The second annual Tsehai Award program is a unique, international, competitive award that recognizes the best of the best by honoring individuals and organizations that have demonstrated excellence in many categories including literature, art, music, cinema, social activism, academic and other professionals.

Each year Tsehai calls for submissions of work produced or published in the last calendar year. Entries in these categories are reviewed and judged by panels of distinguished professionals. Winners will be announced in May and receive awards, prizes and will be honored at the Tsehai Awards dinner banquet in September, 2009.

The Tsehai Awards Banquet evening includes a dinner, the presentation of the competitive Tsehai awards and the honoree awards. This gala event will be attended by leaders of our community. The highlight of the evening is the presentation of the prestigious Tsehai Award of Honor and Tsehai Lifetime Achievement Awards, given to men and women who have produced a life time of work that contributed to the betterment of our society and endure extreme adversity in the process.

Tsehai Awards Application

The Tsehai Awards is a competition for authors, poets, singers, lyricists, advocates, journalists, filmmakers, and many others achievers. The submission opens on January 1st and closes April 30th, 2009.

The Tsehai Awards honors individuals in different categories: Book (Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Children’s/Young Adult, and Translation), Film (Fiction and Non-Fiction/Documentary), Music (Score, Lyrics, Vocal/Singer, Performance), Journalism (Editorial, Investigative journalism, Design, Blog), Art (Painting and Graphic Design), Web (Media, Design, Community and Institution), Theater, and many more.

Each entry for the 2009 Tsehai Awards must have been published or produced in the past one year. Entries will not be returned and remeber to keep the original. For North America and Europe applicants, the submission fee for each entry is $25. The application fee for applicants from the Ethiopia and any other African country is waved. For one person the application limit is three.

Again, the deadline for submission for all categories is April 30, 2009.

Please direct questions to info[at]tsehaiconferences.com or by mail to:

Tsehai Awards Director

P. O. Box: 1881

Hollywood, CA 90078