After the success of Zealous Amplify: Mental Health and Wellbeing, we couldn’t wait to bring you another one. So read on to find out all the details and answers to all your burning questions.
What is Zealous Amplify?
Amplify is a competition to celebrate the most impactful works touching on the themes of mental health and well-being by creators of all backgrounds across the world.
The world is constantly changing, and with that brings many questions and conversations about our place in it. From the beauty of nature to the challenges of climate change, we want to explore it all.
We hope that by rewarding you and sharing your incredible work, we can support you whilst creating meaningful dialogue around the environment.
Why submit?
- The 25 shortlisted artists will have their work seen by leading industry judges, who will then select the top 3 finalists, including the overall winner.
- It’s free to submit and longlisted applicants will also have a chance to be featured on our website.
- We will also be using this competition to raise money for our chosen charity, Arts Catalyst. Arts Catalyst is a visual arts organisation and charity based in Sheffield, UK, who are enabling people in South Yorkshire and beyond to engage in creative experiences that increase ecological awareness, encourage positive social action and open up new ways of learning about the world around us.
Who is judging my work?
As well as being seen by our lovely Zealous team, shortlisted artists will have their work seen by:
- Laura Clarke – Artistic Director of Arts Catalyst
- Polly Bates – Founder of ‘Artists Responding To…’
- Clare Dudeney – Associate for Sustainability First
- Sinead McCoy – Coastal Communities Manager for Clean Coasts
- As well as a few more to be confirmed…
How to Apply
Each submission you make needs to represent one project or work.
This could be a short film, performance, artwork, script, design, game, etc. Please note that this is not an exhaustive list and is just here to provide ideas of what your submissions could look like.
To give us a good representation of the work, we allow each submission to contain 5 items (a mix of images, videos, music, text…). The first item should be the piece you want to be considered, all other items are optional and should be made up of supporting elements (e.g. stills, close-ups, synopsis, etc.).
Uploaded film footage should be less than 5 minutes long (if this is for a longer project, a trailer will do).
All written works should be less than 1,000 words.
Unfortunately, all submissions that overrun will be disqualified.
You can submit up to 3 times, but please submit each work separately.
Prizes
- First Place – £1000 cash prize, A feature in ‘Artists Responding To…’ magazine, as well as a free copy, Homepage feature, Exclusive interview on our blog + newsletter, Promotion across our social media channels (combined audience of 72,000+)
- Second Place – £250 cash prize
- Third Place – £150 cash prize
- Public Vote – £100 Amazon voucher
Where do I go to apply?
You can apply using the submit button below. You have until 23rd October ’23 at 10:00am GMT to submit.
