FutureEverything

In order to submit you must first register with us. To do this click the Register button at the top of this page. You will be asked to create a username and password, which can then be used to login and upload your submissions. Please keep these details safe as you will need them each time you login to our site. If you have already registered with us, click the Login button to upload your submission. At this stage it is also possible to login through Facebook if you have an existing account.

Once you have registered or logged in, you will be able to follow the submission links to the upload form. Please use the online application for all entries, filling out all the required fields. Please ensure you submit the correct information and associated files, as once you have uploaded these you will not be able to edit anything. A confirmation email will be automatically sent out in response to your submission.

Submissions are accepted from individuals, groups, or collectives as well as recognised organisations or individuals acting on behalf of entrants. Submissions may be in any medium, and more than one work may submitted by the same artist/applicant using a separate application for each work. Please check the Format Requirements before you submit to ensure you are submitting the correct file types and sizes.

Additional supporting material may be sent by post only if essential for preview purposes, and not in lieu of the online application. Accepted hardcopy media for preview are DVD, CD-ROM or print publications. If submitting additional material, please include a print-out of your online application confirmation. Please send materials to the main address on the organisations homepage. Mailing costs will be borne by the entrant and supporting materials will not be returned.

Incomplete or late entries will not be considered.

ALL SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW CLOSED.

PUBLIC RECOMMENDATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED.

We welcome recommendations from the public on outstanding works.

Public recommendations are nominations and are free.

Recommended projects are not automatically entered for the award. We will contact nominated entrants prior to the submission deadline. Projects will then need to be formerly submitted by the entrant before the deadline through the standard online submissions procedure.

It is thus suggested that if recommending a project the artist is forewarned and thus aware of the nomination and expecting to be contacted by us inviting them to submit their work.

You will be required to submit the artist’s full name and contact information, the title of work you are recommending, and have the option to include a short statement as to why you have put the work forward.

The deadline for Public Recommendations is 3.10.10. Late entries cannot be considered.

Eligible projects must have been produced or released within 15 months previous to the submissions deadline. Completed projects only, demo versions are not eligible. If you have a query on this please contact us.

Submissions require a 10GBP registration fee.

Public Recommendations are free.

The 10GBP registration fee covers the processing of the applications and supports the Jury and Advisory Panel processes.

The registration fee only covers one entry, so applicants submitting more than one work will need to pay a registration fee per entry. Fees will be taken via credit card as part of a secure submission process. Fees are non-refundable.

The prizes are awarded following a rigorous and transparent assessment process.

• All submissions are reviewed by the Advisory Panel and a longlist of 20 created
• The longlist is reviewed by an International Jury
• The International Jury produce a shortlist of three outstanding achievements
• The winner is decided by a vote by the FutureEverything Community

Submissions are assessed against the following criteria:

• Excellence
• Originality
• Significance
• Relevance
• Coherence and Rigour

The open voting process takes place live on our website. In order to be eligible to vote you must have participated in a previous FutureEverything or FutureSonic event, either as an artist, speaker, workshop participant, musician or delegate.

Winners will receive a 10,000GBP cash prize and the FutureEverything trophy.

The winning project will be presented in an agreed format at the FutureEverything Festival in May 2011.

We work closely for a year with the award winner, working hard to promote them across our networks, profile the progression of their work and generate future opportunities for them to showcase and present their work.

Winners of the FutureEverything Award must make a commitment to accepting their award in person, and to presenting their work at the FutureEverything Festival in an appropriate form. As guests of FutureEverything, the winner’s travel and accommodation costs will be supported by FutureEverything.

The Award Gala will take place during the FutureEverything Festival, 11-14 May 2011 in Manchester, UK.

Runners up are invited to attend the Gala, but full costs cannot be supported.

• Applicants must hold the copyright of the submitted work

• If the work contains components requiring copyrights such as music or film, the applicant must have permission to use the artworks from the copyright owner before entry. In the event that an assertion of infringement of copyright holders or claim for compensation is made by a third party, the applicant will be required to respond on his or her own responsibility. FutureEverything accept no responsibility whatsoever for the contents of the entered work.

• The copyright of any award-winning works will belong to, and remain with, the applicant

• In order to announce and publicise the results of this award, we reserve the right to publicly screen, present, broadcast, reproduce, print, exhibit or otherwise distribute the work, and upload the work to our website at no charge. The content for this will be agreed between FutureEverything and the applicant.