16/01/2025
Audio-makers working in languages other than English - enter Third Coast International Audio Festival!
Info below about how they try to support your entry...
"As a U.S.-based organization, we are committed to actively making more room in the independent Third Coast Competition for non-English work, as well as for submissions from outside the U.S. and from around the globe. Therefore, we offer a separate sliding scale of entry fees in order to better meet the significant financial barriers that may come along with producing and entering non-English language work and work being made in certain countries outside of the U.S. Our goal is to better meet the needs of this important work that often requires more labor and cost to submit than English-language entries.
The entry form will automatically calculate if you qualify for these discounts. Here’s how they break down:
If you are in a country that’s not included in the IMF’s top 30 countries with the highest GDPs per capita or if you are submitting work in a language other than English, you will have the opportunity to to select a sliding-scale discount of 10%, 25%, 50%, or 75% from your total entry cost, or to pay full price for your submission. This discount is available for entrants submitting work from countries outside of the IMF’s top 30 countries with the highest GDPs per capita throughout the entire Call for Entries, and available for entrants submitting work not-in-English after the Flash Sale deadline of December 17th.
The intention behind this offering is to break down barriers to submission for folks who live in countries with a lower GDP per capita to access our U.S.-based Competition and to consider the cost of translating work in all languages into English. These are just a few considerations we’ve made to make our Competition more accessible..."
We’re ready to hear from you! Enter your work to the independent 2024-25 Third Coast Competition now: https://bit.ly/2425ThirdCoastCompetition
It can be lonely out here in the world of audio documentary and storytelling. Especially right now. There aren’t a lot of financial resources, not enough support, and a serious vacuum of meaningful recognition for work that matters. But at Third Coast, we’re shouting it from the tree tops: audio storytelling matters, and your work deserves to be heard. We’re fighting for more room for risk-taking, experimentation, and play in the field. Because makers are also leaders in the field, and we want you to come first. This is why we’ve built the independent Third Coast Competition to be the kind of audio world we want to live in. We’re starting out by continuing to recognize the most outstanding stories of the year in nine historic categories as both Third Coast Winners and Finalists.
This is the call to send in your best audio stories to the 2024-25 Third Coast Call for Entries! It’s a chance for your work to be heard and celebrated, and a way you can help build and expand possibilities for all audio makers. Submit your best work and help to fight for a more creative, powerful, and inspiring audio industry accessible to all makers.
And don't forget the "We Need Third Coast" Flash Sale, now through December 17, with the lowest rates of this Competition cycle. These low rates ($40–$90) are available right now for both individuals paying for their own entries, as well as institutions covering the cost of entries. Take advantage of the Flash Sale this week: https://bit.ly/2425ThirdCoastCompetition
