The Awards
From the everyday sounds that encapsulate the events of the past twelve months to the year’s most innovative and creative sound technology, the Sound of the Year Awards celebrates sound in all its forms and from all corners of the world.
Judged by a panel of leading lights from the international sound community, the winner of each category will receive a basicUcho high-quality omni-directional microphone, courtesy of LOM, a minimalistic mount made by Radius
and a Bubblebee Industries windkiller.
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The winner of the Sound of the Year category will also receive the Weaver by Fieldtone instruments – a handheld audio sampler that takes any sound and immediately produces rhythmical loops and evolving textures.
Category partners this year include: Accidental, Cities & Memory, Earth Day, Earthsonic, Science and Media Museum, Sound and Music, National Poetry Library and UK Hearing Conservation Association.​​
Media partners are Resonance and Electronic Sound.
The Judges
Alannah Chance
Audio Producer, Somerset House Trust
Christian Ching
Ecologist and Artist, Natural History Museum
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Artist, Listener, Curator, Microphone Builder
Kate Carr
Field Recordist and Sound Artist, Flaming Pines
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Kirsty Whalley
Oscar-Winning Mixing Engineer
Dr. Linda O’Keeffe
Sound Artist, University of Edinburgh​
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Matmos - Drew Daniel and M. C. (Martin) Schmidt
Electronic duo
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​​Rana Eid
​Tony Gayle
Sound Designer
Professor of Acoustic Engineering, University of Salford
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Librarian, National Poetry Library and Radio Host, NTS
Writer and Researcher
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​Associate Director of Global Earth Day
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Curator of Sound Technologies, National Science and Media Museum
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Artist, Composer, Performer, Broadcaster and Creative Director of Resonance FM
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Categories
Click on the tiles to submit your sounds
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For teachers, playworkers, parents and carers: learn more about the Children's Category by reading our How To Guide.
Prizes
The winner of the Sound of the Year category will also receive a Weaver by Fieldtone instruments – a handheld single knob audio sampler that takes any sound and immediately produces rhythmical loops and evolving textures.
