The Registration to the XXIIIth International Nosside Prize - the only global poetry contest for unpublished works, multilingual and multimedia, organized by the Centre of Studies “Bosio” of Reggio Calabria and supported by the presidency of Calabria’s Regional Council and by the Provincial and local Administrations of Reggio Calabria - is open at ( www.nosside.com ). The application deadline is 31 May.
It is dedicated to Nosside, the female poet of Occident Greeks that lived in Locri in the III century B.C; its logo, inspired by the Magna Greece, is a work by Umberto Boccioni, the supreme futurist master of Reggio Calabria; the silver Plaque given to the Overall Winner represents a precious elaboration of Boccioni’s logo, handmade by the goldsmith Gerardo Sacco from Crotone.
From 2005 it has been carried out under the supervision of UNESCO, which included the Nosside Prize in the Unesco World Poetry Directory and nominated the “Bosio” as one of three Italian members of Unesco Global Alliance for Cultural Diversities.
Nosside has five official languages (Italian, English, Spanish, French and Portuguese) and it is open to all the other languages (be they official, original or minority languages, regional idioms or dialects) and to all the forms of expression (written poetry, video and musical poetries). To apply you should submit three written poems and/or one video poem and/or one musical poem by 31 May 2007.
Opening Ceremonies of Nosside 2007 will take place in Havana (on Tuesday, February 13 at the International Book Fair) in Reggio Calabria (on Tuesday, February 27 at the Foreigners University “Dante Alighieri”), in New York, March 21 and in Barcelona (the city of the Overall Winner of XXII Edition of Nosside, Ana Lourdes de Heriz), abril 13.
The Jury will be appointed after the application deadline. The handed in to the Jury poems will be marked by numbers in order to guarantee a complete transparency during the judging process. The Jury will select five Winners, Five Special Mentions and 10 or more Mentions, as well as other entries could be short-listed.
Among the 5 Winners the Chairmanship will choose the overall winner, who will receive 2.000 €uro, the Nosside silver Plaque by Umberto Boccioni handmade by the Goldsmith Gerardo Sacco and the publication of three poems in the 2007 Nosside Prize Anthology. The Anthology, prepared by the Centre of Studies ‘Bosio”, will be published by the “Citta’del Sole” Edition of Reggio Calabria. The Anthology will also include one work of each Winner, Special Mentioned and Mentioned authors. The 4 Winners will receive 800 €uro and the Nosside Plaque and to the Special Mentioned authors will be given 400 €uro and the Nosside Plaque;
Thanks to the partnership agreement stipulated with CinemAvvenire Association (founded by Gillo Pontecorvo, a great master of cinema) the works of the Winners, Special Mentioned and Mentioned authors of NossideVideo will be presented at two short film events inside of Cinematographic Mostra of Venice or Rome Film Festival.
Prize giving event will take place in Reggio Calabria, on Friday 30th of November 2007.
For further details in five official languages (Italian, English, Spanish, French and Portuguese) see website www.nosside.com or write to info@nosside.com and segreteria@nosside.com.