The Michael O’Pray Prize is an award for new writing on innovation and experimentation in the moving image. The prize is open to all early-career writers based in the UK. Entry is free.
Applicants are invited to send a short pitch for a new text, alongside an example of previous writing.
Three applicants will be selected to write their proposed text. From these, there will be a £750 prize for the winner, with £350 each for two further awardees.
All three awarded texts will be published by Art Monthly and FVU.
The Prize is named in memory of the critic, historian and film programmer, Michael O’Pray. The guiding presence behind Film and Video Umbrella in its early years (1985-1990), Mike taught at UEL for over two decades, and was a regular contributor to the pages of Art Monthly.
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Submission deadline: 3 July 2023, 12 noon BST