Since 1986, it has been an event eagerly anticipated by a vast community of authors, where all forms of writing converge and sound breaks free from the constraints of media and genres to reinvent the listening experience. For the public, it offers the promise of experiencing the best of this creative work, as well as the (rare) privilege of witnessing firsthand the jury’s deliberations as they gradually compile a list of winners through passionate and fascinating discussions. A jury in search of an eighth art form that fits the definition once proposed by Pierre Schaeffer: “attention to the words of others, openness to the signals of the world, meditation on time, the ability to be silent, and sensitivity to the prose and poetry that microphones spontaneously capture.”
Marc Jacquin

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Call for Applications:
The call for applications, which closed on June 15, received 387 creative works and projects from 30 countries, including51 applications for creative residencies at the Avatar Centre studio, the INA grm, the CRR Abbaye de Noirlac, Phonurgia Nova, and the GMEM – National Center for Musical Creation in Marseille.

The nominees are:
for the “Field Recording” Award: MathieuChiaverini, Virginie Thurre, Lasse-Marc Riek, Léa Roger & Cristina Canedo, David Lagarde & Katharina Grüneisl, Dorota Blaszczak, Pablo Diserens.
for the “Archives de la parole” Award: Bastien Lambert, Antoine Richard, Julien Baroghel, Sylvie Gasteau, Chloé Sanchez, Lucie Mesuret, Benoît Bories & Aurélien Caillaux, Yves Robic, Jean-Baptiste Imbert, Delphine Wil, Daniela Lorini, Marc-Antoine Granier, Yasmina Hamlawi, Sophie Dusigne, Rosalie Kauffmann, Aliénor Carrière, Anaïs Carton.
for the “Pierre Schaeffer Discoveries” Prize: Enora Giboire, Mathias Guilbaud, Laure Merlo-Kabous and Emma Pajevic-Couteau, Ismaël Camara-Silvestre, Bai Boyi, Léo Ligavant, Ada Dinçer, Marie Bobichon, Palani Sujeth
for the “Sound Art” Prize: Stefano Giannotti, Yannick Lemesle, Rocio Calvo & Paul Husky, Carina Pesch, Mark Vernon, Anne-Line Drocourt & Pierre Offresson, Miri Berlin, Cristian Fierbinteanu & Bodgan Stamatin, Ciprian Chirileanu.
for the “Sound Fiction” Prize: Sebastian Dicenaire, Théo Jacob, Chloé Hiobi, Ludo Mepa and Nadège Cazals, Daniel Martin-Borret, Anna Friz, Volodia Serre, Alice Kudlak, Anne Lepère, Stefano Giannotti.

The Jury:
Anne Astolfe, Adèle de Baudoin, Judith Bordas, Annabelle Brouard, Alessandro Bosetti, Daniel Deshays, Noémie Fargier, Anne Gillot, Jean-Loup Graton, Marie-Madeleine Mervant-Roux, Léa Minod, Philippe Ollivier, Christian Sebille, Juliette Volcler.
Putting into words the experience of listening and what it triggers is no easy task; unlike the visual arts or music, the field of sound and radio creation cannot boast such a solid critical tradition: its analytical tools have yet to be forged. By taking the risk of speaking openly in the presence of the creators, each member of the jury—beyond simply expressing their preferences for a particular work or approach—contributes to this essential theoretical groundwork.