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Schools · French · 1st edition · 2026-2027

Oravox Sound Schools Prize — French

Sound school students

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guaranteed award — €5,000 pledged regardless of entries

Registrations until 15 January 2027

Award

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€3,000
1st — Best story
Writing, interactivity, production, performance
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€1,250
2nd — Best sound world
Sound design, mixing, spatialization
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€750
3rd — Best narrative concept
Originality, structure, emotion

Timeline

  • 1 September 2026
    Registration opens
  • 15 October 2026
    Registration closes
  • Oct. — Dec. 2026
    Production period, within coursework
  • December 2026
    Internal selection at each school
  • 15 January 2027
    Final submission — midnight, Brussels time
  • February 2027
    Jury deliberation
  • March 2027
    Announcement of winners and award ceremony
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The jury

Three teachers from participating schools assess entries from other schools, never their own. Deliberations are sovereign and jury composition is published at registration close.

  • The jury seat rotates: institutions take their turn from one edition to the next.
  • Automatic compliance check — duration, choice points, endings, declaration of roles — precedes deliberation.
  • An external professional may chair the jury, without casting vote.
  • The composition is published at the close of registration, 15 October 2026.
  • Deliberations are sovereign. The jury may not award a prize if no work meets the conditions.

No public vote takes place: with a small number of candidacies, it would reward the ability to mobilize one’s network rather than the quality of the work.

Selection criteria

30 %
Writing and narration
Quality of narrative, dialogue, language standards
25 %
Interactive architecture
Relevance of choices, coherence of branches and endings
25 %
Sound realization
Mixing, sound design, spatialization, listening clarity
20 %
Human performance
Actor direction and performance — AI voices do not count

Rules

  • Reserved for students of a sound education institution, audiovisual, narrative, or live performance
  • Ten institutions per section for this first edition, in order of registration
  • Each institution presents a single candidacy, selected following an internal selection
  • The internal selection is conducted by at least two teachers and brings together at least five works
  • Unselected works are published with royalties — they do not compete in the final
  • A minor candidate must provide consent from their legal guardian
  • The student registers alone but may form a team, declared in the grid of eight roles
  • The prize is distributed among contributors according to the declared key
  • Duration between 8 and 30 minutes
  • At least three choice points and two distinct endings
  • At least one declared human role — AI roles grant no rights to the award
  • One single candidacy per student · free participation
  • All submitted stories are published on Oravox with royalties

The prize follows the declared distribution key: the winner does not receive the full amount. Each contributor receives the share they accepted before submission, exactly as with royalties from a collaborative work.

Partners

Ten schools per section — list published at registration close, 15 October 2026

Contact

ecoles@oravox.com
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After the contest

Each submitted story is published and generates royalties, whether selected or not. Institutions receive the ORAVOX Partner School label, a rotating jury seat, a dedicated shelf in the library, access to the Story Map Editor and a masterclass. Each participant receives one year of STAR subscription — three years for award winners — a certificate of participation, and featured placement in the Market-Hub for winners.