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Hector Fabre Award
The Hector Fabre Award is presented by the Ministère des Relations internationales to the regional organization that has deployed the project with the greatest international impact for a region of Québec.
Prix Hector-Fabre (in French)
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Alphonse and
Dorimène Desjardins Award
The Alphonse and Dorimène
Desjardins Award was established by the
Ministère des Relations internationales du
Québec. It is awarded for distinguished
community leadership to an individual whose
drive and initiative have led to acclaim outside
of Québec.
Prix Alphonse-et-Dorimène-Desjardins (in
French)
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Québec Wallonia-Brussels Youth Literature Prize
Created in 1984, this prize is a joint initiative of the Government of Québec and the Belgian French Community. It is aimed at stimulating production by authors and illustrators and at favouring trade between Québec and the Belgian French Community. It comprises a cash award for an author or illustrator and financial support for the publisher of the winning book to help promote the work.
Web site
(in French)
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Rapsat-Lelièvre Song Recording Award
This award was created in 1983 by a joint Québec/Belgian French Community standing committee on cooperation, under the name “Prix Québec Wallonie-Bruxelles du disque de chanson.” It was renamed in 2003 in memory of singer-songwriters Sylvain Lelièvre and Pierre Rapsat. It is aimed at encouraging the development and promotion of the French language, stimulating the production and distribution of French-language music recordings, enhancing awareness of Québec and Belgian French Community productions and favouring relations between Québec and the Belgian French Community in the area of song creation. The prize comprises a cash award for a singer-songwriter or singer along with financial support for the winner’s agent for promotional purposes.
Web site
(in French)
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Québec-Mexico Book Prize
The Québec-Mexico Book Prize was created in 2003 by Québec’s Ministère de la Culture et des Communications (MCC) and Mexico’s National Council for Culture and the Arts (CONACULTA). It provides recognition for the author of a work of outstanding literary quality. The prize is awarded every second year to a Québec or Mexican author, on an alternating basis. It comes with a cash amount to cover the costs of translating the chosen book, defray part of the costs of producing and promoting the work, and pay the winner’s transportation and accommodation expenses to allow him or her to take part in an activity to promote the translated work. To be eligible, authors must have already published at least two books in any literary category.
Société de développement des entreprises culturelles (SODEC)
Telephone: 514 841-2200
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Gatien Lapointe/Jaime Sabines Prize
This annual prize was created in 1984 by the Festival International de la Poésie de Trois-Rivières and the Seminario de Cultura Mexicana. Aimed at consolidating and stimulating literary relations between Québec and Mexico, it is awarded on an alternating basis to a living Québec or Mexican poet. It comes with 50,000 Mexican pesos (approximately CAN$5,500) and a bilingual co-release of the winner’s poems on CD. To be eligible, candidates must have at least one collection of poems in a French or Spanish translation (as applicable) co-published by Québec and Mexican publishers within the past five years.
Fondation Les Forges
Telephone: 819 379-9813
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Québec Award for Excellence
Launched by the Ministère des Relations internationales through its office in Munich, this distinction is awarded jointly with the Gesellschaft für Kanada-Studien (German Canadian studies association) and the Association internationale des études québécoises (AIEQ). It is aimed at German-speaking researchers who have prepared a thesis or doctoral dissertation on a Québec-related subject in Europe.
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Québec-Flanders Contemporary Music Award
The Québec-Flanders Contemporary Music Award was created in 1988 as part of the Québec-Flanders Cooperation Agreement. It is administered in Québec by the Ministère des Relations internationales and the Ministère de la Culture et des Communications, in collaboration with the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec and the Société de musique contemporaine du Québec. In Flanders, it is administered by the Government of Flanders (Cultural Administration), in partnership with the Muziekcentrum Vlaanderen and the Vooruit Kunstencentrum.
Since 2000, following an in-depth assessment and review, the Québec-Flanders Contemporary Music Award has been reserved for Flemish and Québec composers with between two and ten years of experience. It is awarded alternately to each community, once every two years, and includes a total grant of $8,000, including an artist’s grant of $5,000 offered by the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, and a $3,000 European market development grant offered by the Ministère de la Culture et des Communications. The Ministère des Relations internationales, for its part, offers a mission to Flanders for the award ceremony. Flemish recipients receive a $5,000 Euro grant from the Flanders government, as well as a trip to Québec for the award ceremony in Montreal. The two communities also undertake to produce the award-winning composition in the country of origin, within a year of the award.
Thanks to the contribution of the Government of Flanders, the winning Québec musical work will be presented as part of the programming offered by the Vooruit Cultural Centre in Ghent. With the financial support of the
Ministère des Relations internationales, the winning Flemish work will be featured during the regular concert season of the Québec Contemporary Music Society (SMCQ).
Each community undertakes to ensure that the winning musical works are presented in their country of origin during the year following the award ceremony.
Recent winners :
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2006:
Analia Llugdar (Flanders)
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2005: no winning work
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2004: Yannick Plamondon (Québec)
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2003: Petra Vermote (Flanders)
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2002: Matthew Rizzuto (Québec)
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2001: Annelies Van Parys (Flanders)
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2000: André Ristic (Québec)
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1999: Martin Valke (Flanders)
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1998: Pauline Vaillancourt (Québec)
For information:
In Québec
Rene.Bouchard@mcccf.gouv.qc.ca
Francine.Marcotte@mri.gouv.qc.ca
In Belgium – Flemish Community
jan.leconte@wvc.vlaanderen.be
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Premier’s Scholarships
With a view to promoting and consolidating links and exchanges between universities in Québec and Bavaria, Québec offers Québec students who are interested in continuing their studies or carrying out research as part of a master’s or doctoral program two specialization scholarships for short-term stays (4 to 12 weeks) in Bavaria.
For Information:
Ministère de l'Éducation, du Loisir et des
Sports
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Québec-Japan
Award
Created in 2003 to mark the 30th anniversary of Québec’s presence in Japan, this annual prize is a joint initiative of the Ministère des Relations internationales, the Fédération professionnelle des journalistes du Québec (FPJQ) and the Foreign Press Center of Japan. It is awarded to a mid-career journalist who is a member of the FPJQ, to allow him or her to carry out a two-week stay in Japan and prepare a feature story on a topic of his or her choice. The prize covers air transportation, accommodation and interpretation services.
Claude Robillard
Telephone: 514 522-6142
E-mail
Web site
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Heritage Photographic
Experience Competition
The Heritage Photographic
Experience Competition is open to high school
students age 12 to 18. It is the Québec section
of the International Heritage Photographic
Experience Competition launched in Catalonia,
Spain in 1996. Every year more than 49 countries
take part in this competition, whose goal is to
raise young people’s awareness of their local
heritage through an artistic endeavour like
photography.
Every fall, winners have the
opportunity to see their work exhibited in their
home countries and in international exhibitions
presented simultaneously in all participating
countries, regions, and provinces, including
Québec. Winners also receive an enlarged, framed
copy of their photograph and the stunning
international exhibition catalogue in which
their photograph is published.
To enter, young people must
use their own, or a borrowed, camera. Each
participant must submit one photograph
accompanied by a title and a 30- to 50-word text
before March 13, 2009. The national jury will
meet between March 16 and 27, 2009. Winners will
be announced in April 2009 and fêted at the
official opening of the international exhibition
in fall 2009. The entry deadline for the 10th
edition of the Québec competition is December
13, 2008.
For more information, click on
the following link:
http://www.cmsq.qc.ca
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