Call for Karl-Sczuka-Prize 2011

The  Karl  Sczuka  Prize  for Works of Radio Art, established by the SWR in
1955, will be awarded this year for the 50th time. The invitation to submit
works is public and the award consists of a main prize, endowed with 12 500
euros,  and  a  support  grant of 5 000 euros. According to the regulations
governing  the  prize, the award is made for ?the best production of a work
of  radio  art  using  musical  material  and  structures  in  an  acoustic
performance?.  An  independent jury, consisting of Christina Weiss (chair),
Marcel  Beyer,  Michael  Grote,  Helmut  Oehring and Margarete Zander, will
select the prize winner.

The  prize  is  open to authors, composers, directors and production teams.
They  must submit their productions to the Südwestrundfunk in the form of a
recording  ready for broadcast (tape, CD, SACD, DVD, Data DVD, DAT cassette
or  audio cassette) together with the required documentation and entry form
by  15 June 2011 (postmark). The producer can submit the entry on behalf of
the  originator.  If  the first broadcast or publication on a sound storage
medium  or  online  has already taken place, its date must not lie before 1
June 2010. Works not yet broadcast are also welcome.

The  regulations setting out all the conditions governing the submission of
entries  are  available  in  German,  English  and French.

Applications  should  be  addressed  till  15th of June 2011 (postmark) to:
Südwestrundfunk, Sekretariat des Karl-Sczuka-Preises, D-76522 Baden-Baden

The prize will be awarded on 15 October during the Donaueschingen Festival.

If you have any questions please contact
Tel. ++49-(0)7221-929-2722 or -2256; fax ++49-(0)7221-929-2072; e-mail:
sczuka@swr.de