PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

Nominations sought for Mayor's Annual Cultural Awards

(Thursday, November 10/05)--Nomination forms are now available for the Mayor’s Annual Cultural Awards.

The Awards include the following:
Mayor’s seventh Annual Award for Cultural Achievement in Literature
Mayor’s fourth Annual Award for Excellence in Book Illustration
Mayor’s third Annual Award for Achievement in Theatre
Mayor’s second Annual Award for Emerging Theatre Artist.

These annual awards feature a monetary prize of $500 for Emerging Theatre Artist and $1500 for each of the other three awards.

Recipients of the Book Illustration and Achievement in Literature awards will be honoured at the Atlantic Writing Awards ceremony at Alderney Landing Theatre on April 28, 2006.

Recipients of the Achievement in Theatre and Emerging Theatre Artist awards will be honoured at the Theatre Nova Scotia Merritt Awards, in March 2006 at Alderney Landing Theatre, Dartmouth.

Deadline for nomination submissions:
Friday, December 2, 2005 at 12 noon.

Award Criteria and Nomination forms can be downloaded at:
http://www.halifax.ca/council/mayor/mayors_awards.html

For a hard copy of nomination form and criteria or other information, contact:
Sally Christie (tel) 490-6094

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Sally Christie

490-6094