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News > Creative Edinburgh Awards: Nominees Announced

Creative Edinburgh Awards: Nominees Announced

This year saw an impressive calibre of applications, which proved difficult to narrow down by our team of 15 independent reviewers. The following shortlist represents people, projects and organisations which went above and beyond to make an impact on Edinburgh’s creative landscape. We are happy to announce that Hands Up for Trad’s very own Persephone Nichol-Bose has been nominated in the Leadership category. Find out more.

The Collaboration Award

  • Figurenotes
  • The Earthing Project
  • Theiya Arts Dance Collective
  • Tinderbox Collective and Pianodrome @ Old Royal High School – Fringe 2022

The Innovation Award

  • Continuum Industries Ltd
  • Neon8 (Neoneight Ltd)
  • The Portobello Beach Campfire by Unco Equipment

The Freelance Award

  • Camila Ospina Gaitan with the project exhibition Thorn in the flesh
  • Kolbrún Björt Sigfúsdóttir
  • Move To Feel

The Student Award

  • Ally Zlatar – The Starving Artist
  • Levi J. Richards
  • Nathaniel Cartier and Fraser Macdonald (The Edinburgh Collective)
  • Tanatsei Gambura

The Edinburgh City Award

  • Edinburgh Festival Carnival
  • Edinburgh International Festival & Leith Academy High School
  • Push the Boat Out

The Sustainable Creativity Award

  • Alice Mary Cooper and Co.’s ‘The Bush’ carbon light theatre tour
  • Art Buds Collective
  • by Jen Byrne
  • Earthing Project

The Leadership Award

  • Ally Zlatar
  • Claire Carpenter
  • Khaleda Noon
  • Persephone Nichol-Bose

The Community Award

  • Art Buds in Muirhouse
  • The Aye Festival by Spit it out
  • BE United
  • The Community Wellbeing Collective

The Creative Startup Award

  • Move To Feel
  • Little living room
  • Quindrie Press
  • Stories Untold Productions

The Inclusion Award

  • AMPLIFI at The Queen’s Hall
  • Aye Festival – Spit it Out
  • Liminal Studios
  • Queer Folks’ Tales

Celebrate the brightest talent in the city at the long-awaited 10th anniversary of the Creative Edinburgh Awards. Find out more here

We’ve waited three years to bring our awards back in-person, so this time we’re back with a bang at Summerhall on 18 November. As well as showcasing nominees and announcing our winners, we’re throwing a big birthday party to celebrate 11 years of Creative Edinburgh and 10 years of Creative EdinburghAwards. We’d love to see you there!

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