The stage is set, and the spotlight is bright for the DStv Content Creator Awards 2024. With the official launch today, the DStv Content Creator Awards is thrilled to announce 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 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 and its creators because, in the world of digital storytelling, IYKYK.
This year’s categories are:
1. Thumb-stopping Award
2. *New* Best Event After Movie Award
3. Podcast of the Year Award
5. Song of the Year Award (opens for public voting once the five nominees are announced)
6. Best Creator Campaign Award
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
WTF! This is the year the DStv Content Creator Awards goes continental with the first-event Pan-African Creator Award. This category is for the African continent, celebrating talent in countries outside of South Africa. We’re shining a light on the amazingly talented content creators across Africa who have entertained us for years.
Enter now: all the details!
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