal vote request: Nominations here are turned in by the individual himself. A radio or television personality who thinks he or she meets our stringent criteria nominate themselves to be put through scrutiny by our esteemed technical panel.

Voting will be split between the public and the technical committee. Sixty percent of votes will be taken from the public through texting. The technical team, made up of carefully selected, knowledgeable industry veterans, will account for 40% of the votes needed to decide the winners on the night.

Interested persons who are eligible given the above criteria should visit the RTP Awards website to fill out the online forms and submit. The closing date for submissions is midnight on 2 July.