Atlantis Music Prize

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The Atlantis Music Prize is a music award annually given to the best full-length album from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, based only on artistic merit, regardless of genre, sales or record label. The award, established in 2008 by St. John's-based alternative newspaper The Scope, includes a certificate prize of $1000. The award is modeled after the Polaris Music Prize for all of Canada (which in turn is modeled after the Mercury Music Prize in the United Kingdom).[1][2]

Jury and selection process[edit]

No entry fee is required for submission, and all genres of music are included. A shortlist of 10 albums is compiled by more than 30 judges from the area, who each choose five albums, and a second panel of six judges selects the winner at the Atlantis Music Prize Gala.[3]

Past winners and nominees[edit]

Atlantis Music Prize[edit]

Year Winner Shortlisted Nominees & Albums
2008 Mercy, the Sexton - Another Month
2009 Curtis Andrews - The Offering of Curtis Andrews
2010 Gramercy Riffs - It's Heartbreak

Pathological Lovers - Calling All Favours

2011 All the Wiles - Painted

Borealis Music Prize[edit]

Year Winner Shortlisted Nominees & Albums Ref
2014 Jon HynesWatchful Creatures
  • Steve Maloney and the Wandering Kind - Steve Maloney and the Wandering Kind
  • Green and Gold - The Body Knows
  • Sherman Downey and the Ambiguous Case - The Sun in Your Eyes
  • Fog Lake - Virgo Indigo
[4]
2015 Hey Rosetta! - Second Sight
  • Amelia Curran - They Promised You Mercy
  • Fog Lake - Victoria Park
  • Kat McLevey - Tell Me Once
  • Ouroboros - Ouroboros
[5]
2016 Jake Nicoll - Two Things/Half of Nothing
  • Damn Nature - Damn Nature
  • Duane Andrews - Conception Bay
  • Pilot to Bombardier - Wild Bells
  • Repartee - All Lit Up
[6]
2017 Steve Maloney - The Memory Game
  • Amelia Curran - Watershed
  • Fog Lake - Dragonchaser
  • Kubasonics - Kubfundland
  • Ouroboros - Kitchuses
[7]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "About". Atlantis Music Prize. 2007. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved April 20, 2009.
  2. ^ "The Polaris Music Prize Will Go To Canada's Best Album". Archived from the original on 2 July 2006. Retrieved July 4, 2006.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ "Rules". Atlantis Music Prize. 2007. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved April 20, 2009.
  4. ^ Pelley, Chad (December 1, 2014). "Man of Many bands Goes Solo; Wins Our Big Award". The Overcast. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
  5. ^ "Hey Rosetta's Second Sight Wins the Second Annual Borealis Music Prize". The Overcast. January 4, 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
  6. ^ May, Sandy (January 3, 2017). "Hey Rosetta's Second Sight Wins the Second Annual Borealis Music Prize". The Overcast. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
  7. ^ Petty, Brad (January 5, 2018). "Steve Maloney's The Memory Game Wins Our Borealis Music Prize". The Overcast. Retrieved March 27, 2018.

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