The Marŝarto Awards celebrate exceptional walking art, recognizing the most inspiring and innovative works worldwide. Agreeing with Walktober, the global initiative to promote walking as a creative experience, the awards end in October each year. Winners receive a cash prize of up to 1000 euros for their outstanding contributions to the field of walking art.

The Marŝarto Awards offer a unique platform for artists worldwide to showcase their innovative walking art and gain recognition for their creative endeavors.

Key Details and Dates

• Application Deadline: October 31, 2024
• Result Announcement Dates: Shortly after the end of October 2024
• Funding Type: Cash prizes
• Organizer: Walk · Listen · Create
• Eligible Countries: All
• Eligible Gender: Male/Female
• Target Group: Artists, sound artists, musicians, poets, architects, performers, designers, anthropologists, writers, wellness professionals, cultural and social professionals, educators, teachers, students
• Focus Area: Walking art, including arts, heritage, health, social practices, journalism, literature, ecology, tourism, and more
• Program Language: English
• Host Country: Various (global recognition)

Benefits and Financial Aids

You will win the following items:

• Depending on the support from the membership program, winners receive up to 1000 euros, and honorable mentions receive up to 400 euros.
• Inclusion in the Marŝarto Awards list, with public acknowledgment of their work
• Opportunities to connect with other creatives and influential figures in the walking art sector
• Winners serve as a source of inspiration through their achievements.

Eligibility Criteria

The following are the application requirements for the Marŝarto Awards:

• Submission is open to artists from any nationality.
• The artists must have created their pieces in 2023 and 2024 to be eligible for the award.
• Any walking piece except sound walks is acceptable
• There is no limitation on the number of submissions
• Entrants must declare that their work is original and that they hold all necessary rights to the submitted work.
• The application is open to various disciplines, including the arts, heritage, health, social practices, journalism, literature, ecology, and tourism.
• Jury members can submit but not vote for their work.
• Grand Jury members’ works can be shortlisted without winning or receiving honorable mentions.
• Grand Jury members involved with shortlisted works must excuse themselves from voting.

Required Materials

Please prepare these items in advance:

• Application form: Completed form available on the walk · listen · create website.
• URL: Link to the work submitted for easy access, streaming, downloading, or instructions for a live event.
• Declaration: Entrants must declare that they own the rights to the work and that they have not infringed any third-party rights.

Selection Process and Criteria

Below, we have highlighted the main selection process and criteria:

• The online Jury is responsible for the initial review and shortlisting of submitted works.
• The piece with the most likes not already shortlisted will be included.
• Final selection of winners based on defined criteria is the responsibility of the Grand Jury.
• The announcement of winners will occur shortly after the end of October.

Criteria:

• Walking: Integral to the work, experienced as a walk, giving the work its meaning.
• Research and Context: Stemming from research contributing to walking art, demonstrating field awareness.
• Contribution to Walking Art: Advances discourse, practices, and concepts and evokes emotional responses or reflections.
• Production Quality: Professional and well-designed work.

How to Apply?

• Go to the walk · listen · create a website linked below
• Create an account or log in if you already have one.
• Fill out the submission form and provide the required URL.
• Ensure you have all rights to the submitted work and declare this on the form.
• Ensure your submission is completed by October 31, 2024.
• For more information, read the FAQ section on the website.

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Further details regarding the awards are available on the official website.

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