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Applications for the 2024 C New Critics Award are open until May 30.
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The annual C New Critics Award is designed to help develop and promote the work of emerging art critics. This program gives C Magazine the opportunity to identify and support promising new writers, who often become regular contributors. Writers are invited to submit an 800-1,000 word review of an exhibition, performance, publication, or moving image work by the annual deadline. The winner receives a financial award, editorial support to prepare their article for publication in the forthcoming issue of C Magazine, and a two-year subscription. All participants receive a one-year subscription.
*Submissions must not be previously published or slated for future publication elsewhere.
Submissions
For the purposes of the award, an emerging writer is defined as anyone who has not published more than one piece of art criticism in a recognized print or online publication, exclusive of student-run journals or magazines. The competition is open to anyone residing in Canada, regardless of citizenship status, and to Canadians living abroad.
Submissions are assessed by C Magazine editors and external jurors, announced each year. Note that measures are taken to ensure that the identity of entrants remains unknown to adjudicators.
Submission deadlines vary from year to year. Exhibition and performance reviews are expected to address recent work, occurring no earlier than this year. Reviews of book and moving image work must address work made in the past two years.
Submissions are restricted to one per person. Upload your submission here at award-submission.cmagazine.com. Mail or fax submissions will not be accepted.
Please let us know of any accommodation we may provide during the application process. More information for writers is available on our Write for Us page.