Top Independent Talented Artistes of N.I. Awards

  • Short Story Contest
  • Graphic Art Contest
  • Short Film Project
  • Poetry/Music Video Contest
  • Masquerade Parade/Costume Contest

      • The theme for entries in the 2024-5 contest is: Devil in the Detail. This contest is open to all VIP members of Studio NI (2024-5). To register, purchase a membership at the Payment Page

    1. TITANIA Short Story Contest

      2. Prelim Deadline: 1st January 2025
      Extended Deadline: 12.01am 31st May 2025
      Format: .rtf (Rich Text Format)
      Submission address: contest@studio-ni.org
      Prizes:
      • Shortlisted entries get included in the 2024-5 showcase Anthology Devil In The Detail
      • Overall Winner gets Free annual VIP membership of Studio NI for 2025-6
        • Earlybird entries get feedback from our guest Judge, John Connolly.

      The shortlists works will be collated in an anthology published by The ORB to raise funds for Studio NI's Curing Cancer campaign. For every copy sold, £1 goes to Action cancer. The anthology will be published in Summer 2025, and the vote will be concluded at the Festival in Summer 2025. The Celebrity Author judge on our shortlisting panel is an International best-selling Crime/Mystery novelist.

      Shortlisted Contestants can buy the book for £4.25, discounted from the Recommended Retail Price of £6. The aim is to get people to read the book and then vote at Studio-NI.org, the website for the Arts and Culture charity of the North of Ireland.

      The shortlists works for the TITANIA Short Story of 2014-5 are in the Tense Situations anthology published in 2015. Please Vote on-line, no sign-in required.

    2. TITANIA Graphic Art Contest

      3. Prelim Deadline: 1st January 2025
      Extended Deadline: 12.01am 31st May 2025
      Size: we accept 1-bit black & white line art at 600 ppi and 8-bit grayscale 300 ppi continuous tone images.
      Format: .jpeg
      Submission address: contest@studio-ni.org
      Prizes:
      • Shortlisted entries get included in the 2024-5 showcase Anthology Devil In The Detail
      • Overall Winner gets Free annual VIP membership of Studio NI for 2025-6

      The shortlists works will be collated is the anthology, published by The ORB to raise funds for Studio NI's Curing Cancer campaign. For every copy sold, £1 goes to Action cancer. The anthology will be published in Summer 2025, and the vote will be concluded at the Festival in Summer 2025.

      Shortlisted Contestants can buy the book for £4.25, discounted from the Recommended Retail Price of £6.

    3. TITANIA Short Film Project

      4. Prelim Deadline: 1st January 2025
      Extended Deadline: 12.01am 31st May 2025
      Format: .mp4
      Submit your entry by dropbox to contest@studio-ni.org
      Prizes:
      • Shortlisted entries get included in the 2025 showcase Anthology, which will be screened at venues around Northern Ireland
      • Overall Winner gets Free annual VIP membership of Studio NI for 2025-6

    4. TITANIA Poetry/Music Video Contest

      5. Prelim Deadline: 1st January 2025
      Extended Deadline: 12.01am 31st May 2025
      Format: .mp4
      Submit your entry by dropbox to contest@studio-ni.org
      Prizes:
      • Shortlisted entries get included in the 2025 showcase Anthology, which will be screened at venues around Northern Ireland
      • Overall Winner gets Free annual VIP membership of Studio NI for 2025-6

    5. Masquerade Parade (Costume Contest)

      6. Deadline: 5th November 2024
      Contestants must attend the Masquerade Parade - on First Monday of November in McHughs, Belfast. A minimum sponsorship amount of £5 is also requested.
      Prizes:
      • Shortlisted entries get included in the TitanFest 2025 Group portrait
      • Overall Winner gets Free annual VIP membership of Studio NI for 2025-6
      • Overall Winner gets a DVD copy of Night of the Living Dead (donated by sponsor The ORB ).