Meakultura Foundation announced the call for entries for the 4th edition of the Polish Music Critics’ Competition "Kropka". The best authors will receive financial and material rewards. The main co-organizer of the competition and the founder of the Grand Prix of the 4th edition is the Institute of Music and Dance.
"Kropka" is the only competition in Poland that aims is to promote music criticism, support debuting journalists and recognise authors writing about Polish music abroad. The organisers provide the following prizes for the best critics: Grand Prix in the amount of PLN 3000 funded by the Institute of Music and Dance, two Main Awards in the amount of PLN 2,500 funded by the ZAiKS Authors' Association, Special Award for the text about Polish music published outside the country (the founder of the material prize is Adam Mickiewicz Institute), Award for the Debutant (PWM Director-Editor-in-Chief Award), Meakultura Foundation Award for outstanding achievements in the field of music criticism, Special Award of Musicologists' Section of the Polish Composers' Union for people promoting music on radio and television, Special Award of the Fryderyk Chopin National Institute and the Piotr Metz Individual Award for the best text on popular music. The winners will also receive material prizes funded by the competition partners.
Competition Jury is composed of: dr Daniel Cichy (chairman), dr hab. Joanna Maleszyńska, dr Anna Ignatowicz-Glińska (ZAiKS Authors' Association), Agata Kwiecińska, dr hab. Mirosław Pęczak, Rafał Księżyk i Remigiusz Mazur-Hanaj.
Candidates should submit their entries through application form available at www.konkurskropka.pl or via email to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Submission deadline: October 15, 2018.
The winners will be announced on November 26, whereas the prize-giving ceremony will be held on December 5.
Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.
More information on the competition's webstite: http://www.konkurskropka.pl/