SoundArt&Music section winners
Works created with technical and stylistic freedom are encouraged. Accepted forms include compositions, soundscapes, audio installations, experimental music pieces, field recordings, digital and analog sound processing, live or recorded performances, and multi-channel audio works.
Submissions can utilize various audio formats and techniques, such as stereo, surround sound, binaural recordings, and spatial audio configurations. Works may be standalone audio files (MP3, WAV, AIFF), interactive sound installations, or audiovisual pieces. If the work requires specific playback equipment, such as multi-speaker setups or specialized interfaces, details must be included in the submission. The maximum duration allowed for audio pieces is 5 minutes
  • 2025
    1st Prize
    Amara Bell (Canada) — "Skin, Snow, and the History of Touch"

    2nd Prize
    Ilya Voss (Netherlands) — "Against the Horizon"

    3rd Prize
    Sofia Valen (Sweden) — "An Atlas of Small Bodies"

    PUBLIC VOTE WINNERS
    Mateo Orlov (Chile) — The Museum of Breathing Things
    Leila Bennett (Australia) — When the Portrait Learns to Decay
    Jonas Krell (Austria) — Fragments for a Future Archaeology of Flesh, Stone, and Atmospheric Change
  • 2024
    1st Prize
    Nadia Farouk (Egypt) — Rewriting the Icon

    2nd Prize
    Benicio Taube (Brazil) — Soil, Sweat, and the Poetics of Collapse in the Age of Extraction

    3rd Prize
    Olga Mirek (Poland) — A Quiet Anatomy of Forests

    PUBLIC VOTE WINNERS
    Sanae Ito (Japan) — The Intimate Geometry of Breath
    David Kline (United States) — What the Archive Remembers About Hands, Weather, and Vanishing Species
    Ines Duarte (Portugal) — Meditations on the Unstable Body
  • 2023
    1st Prize
    Zara Aboud (Saudi Arabia) – "Sand & Silk: Veil of Resilience"

    2nd Prize
    Baktash Kulibayev (Kazakhstan) – "Circle of Kin: ‘Every Footstep Brings a Blessing’"

    3rd Prize
    Melvin Torres (USA) – "Stand and Speak"

    PUBLIC VOTE WINNERS
    Bianca Martini (Italy) – "Diario Quotidiano"
    Liu Haoran (Taiwan) – "Reclaiming the Heights: Make Grand Again"
    Amr El-Mansouri (Morocco) – "Rooted Paths"
  • 2022
    1st Prize
    Sabrina Weisz (Germany) – "Blossoming Beyond Borders"

    2nd Prize
    Ying Hua (China) – "Flourishing Flora"

    3rd Prize
    Selim Akgün (Turkey) – "Stories and Artifacts"

    PUBLIC VOTE WINNERS
    Hiroto Kaji (Japan) – "Perceptions of Space"
    Marek Novak (Czech Republic) – "Comrade Jana"
    Mila Pavlovic (Montenegro) – "Endless Game of Kings"
  • 2021
    1st Prize
    Johanna Thiele (Germany) – "Water, Pure and Essential"

    2nd Prize
    Yoon Sang-ho (South Korea) – "Apple Tree in the Sunken City"

    3rd Prize
    Elan Aviv (Israel) – "Thresholds of Identity"

    PUBLIC VOTE WINNERSS
    Cécile Lemoine (France) – "Nebulous Skies"
    Wu Tian (Taiwan) – "Children’s Corner"
    Lin Bai (China) – "An Unseen World"
  • 2020
    1st Prize
    Sandeep Patel (India) – "Inside/Outside Worlds"

    2nd Prize
    Marco Calvetti (Italy) – "Meta Matters"

    3rd Prize
    Tomas Novak (Czech Republic) – "A Teenage Tale"

    PUBLIC VOTE WINNERS
    Lukas Brunner (Switzerland) – "City on Display"
    Ethan Chan (Canada) – "Dream Structure A2"
    Zhao Min (China) – "A Quiet Girl"
  • 2019
    1st Prize
    Noor El-Din (Egypt) – "Steps in the Sand: Echoes of the Desert"

    2nd Prize
    Sara Duarte (Brazil) – "Living Memory"

    3rd Prize
    Daisuke Tanaka (Japan) – "Beyond the Mirror"

    PUBLIC VOTE WINNERS
    Irfan Qureshi (Pakistan) – "Boundaries of Home"
    Nadia Karim (Jordan) – "Skyward"
    Lucas Dupont (France) – "Between the Lines"
  • 2018
    1st Prize
    Aliyah Lee (South Korea) – "Resonance of Roots"

    2nd Prize
    Gianni Russo (Italy) – "Fragments of Today"

    3rd Prize
    Rachel Kim (USA) – "Urban Gardens"

    PUBLIC VOTE WINNERS
    Ferrara Luca (Italy) – "Concrete Shadows NYC"
    Kowalska Eliza (Poland) – "Bright Lines 12"
    Müller Franziska (Germany) – "#MomentsTogether"