To better champion creative contributions to the fine arts, we are asking the public to let us know about worthy candidates for our prizes and making it easy for you to make a nomination with this on-line resource.

Please look over the categories, criteria, and forms so you can better prepare your submissions.

We look forward to reviewing your suggestions and hope to second your nominations.

Nominations submitted in previous years are not considered in subsequent years. Please resubmit a nomination if you wish your nominee to be considered this year.

You can use Web forms to send us nominations directly from your computer.

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You can print out the nomination forms to mail to our offices.

Click on the appropriate category below to see the criteria and to access a nomination form.

The Procedures

The public is warmly encouraged to submit nominations for the Cleveland Arts Prize in Architecture, Dance, Literature, Music, and the Visual Arts, as well as for Special Citations for Distinguished Service to the Arts and the Robert P. Bergman Prize. Multiple nominations will be accepted from a single individual, as long as each nomination is in a different category.

Nomination forms will not be returned, and incomplete forms will not be considered. Completed nominations will be reviewed by the appropriate jury or the Special Citation and Bergman Prize subcommittee as part of the Cleveland Arts Prize Committee’s independent decision-making process.

Please click on the desired category to review the selection criteria that govern each particular award.

Juries

Special Citation and Bergman
Prize Subcommittee

Select Award Category

Architecture

Dance

Literature

Music

Visual Arts

Special Citation for Distinguished Service to the Arts

The Robert P. Bergman Prize

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