We are looking for musical works that capture the current state of the town through sound.
The Sasebo Sound Chronicle Award is a music award that accepts submissions from creators and artists involved in music production across the country.
The Grand Prize winner will receive mentoring from the judges and will also be invited to the award ceremony to be held in Sasebo. The 10 finalist works will be exhibited at a special exhibition to be held at Shimabi in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture.
The theme is "Shoreline: Blending and Resonating."
Applicants will be provided with field recordings of sounds from Sasebo as material.
The judges are Shuta Hasunuma @shuta_hasunuma and Kuniyuki Takahashi @kuniyuki_takahashi_music .
We are looking forward to receiving works that express your "Shoreline," inspired by soundscape-like recordings of Sasebo's city, nature, and people's activities.
Submission Details | Musical work with the theme "Shoreline - Blending and Resonating" *No restrictions on genre
Application deadline: Friday, September 19, 2025, 12:00 PM
Judging method: Based on the submissions, the judges will select the finalists and the Grand Prize winner.
Planning and production: Sasebo City Museum Shimase Art Center
Planning cooperation | Loftwork Inc.
Details｜https://awrd.com/award/sasebo-sound-chronicle2025
Entry theme: "Shoreline: Blending and Echoing"
Shoreline, where the sea meets the land.
It is a boundary, yet it is constantly shifting, overlapping, and unraveling.
It is a fluid, in-between space that never stays the same shape.
The Sasebo Sound Chronicle Award is looking for musical works with the theme of "Shoreline." Any genre is acceptable as long as the work uses sound.
The port, the morning market, the base, the backstreets of the city...
In the city of Sasebo, there is a sound that resonates where different things mix together.
Tell us what Shoreline means to you.