Exclusive Spaces, Early Access
and so much more!
Exclusive Spaces, Early Access
and so much more!
Prize Fest is already the best festival in the region, but we’ve found ways to elevate your experience even more with additional perks.
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Contact Amy O’Callaghan at amy@prize.foundation.
Since 2012, Prize Foundation has helped position our community as a growing center of creative and economic activity. Now in our fifteenth year, Prize has done more than host events — we have activated and elevated filmmakers, culinary artists, entrepreneurs, musicians, craftspeople, and builders of all kinds, many of whom have chosen to put down roots and invest their futures here. What began as a bold experiment has become a proven platform for turning creative ambition into real jobs, real businesses, and real economic impact.
Prize Fest is more than a festival in October. Each year, we bring together creators who are serious about sharpening their craft, building careers, and turning artistic ambition into real opportunity. What audiences see on stage and on screen is only part of the story. Behind the scenes, we are building an ecosystem for learning, mentorship, collaboration, and professional growth.
Sure, we have some of the largest prizes for our creative competitions in the world. One major difference between Prize Fest and other competitions is that we speak green. All of our grand prizes are cash money. You can take that to the bank. Our commitment to prize money doesn’t end at cutting a check, however. Our mentors are available to offer you advice on how to invest your winnings back into your creative endeavors. After all, “it’s called show business, not show art” as actress Jean Seberg would say. Building a successful career doesn’t stop at winning — in fact, it’s just the beginning
Lots of festivals and competitions have judges and panel discussions with guests. Sometimes those panels are disconnected from the competitors, seated high up on a stage and available only for short conversations afterward. Not at Prize. We have built a network of working industry professionals who have been where you are and want to see you succeed. We make our mentors available to the creative competitors before, during, and after the competition so that you can not only ask them questions, but so you can get to know them and they can get to know you. When you put in the work, who you know can be an incredibly powerful tool.
Over 15,000 people attend Prize events throughout the year, culminating in our largest event — Prize Fest — which takes place in Shreveport, Louisiana each October. People from across the world come to (and stream) Prize Fest events. But it’s not just about the size of the audience, it’s about how they interact with the artists. Each attendee gets to vote in the competitions, meaning they have a direct impact on the outcome of the festival. And because each audience member has attendance requirements they have to meet in order to vote, they are incentivized to get to know you work better than any festival audience on the planet.
One of the biggest parts of building a career and making moves in this world is building a community around you. Yes, our audience is engaged in your success. Yes, we bring mentors and we write big checks. The biggest thing you can take from Prize, however, is a connection with other artists like you who are driven to succeed. Prize is like summer camp: You will make friendships, find collaborators, and raise glasses screaming to the heavens in celebration of what you have all accomplished individually and together. Beyond all of that, you will carry it forever. In the end, the Prize gives to you what you put in, just like life.