TOTO MUSIC AWARD 2014
CALL FOR ENTRIES
TOTO FUNDS THE ARTS (TFA) invites entries for the Toto Music Award for young musicians and bands. The winner, to be decided by an eminent panel, will receive a cash award of Rs 60,000. Entries should reach TFA by 15 September 2013. There will be no extension of this deadline.
Contemporary original music from all parts of India, in any genre and language, is welcome. In the past TFA has received entries in genres ranging from rock, jazz, heavy metal and electronic to instrumental and folk. Although it is never easy to compare diverse entries, our experience is that talent and potential have a way of standing out regardless. TFA tends to reward music that explores new territory in the Indian music scene in the hope that the recognition and the cash award can help sustain it. The selected jury comprises individuals with experience as well as an open ear for new sounds.
Only Indian nationals resident in India are eligible for the award. Since the spirit of the award is to identify and encourage young talent, you can apply if you (and band members if any) were born on or after 1 January 1984.
Over the past nine years, the Toto Music Award has come to be coveted by young musicians because it recognizes excellence. It helps you to see where you stand among the best upcoming musicians in the country, and to get your music heard and appreciated by knowledgeable young music writers as well as veterans in the field. The jury will assess musical content as well as the potential of the artist/band. Professional recording quality is not a requirement but applicants are encouraged to make their tracks sound as good as possible.
How To Apply for the Toto Music Award
Your application package may be submitted electronically OR physically.
Please read the requirements carefully and send a complete package.
Electronic: To be sent via email or wetransfer.com to totomusicaward@gmail.com
1. A completed (not signed) application form, downloadable at:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxOV_1hDPcPVME1jTjNaUDVSRms/edit?usp=sharing
2. A signed and scanned copy of the same application form. This will be in the form of an image (jpeg, gif, PDF etc).
3. Music! High-quality MP3s of your music (pick 3 of your best tracks). The file names for the MP3s should be in this format: ArtistName_TrackName.mp3.
4. 3 high res pictures of the artist/band.
Physical: To be sent by courier or ordinary post (not speedpost or registered post)
1. Music! Make a CD with your 3 best tracks. The track names should be in this format: ArtistName_TrackName.
2. 3 high res pictures of the artist/band.
3. A completed and signed application form.
4. Send your package to the following address:
TOTO FUNDS THE ARTS
(Category: Music)
H-301, Adarsh Gardens
47th Cross, 8th Block
Jayanagar
Bangalore – 560 082
Phone: 080 26990549 / 09880623357
Further queries: totomusicaward@gmail.com.
No queries will be answered on the phone.
Note: Submitted material will not be returned. The decision of the TFA jury will be final and cannot be contested in any forum. We reserve the right to use excerpts of submitted music to publicise or showcase the awards. The copyright continues to rest with the musicians and submissions will be put to no other use without their express permission.
TOTO FUNDS THE ARTS (TFA) is a not-for-profit public charitable trust set up in memory of Angirus ‘Toto’ Vellani who was intensely passionate about music, literature and films.
TOTO AWARDS 2014
SHORT FILMS
CALL FOR ENTRIES
TOTO FUNDS THE ARTS (TFA) invites applications for its Toto Awards for Short Films from persons between the ages of 18 and 29. These awards have been instituted to honour the memory of Dr Sanat Kumar Ghosh. Much loved by family and friends, Dr Ghosh was a doctor of medicine whose varied interests included a deep passion for films.
We invite young filmmakers to submit short fiction, non-fiction or animation films or any combination of these. Two winners, to be decided by an eminent panel, will get a cash award of Rs 30,000 each. Entries should reach TFA by 15 September 2013. There will be no extension of the deadline.
Only Indian nationals resident in India are eligible for the awards. Also, since the spirit of the awards is to identify promising young filmmakers, you can apply if you were born on or after 1 January 1984. No exceptions will be made.
1. The submissions should comprise a maximum of 3 short films in any language with English subtitles.
2. The films should not be longer than 30 minutes each.
3. Only films completed between 1 January 2012 and 30 June 2013 will qualify.
4. Please send each film on a separate DVD, three sets of each film.
5. Only single screen films will qualify.
6. The award will go to the Director of the film
Entries should be sent by courier or ordinary post (and NOT by registered or speed post) to the address below (the phone numbers supplied are for courier purposes only).
Toto Funds the Arts (TFA)
H 301 Adarsh Gardens
8th Block, 47th Cross
Jayanagar
Bangalore 560 082
Phone 080 26990549 / 098806 23357
Entries must be accompanied by a statement, signed by you, confirming your name, date of birth, when the film was completed and whether it has been screened (give details), and affirming that the submitted film is original. Please also give us your postal address, email ID, phone numbers (landline and mobile) and a short bio. A small paragraph on the films submitted is essential.
If you have any further questions please email totofundsthearts@yahoo.com or tfaindia@yahoo.com No questions will be answered on phone.
Note: Submitted material will not be returned. The decision of the TFA jury will be final and cannot be contested in any forum. We reserve the right to use excerpts from your submitted films (if necessary) to publicise the awards. Otherwise, the copyright rests with the filmmaker and your submission will be put to no other use without your express permission.
TOTO FUNDS THE ARTS (TFA) is a not-for-profit public trust set up in memory of Angirus ‘Toto’ Vellani, who was intensely passionate about music, literature and films.
TOTO AWARDS 2014
CREATIVE WRITING IN ENGLISH
CALL FOR ENTRIES
Toto Funds the Arts (TFA) invites applications for its Toto awards for creative writing in English from persons between the ages of 18 and 29 in three genres: short plays, short stories and poetry. Two winners, to be decided by an eminent panel, will get a cash award of Rs 30,000 each. Entries should reach TFA by 15 September 2013. There will be no extension of the deadline.
The awards are meant only for Indian nationals resident in India. Since the spirit of the awards is to identify promising young writers, you are eligible to apply if you were born on or after 1 January 1984. No exceptions will be made.
Each entry should be not more than 7,500 words. If you are submitting poems, please send 6 to 10 poems. If you are submitting short stories, their combined word length should be at least 2,500. You can, if you wish, send only a single story of 2,500 to 7,500 words. You can send entries in all three categories — poems, short stories and plays — but you must send in separate entries for each category. For example, your poems can constitute one entry, your short stories the second entry, plays a third entry.
Entries should be sent in soft email copy to totofundsthearts@yahoo.com, as well as in hard copy form by courier or ordinary post only (and NOT by speedpost or registered post) to the address below (the phone numbers supplied are for courier purposes only).
Toto Funds the Arts (TFA)
H 301 Adarsh Gardens
8th Block, 47th Cross
Jayanagar
Bangalore 560 082
Phone 080 26990549 / 09880623357
Please state the awards category for which you are applying on the envelope, e.g., Writing-English (poetry) or Writing-English (short fiction), etc.
Each entry must be accompanied by a statement, signed by you, confirming your name, date of birth, whether your work has been published in print (give details), and affirming that the submitted work is original. Please also give us your postal address, email ID, phone numbers (landline and mobile) and a short bio. Also ensure that the hard copy version of your submissions does not carry your name on it. Your entries will be given code numbers to protect your identity from the jury during the judging process.
If you have any further questions please email totofundsthearts@yahoo.com or tfaindia@yahoo.com. No questions will be answered on phone.
Note: Submitted material will not be returned. The decision of the TFA jury will be final and cannot be contested in any forum. We reserve the right to use your submitted writings (if necessary) to publicise the awards either on our website or in any in-house materials such as a newsletter. Otherwise, the copyright rests with the writer and your submission will be put to no other use without your express permission.
Toto Funds the Arts is a not-for-profit public trust set up in memory of Angirus ‘Toto’ Vellani, who was intensely passionate about music, literature and films.
TOTO AWARDS 2014
PHOTOGRAPHY
CALL FOR ENTRIES
TOTO FUNDS THE ARTS (TFA), in association with TASVEER, invites entries for its 2014 Toto awards for young Indian photographers from persons between the ages of 18 and 29. Two winners, to be decided by an eminent panel, will get a cash award of Rs 30,000 each. Entries should reach TFA by 15 September 2013. There will be no extension of the deadline.
Only Indian nationals resident in India are eligible to apply. Since the spirit of the award is to identify promising photographers, you can apply if you were born on or after 1 January 1984. No exceptions will be made.
The submission should comprise a maximum of 16 images, in either colour or black and white, or a mix of the two.
- The submission should comprise still images. Video photography will not be accepted.
- The images should be of a size between a minimum of .5 and a maximum of 1 MB each.
- The submission should be made on CD (three copies) along with hard copies of only five photographs of your choice. These should be in reasonable size, i.e., easily visible, but not larger than A-4. DVDs will not be accepted.
- The photographs should be on one or two themes. Your choice. Please do not send a random assortment.
Entries should be sent by courier or ordinary post (and NOT by registered or speed post) to the address below (the phone numbers supplied are for courier purposes only).
Toto Funds the Arts (TFA)
H 301 Adarsh Gardens
8th Block, 47th Cross
Jayanagar
Bangalore 560 082
Phone 080 26990549/098896 23357
Entries must be accompanied by a statement, signed by you, confirming your name, date of birth, whether your work has been exhibited/published in print (give details), and also affirming that the submitted work is original. Please also give us your postal address, email ID, phone number (landline and mobile) and a short bio. Also ensure that your name does not appear either on the hard copy version of your photographs or on the CDs. Your entries will be given code numbers to protect your identity from the jury during the judging process.
If you have any further queries please email totofundsthearts@yahoo.com or tfaindia@yahoo.com No queries will be answered on phone.
Note: Submitted material will not be returned. The decision of the TFA jury will be final and cannot be contested in any forum. We reserve the right to use your submitted photographs (if necessary) to publicise the awards either on our website or in any in-house materials such as a newsletter. Otherwise, the copyright rests with the photographer and your submission will be put to no other use without your express permission.
TASVEER is an organisation committed to showcasing the finest in photography.
TOTO FUNDS THE ARTS (TFA) is a not-for-profit public trust set up in memory of Angirus ‘Toto’ Vellani, who was intensely passionate about music, literature and films.
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