The Atlantis Music Prize is a music award annually given to the best full-length album from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, based only on artistic merit, regardless of genre, sales, or record label. The award, established in 2008 by St. John's-based alternative newspaper The Scope, includes a certificate prize of $1000. The award is modeled after the Polaris Music Prize for all of Canada (which in turn is modeled after the Mercury Music Prize in the United Kingdom).
Jury and selection process
No entry fee is required for submission, and all genres of music are included. A shortlist of 10 albums is compiled by more than 30 judges from the area, who each choose five albums, and a second panel of six judges selects the winner at the Atlantis Music Prize Gala.
Mercy, the Sexton, Another MonthAE Bridger, I Am a Ghostly LeechDuane Andrews, RaindropsHey Rosetta!, Into Your Lungs (and around in your heart and on through your blood)Idlers, CornerNarrows, NarrowsSlippery Rabbits, La Marée NoireThe Human Soundtrack, Organs for SaleThe Satans, Renovabis Faciem TerraeVictor Lewis, Good IntentionsCurtis Andrews, The Offering of Curtis AndrewsAmelia Curran, Hunter, HunterChris Kirby, Vampire HotelThe Class War Kids, Reflection! Rage! Rebellion!The Dardanelles, The DardanellesErrand Boy, Cape DisappointmentKujo, KujoMap to Temenos, O! Sweet GuillotineThe Novaks, Things Fall ApartThe Once, The OnceA tie.
Gramercy Riffs, It’s HeartbreakPathological Lovers, Calling All FavoursColonel Craze and the Hunch, Reptilian LipstickDuane Andrews and Dwayne Côté, Duane Andrews and Dwayne CôtéIdlers, Keep OutJake Nicoll, Wild MachinesMatthew Hornell and the Diamond Minds, Matthew Hornell and the Diamond MindsMcKudo, KudosSherman Downey, Honey For BeesThe Subtitles, Quick and PainlessAll the Wiles, PaintedAndrew O’Brien & The Searchers, Songs for SearchersThe Burning Hell, Flux CapacitorCasual Male, BondingHey Rosetta!, SeedsJohn Cossar, Another Bridge to BurnMark Bragg & The Butchers, Your KissMonsterbator, Precious RhinoRepartee, ReparteeThe Once, Row Upon Row of the People They Know