The epic awards invite voluntary and amateur art and craft groups to nominate themselves in four categories; engagement, partnerships, innovation and creativity, with the winners receiving a package of benefits including training, equipment and publicity as well as being invited to a winners’ reception towards the end of the year.

Visit: www.epicawards.co.uk
Contact: Jill Hargreaves on info@epicawards.co.uk

The FLI Residencies offer support to artists working with new technologies to develop their ideas and extend their practice, with a particular emphasis on participatory activity.

The programme meets a real need for artists to have access to the high quality discourse and enriching creative environments that Lanternhouse and folly provide. Based in Ulverston, on the edge of the Lake District National Park, resident artists are able to devote time and space to their practice, engaging collaboratively with the host organisations and a rich tapestry of local communities, artists and creatives in the Northwest of England. Details of previous artists in residence can be found at www.fliresidencies.org.uk

In 2010 one exceptional applicant will be offered a residency period of 2-3 months. This opportunity will be of particular interest to an artist who is naturally collaborative, seeking time and space to develop new works, research innovative ideas and deliver some truly participative activity.

£2000 is available to cover expenses and support the artist during their residency.

Full details available at www.folly.co.uk/news-items/call-artists-submissions-fli-residency-northwest-england.

Apply by email to imogen.mcgarvie@folly.co.uk. Deadline for receipt of applications Friday 18th June 2010, 12 noon BST

Every year Bupa Great North Run Culture awards an artist or film-maker £30,000 to create a new moving image work in response to the world’s largest half-marathon. The work is then presented as part of the following year’s programme with an extract screened on the BBC as part of their live coverage of the Bupa Great North Run.

The deadline for expressions of interest is 5.00pm on Monday 7th June.

For more information, to download a full commission brief and to apply online, please visit http://www.greatnorthrunculture.org/moving-image

The wall must rank somewhere alongside the wheel in occupying a position as one of the most basic and essential of human constructs. A simple upright structure of masonry or other material – it can offer shelter and security, comfort and the very essence of ‘home’.

We are now inviting artists to respond to the idea of the wall and the provocation above (detailed in the Artist Brief available via the link below) to create site-specific works: Intervention, live art, contemporary performance, sonic art and multimedia – site-specific works, walking tours, architectural projection, mapping projects all are encouraged.

Up the Wall is an evening festival of live art, intervention, installation and new media works. Curated with Tamsin Drury of hÅb, Up the Wall will work with a range of professional artists from the emergent to the established – a glorified mass and sometimes subversive promenade along the city’s most famous feature.

Chester Performs
Chester Performs is a leading producer of diverse performance and media events and projects in and around Chester. We work closely with local, national and international artists to deliver a range of unusual projects, offering a host of opportunities for audiences and participants.

For further Information, and to download the Up the Wall Artist Brief and Proposal Form please visit:www.chesterperforms.com/Content/Projects/UptheWall/ArtistsCallOut2010.aspx

If you have any questions please contact Caroline Smith caroline@chesterperforms.com or call 01244 409113.

Deadline for Proposals: Thursday 17th June 2010

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We are delighted to announce 2Weeks 2Make It 2010, the North’s most exciting music video competition, is now open for submissions and once more Sensoria will host the Awards Night in April.

Established in 2005, ‘2Weeks 2Make It’ is the North of England’s premier music video challenge. It randomly teams up cutting edge filmmakers with the North’s up and coming musical talent, and gives them the challenge to make a music video in just two weeks!

To enter, download the application form on the syfn website (www.syfn.org/2weeks.html) and send it off to the address below with an example of your work. 2Weeks 2Make It accepts music submissions as CDs in the post, but you can also submit work electronically, by sending links to your website or Myspace page.

If you are a filmmaker, please supply an example of a film you have made. A music video is ideal, but shorts and short documentaries are fine too. You can also submit links to YouTube, Vimeo or similar social networking sites.

If you are selected to take part, there will be NO CHARGE for filmmakers to participate and only a £50 + VAT fee for musicians.

All participants will be welcome to attend the Masterclass and Training Day on Wednesday 31st March. This will be followed by a launch event, with live music, beer, food and plenty of networking opportunities. During this evening bands and filmmakers will be paired up.

The final, finished results of the challenge will be shown at the Gala Screening on 29 April, where the panel of judges will award their winner with top prize of £1000 and audience members will vote for their favourite for the ‘Audience Award’.

Send your submissions, including application form, by 29th March to:
Rob Speranza – 2Weeks 2Make It
SYFN
2nd Floor, Site Gallery
1 Brown St
Sheffield S1 2BS
England

We look forward to taking this great project into its fourth year.

www.syfn.org/2weeks.html

2Weeks 2Make It is supported by Screen Yorkshire and NorthernNet.

Very short notice and just over the border of Eden, but a fantastic oportunity to showcase local talent…

Each year the Keswick Festival celebrates local film making by showing a selection of short films with a Cumbrian connection.

In 2009 the Cumbrian Short Film Awards were established to recognise and reward the talented film makers from, or working in, the region.

Submissions are now being accepted for short films to show at the 11th Keswick Film Festival in February 2010.

How To Enter
There are two categories of entry:
An open category for all types and ages of film maker with a link to Cumbria.
A young person category for film makers under 18 years of age with a link to Cumbria.

To be considered for the awards the film must:
Have a significant connection to Cumbria (e.g. filmed in Cumbria or by Cumbrian film makers).
Be no more than 15 minutes long.
Have been completed after 31st December 2008.
Be submitted on DVD
Submissions must be received by the 31st January 2010

For full rules regarding eligibility and how to submit your film, please visit www.keswickfilmclub.org/kff/csfa_2010.php

Prizes
Prizes will be awarded in each category as follows:
First Prize: £200
Second Prize: £100
Third Prize: £50

The best young crime writers in Cumbria are being sought out in a national competition launched by the Crime Writers’ Association (CWA).

Organised by the CWA, which represents the interests of published crime writers, and library authorities nationwide the competition will appeal to writers aged up to 18 (born on or after September 1, 1991).

Stories should be submitted between January 18 and February 19 and the word limit is 1,000. They must be entered through participating libraries.

The entries will be judged by members of the CWA and local winners will be considered for the national prize to be announced during National Crime Fiction Week, which starts on June 14.

CWA Chair Margaret Murphy said: “’From Enid Blyton’s Famous Five and Anthony Horowitz’s Alex Rider series, right through to adult crime novels and thrillers, crime fiction is a vibrant and hugely popular genre.

“The Young Crime Writers Competition gives budding young writers the unique opportunity to have their work read by professional authors – and have fun writing.”

Download the entry forms from the libraries website www.cumbria.gov.uk/libraries/crime_writers.asp
All entries must be handed in to your local library or emailed to libraries@cumbriacc.gov.uk

Create for Tate – Create new culture merchandise

RELEASE is a design competition created by CultureLabel.com to hunt out innovative new product designs for museum and gallery shops. The 2010 edition of the competition, sees CultureLabel.com and Tate collaborating to hunt out two innovative new product designs to be produced and sold in Tate’s shops, at Tate online and on CultureLabel.com. From 15th December 2009 to the 26th of February the competition is open for you to enter your product designs (at £10 and £100 price points) so good luck!

Not only will the winner see his or her designs on sale in Tate’s shops, the winner is eligible for £500 cash prize and a revenue share from sales of the product!

For further information, to see a detailed design brief, or to enter the competition, go to: www.CultureLabel.com/release

Not only will the six short listed artists see their work on display in our gallery, they will also be eligible for £1000 cash prize. There will also be a ‘Peoples Choice Award’, for the artist nominated by members of the public.

The Exhibition, which takes place between the 13th August 2010, and 25th September 2010 at the Bluecoat Display Centre, during which time winner would be selected by the judging panel. The winner of the cash prize will be announced on Friday 6th September at 6pm.

For further information, and an application form, please contact Maureen Bampton or Samantha Rhodes on crafts@bluecoatdisplaycentre.com or to find out more about the Bluecoat Display Centre go to the website at www.bluecoatdisplaycentre.com/

Terms and Conditions:
- Please Note; the deadline is the 31st March 2010. All applications received after this date will not be accepted.
- The entry fee for the prize is £10.
- The prize is open to professional artists, makers and craftspeople, aged over 18.
- Entries to the art prize are made at the Bluecoat Display Centre nor Malthouse & Co shall be liable for any costs incurred in making or submitting the entry.
- The winner of the cash prize will be announced on Friday 6th September at 6pm.

This is a national competition open to young composers aged under 25 across the UK, who are invited to compose a new a cappella work for Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass. A shortlist of finalists will have their pieces work-shopped by the York-based Ebor Singers, and performed in an evening concert at the National Centre for Early Music, before a panel of judges including the senior music producer for BBC Radio 3.

The selected pieces from each age category will be sung by The Tallis Scholars in Chester Cathedral as part of the 2010 Chester Summer Music Festival on Wednesday 30 June. The performance will be recorded by BBC Radio 3.

There are two age categories for the award: 18 years & under and 19-25 years. Expressions of interest must be registered with the NCEM by Monday 1 March with the deadline for the submission of the final score being Monday 15 March. The Award will be judged in York on Thursday 20 May 2010.

See www.ncem.co.uk/composersaward for full details.