Call for nominations: Cape Gospel and Music Awards in SA

16 aoû 2021 - 12:14

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The organisers of the Cape Gospel and Music Awards (CGMAs) in South Africa are calling on the public to nominate their favourite artists and songs ahead of the inaugural awards ceremony later this year.

Port Elizabeth gospel singer Putuma Tiso. Photo: Facebook

The annual event will run under the theme, The Cape of Praise/Ikapa Le Ndumiso/Die Kaap van Prys, and seeks to recognise gospel talent within the Cape regions and the Christian media fraternity.

The public can nominate one person per category by completing this form and submitting it to info@capemusicawards.co.za. Competitive and specialised categories cost R400 per nomination. The organisers have already shortlisted a list of names for the Lifetime Achievement Honorary Award. Meanwhile, the public can write a letter of motivation indicating why their preferred nominee deserves an honorary award.

Note: To complete the form electronically, participants need to open the document in Internet Explorer. Those using Google Chrome can save the form and reopen it before completing it.

Physical products (CDs/DVDs/music videos, etc.)

Only commercially released entries will qualify on the condition that a hard or digital copy of the nominated song, album or video is submitted together with the fully completed entry form.

Prizes

Cash prizes and statuettes are awarded only to the winning groups or individuals, except where the category states otherwise.
Groups or individuals who are nominated in any category are expected to attend the awards ceremony and those who fail to attend the awards ceremony will not be eligible to receive the cash prize of the award. Exceptions to this rule will be considered provided that an application is made by the nominee, giving written notice of their inability to attend, with an accompanying motivation video to be received within seven days of the nominees being announced. The application may be sent to admin@capemusicawards.co.za and/or info@capemusicawards.co.za.
Should the application for absence be successful, the nominee may be required to record an audio-visual message for each category that they are nominated in. The recorded message may be used for broadcast or other publicity purposes, and a copy thereof must be emailed to info@capemusicawards.co.za by no later than 1 September 2021.

The cash prizes awarded to the winners for the CGMAs are as follows:

Album of the Year – R5 000
Genre Categories – R10 000
Lifetime Achievement Award – R20 000
Technical Awards – R5 000
Best Selling Awards – R10 000
Public Vote Categories – R10 000

Note:

Cash prizes will be paid to the winning artist(s), producer(s), engineer(s) or director(s).
Cash prizes will not be paid earlier than 30 days after the date of the main award ceremony.
Cash prizes need to be collected or claimed no later than one year after the live broadcast event.

Entry fees

All entry fees exclude VAT and they will not be refunded to the entrants in the event of any disqualification. Entry fees that have not been paid in full and/or have not been cleared in CGM Awards’ bank account on or before 1 September 2021 will result in the relevant entries being disqualified.

Read the general rules as well as the broadcast and exploitation rights here.

Nomination criteria

Nominations can be made by anyone including family members except members of the judging panel.
The Cape Gospel and Music Awards are open to all artists, record labels and artist agents/management.
Companies in the Northern, Western and Eastern Cape regions.
Nominations received after 3 September 2021 at 6pm will not be considered.
Each nominee can be nominated in multiple categories.
An individual can nominate themselves or be nominated by their label or agency.
A record label or agency can nominate all artists within their labels in multiple categories.
All nominations must be made using the correct process. Incomplete forms may be considered ineligible for assessment.
Each nomination must be submitted on a separate form.
The judging panel reserves the right not to make an award if there are insufficient entries or the criterion is not met.
The panel’s decision is final.