Passed on for any interest there might be. Jim Roy Ottawa Blues, Jazz & Swing Guide Phone: (613) 829-3725 www.ottawabluesjazz.ca FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE / PLEASE RETAIN FOR LISTINGS REMINDER... - CANADIAN FOLK MUSIC AWARDS ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS FOR 2011! - DEADLINE IS THURSDAY, JUNE 30TH! OTTAWA - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 2011 - The Canadian Folk Music Awards (CFMAs) would like to remind everyone that submissions are now open for the 2011 edition. The June 30th deadline is fast approaching!! For more information please visit www.folkawards.ca or www.prixfolk.ca Only fifteen days left for all Canadian folk, roots and world musicians to submit their recordings released between June 15, 2010 and June 14, 2011, for the SEVENTH ANNUAL CFMAs. The awards, which celebrate and promote Canadian Folk Music in all its forms, will be handed out at a gala evening ceremony to be held this year at the Isabel Bader Theatre, Victoria College, University of Toronto on Sunday, December 4th. ARTISTS CAN APPLY DIRECTLY ONLINE or by downloading the submissions form at http://canadianfolkmusicawards.ca/eligibility/application/ and each artist can apply to multiple categories appropriate to their music. The CFMAs have also announced that this year they will be adding the new "UNSUNG HERO / TRAVAILLEUR DE L'OMBRE" award in recognition of the exceptional contribution of an individual, group, or organization to the Canadian folk music scene. The recipient will be selected by a separate five-member jury, from the region where the 2011 awards will take place - in this case, Central Canada, which includes Ontario, Quebec and Nunavut. For further details please visit www.folkawards.ca. SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE is Thursday, June 30th, 2011. MORE ABOUT CFMAs The mission of the Canadian Folk Music Awards is to celebrate and promote Canadian Folk Music in all its forms. Until their creation in 2005, there existed no awards to celebrate the breadth and depth of folk music in Canada. Awards such as the Junos, East Coast Music Awards or the Western Canada Music Awards include a few categories that apply to folk and roots music, but without as broad a view of the genre. The judging process is similar to that of the two-stage elimination model used by the Junos via a randomly selected jury drawn from the folk music community. -30- For more information, photos, interviews, please contact: Media Contact: Beverly Kreller SPEAK Music bev(a)speak-music.com 416.922.3620 Canadian Folk Music Awards 1111 Bank Street Ottawa, Ontario K1S 3X4 info(a)folkawards.ca 1-800-385-3655 __._,_.___ Subscribe, Unsubscribe or change your list options info here: http://lists.ncf.ca/mailman/listinfo/ottawamusicians. __,_._,___