Berlin Youth Sound Award 2024

Electronic and experimental sound cycle, archived with the winners release.

“Signal and Silence”

Creators aged 13 – 19 of any nationality. Applicants under 19 need guardian consent. Team entries of up to 4 members are accepted.

Required uploads: audio, video. Images up to 20MB each, PDF up to 50MB, video via streaming URL, audio in WAV or MP3.

• Creativity25%
• Theme Understanding20%
• Expression20%
• Completion20%
• Potential15%

1. Applications open

   Mar 01, 2025

2. Applications close

   Jun 20, 2025

3. Preliminary review

   Jun 30, 2025

4. Final jury

   Jul 14, 2025

5. Results announced

   Aug 15, 2025

6. Overseas final & exhibition

   Sep 29, 2025

Award winners are invited to the Berlin overseas final week. Grand Prize and Gold receive full travel support, Silver receives 50%, and every finalist receives exhibition space and a programme pass.

38,000원($29)

• Entries must be original, unpublished work by the applicant. Plagiarism leads to disqualification and revocation of any award.
• Applicants under 19 must complete the guardian consent step during application.
• Entry fees are fully refundable until the application deadline; the refund policy applies afterwards.
• The organiser may use submitted works for exhibition, publication and archive purposes with proper credit.