KWN Indonesia held the KWN National Awards Ceremony at the XXI Jakarta Theater in Jakarta on November 30th. SMP1 Manado School was the top winner at the ceremony, which was attended by the ten finalist schools, PT Panasonic Gobel representatives, the jury, and many reporters from the media. The school’s video production, called "Save The Earth with Recycle" was highly acclaimed and relevant to the set theme of "Action for the Environment". The video described how the earth is sad because human behavior produces a lot of junk, including inorganic waste which cannot easily be disposed of. The event received a lot of coverage by the local media. This year’s contest proved to be a very successful one for Indonesia as the number of preliminary entries by storyboards increased by 10 percent compared with the previous year.

On November 14th, KWN New Zealand Contest winners were announced live on a popular TV Show called "What Now" which can reach up to 200,000 viewers nationwide. The top winner of this year's competition was the first grade (13-year old) team from Mount Aspiring College in Wanaka with their video titled "The Invitation" which looks at the way that communication affects the quality of people’s lives. This year's awards also included "Best Primary School", which went to Ngatea Primary School for their entry titled "Bee Documentary". This year's competition was a great success with over 200 storyboard entries, and 20 schools were selected to produce the video for the contest.

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On November 11th, KWN Singapore held an awards ceremony in which a video called "The First Appearance of Light" produced by the Sembawang Secondary School won the KWN Top News Production Award. The winning video surpassed 80 other entries from 41 participating schools. This was the second consecutive year for the school to win the top award. The video emphasized the importance of keeping close ties with families and friends, by quoting a story of a girl whose sister recently committed suicide.