Atlantis Music Prize

The Atlantis Music Prize is a music award annually given to the best full-length album from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, based only on artistic merit, regardless of genre, sales or record label. The award, established in 2008 by St. John's-based alternative newspaper The Scope, includes a certificate prize of $1000. The award is modeled after the Polaris Music Prize for all of Canada (which in turn is modeled after the Mercury Music Prize in the United Kingdom).[1][2]

Jury and selection process

No entry fee is required for submission, and all genres of music are included. A shortlist of 10 albums is compiled by more than 30 judges from the area, who each choose five albums, and a second panel of six judges selects the winner at the Atlantis Music Prize Gala.[3]

Past winners and nominees

Atlantis Music Prize
Year Winner Shortlisted Nominees & Albums
2008 Mercy, the Sexton - Another Month
2009 Curtis Andrews - The Offering of Curtis Andrews
  • Amelia Curran - Hunter, Hunter
  • Chris Kirby - Vampire Hotel
  • The Class War Kids - Reflection! Rage! Rebellion!
  • The Dardanelles - The Dardanelles
  • Errand Boy - Cape Disappointment
  • Kujo - Kujo
  • Map to Temenos - O! Sweet Guillotine
  • The Novaks - Things Fall Apart
  • The Once - The Once
2010 Gramercy Riffs - It's Heartbreak

Pathological Lovers - Calling All Favours
  • Colonel Craze and the Hunch - Reptilian Lipstick
  • Duane Andrews and Dwayne Côté - Duane Andrews and Dwayne Côté
  • Idlers - Keep Out
  • Jake Nicoll - Wild Machines
  • Matthew Hornell and the Diamond Minds - Matthew Hornell and the Diamond Minds
  • McKudo - Kudos
  • Sherman Downey - Honey For Bees
  • The Subtitles - Quick and Painless
2011 All the Wiles - Painted
  • Andrew O'Brien & The Searchers - Songs for Searchers
  • The Burning Hell - Flux Capacitor
  • Casual Male - Bonding
  • Hey Rosetta! - Seeds
  • John Cossar - Another Bridge to Burn
  • Mark Bragg & The Butchers - Your Kiss
  • Monsterbator - Precious Rhino
  • Repartee - Repartee
  • The Once - Row Upon Row of the People They Know

Borealis Music Prize
Year Winner Shortlisted Nominees & Albums Ref
2014 Jon Hynes – Watchful Creatures
  • Steve Maloney and the Wandering Kind - Steve Maloney and the Wandering Kind
  • Green and Gold - The Body Knows
  • Sherman Downey and the Ambiguous Case - The Sun in Your Eyes
  • Fog Lake - Virgo Indigo
 [4]
2015 Hey Rosetta! - Second Sight
  • Amelia Curran - They Promised You Mercy
  • Fog Lake - Victoria Park
  • Kat McLevey - Tell Me Once
  • Ouroboros - Ouroboros
 [5]
2016 Jake Nicoll - Two Things/Half of Nothing
  • Damn Nature - Damn Nature
  • Duane Andrews - Conception Bay
  • Pilot to Bombardier - Wild Bells
  • Repartee - All Lit Up
 [6]
2017 Steve Maloney - The Memory Game
  • Amelia Curran - Watershed
  • Fog Lake - Dragonchaser
  • Kubasonics - Kubfundland
  • Ouroboros - Kitchuses
 [7]

See also

References
  1. "About". Atlantis Music Prize. 2007. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved April 20, 2009.
  2. "The Polaris Music Prize Will Go To Canada's Best Album". Archived from the original on 2 July 2006. Retrieved July 4, 2006.
  3. "Rules". Atlantis Music Prize. 2007. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved April 20, 2009.
  4. Pelley, Chad (December 1, 2014). "Man of Many bands Goes Solo; Wins Our Big Award". The Overcast. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
  5. "Hey Rosetta's Second Sight Wins the Second Annual Borealis Music Prize". The Overcast. January 4, 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
  6. May, Sandy (January 3, 2017). "Hey Rosetta's Second Sight Wins the Second Annual Borealis Music Prize". The Overcast. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
  7. Petty, Brad (January 5, 2018). "Steve Maloney's The Memory Game Wins Our Borealis Music Prize". The Overcast. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
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