69th Arts & Letters Awards Program Deadline
November 13, 2020
69th Arts & Letters Awards Program Deadline: November 13, 2020
What is the Arts & Letters Awards Program?
• The Arts & Letters Awards Program was established in 1952 to support and celebrate cultural activities in Newfoundland and Labrador.
• Today, the program offers 62 awards for original creative work in literature, music, visual art, and digital multimedia.
Objectives:
• To encourage the creation of new works of art by both professional and non-professional artists of all ages.
• To recognize artistic excellence by offering cash awards and the opportunity to exhibit winning and selected works at The Rooms.
Who can enter?
ANY resident of Newfoundland and Labrador of ANY age can enter.
How does the program work?
• Entries in literature, music, visual arts, and digital multimedia are submitted to the Arts and Letters Awards by email in digital format.
• There are three age groups: ages 15 & under, ages 15-20, and age 21 & over.
• Judges select winners and provide written comments on entries.
• Winners receive a cash award and the invitation to be part of a group exhibition at The Rooms.
Percy Janes First Novel Award
• This award honours the life and work of one of Newfoundland and Labrador’s most distinguished writers, Percy Maxwell Janes, by awarding a cash award for an unpublished novel.
• Writers must be at least 19 years of age.
• Unpublished novels must be 30,000 to 100,000 in word length.
• Writers who have already published a work of fiction are NOT eligible to enter.
• A judge selects one winner and provides written comments on all entries.
Sections and Awards:
| Section | Senior Division 21 years & over |
Junior Division 15 years & under 16-20 years |
| Literary | ||
| Poetry | four awards of $1,000 | 15 years & under: four awards of $350 16-20 years: four awards of $350 |
| Prose | 15 years & under: four awards of $350 16-20 years: four awards of $350 |
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| Short Fiction | four awards of $1,000 | |
| Nonfiction | three awards of $1,000 | |
| Dramatic Script | two awards of $1,000 | |
| Percy Janes Award | one award of $2,500 | |
| French Literary | one award of $1,000 | one award of $350 |
| Music | four awards of $1,000 | 15 years & under: two awards of $350 16-20 years: two awards of $350 |
| Visual Arts | twelve awards of $1,000 | 15 years & under: four awards of $350 16-20 years: four awards of $350 |
| Digital Multimedia | one award of $1,000 | one award of $350 |
Contact:
Libby Creelman: (709) 729-7518 or libbycreelman@gov.nl.ca
Or visit our website: www.gov.nl.ca/tcar/artsheritage/culture/arts-and-letters-program/
Times and Locations
November 13, 2020
12:00 am