Open call: JMI Greenote Award 2023

The award recognises young musicians doing their part to raise awareness around the biggest issues affecting our planet. Now in its second year, the award celebrates and supports artists who are celebrating the environment and committed to fighting climate collapse.

Application guidelines

• Applicants must clearly demonstrate how the artist is using the power of music to raise awareness around important environmental challenges.
• Applicants should submit a video of themselves explaining the project as well as a project description, supporting pictures, music and video.
• Applicants must submit English translations (for songs not in English).
• Musicians must be under 30 years of age.

Selection criteria

The following judging criteria will be used:

• Musical quality (10 points): Is there artistic quality to the project?
• Environmental relevance (10 points): Does the project take on a certain topic? To what degree does it connect with the issue and bring attention to it?
• Impact (5 points): Is the artist already making an impact with their project or is there a potential for their project to make a bigger impact in the future?

What can artists win?

Winners will receive €1 000 to support their environmental efforts as well as the creation of a joint media campaign to give their project extra visibility.

“If you’re a young musician with an environmental music project, we’d love to hear all about it,” the organisers said. “We invite nominations of outstanding young musicians under 30 who are passionately working towards environmental sustainability, fighting climate change, and actively contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals. Entries are open to several forms of expression and could take the form of a song, project or collaboration.”

Interested artists can apply here before 31 December.

View the original call here.