The Alpine Fellowship is a foundation that supports, commissions, and showcases artists, writers, academics, and playwrights at all stages of their careers. They are committed to discovering emerging talent, spreading new ideas, and sharing thoughts about art, literature, and philosophy. They encourage like-minded individuals to share expertise and knowledge with those from a diverse array of creative and intellectual professions.
Applications are open until April 1st, 2022.
This year’s theme for the writing prize is:
Freedom
Writing pieces should look to answer the questions:
What types of freedom are there?
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Are we political beings whose freedom is actualized together in a world shared with others?
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What does it mean to be personally free? Is subjecting personal freedom to obligation necessary and helpful?
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Is there a notion of freedom accessible beyond worldly constraints? Can inner freedom be developed by relating to one’s own experience in new ways?
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What role does language have in shaping freedom?
If we accept freedom as a worldly and political imperative, how can we actualize freedom in the following areas?
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Freedom of expression
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Big tech and AI
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Academia
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Public health and government mandates
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Human rights
What is artistic freedom and is it special in any way?
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What social role do artists have in supporting and actualizing freedom?
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Does the threat of public opprobrium have a limiting effect on artistic expression?
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How could the notion of “a Zeitgeist” inform the discussion on freedom?
Rules:
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Open to all nationalities and to anyone aged 18 and above.
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All entries must be written in English.
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Submissions must be standalone and cannot be extracts from a larger piece.
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Poetry must be submitted to the Alpine Fellowship Poetry Prize. Poetry submissions to the Writing Prize will be considered ineligible.
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Applicants can enter more than one prize in a single year, but it MUST be with different pieces of work. One piece of work can only be entered once.
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All genres permitted.
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A maximum of 2,500 words per entry.
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Limited to one entry per person.
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Text must not have been published, self-published, or accepted for publication in print or online, or have won or been placed in another competition at any time (including the Alpine Fellowship Academic Writing Prize).
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Due to the volume of applications, the judge’s decisions are final and no correspondence will be entered into following the results.
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Submissions will be judged anonymously, so please ensure that your name does not appear anywhere on your work.
You can read more about the Fellowship or this year’s prize on their website for more information.
