The Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development and Arts for All is pleased to announce two new programs in collaboration with and expanding from the annual Sadat Art for Justice and Peace program. This year, the Sadat Chair and Arts for All will be hosting the Inaugural Sadat Music for Justice and Peace Competition and the Inaugural Sadat Poetry for Justice and Peace Competition.

The three competitions are centered around one theme and invite students who are eligible in the respective schools and programs to reflect on what this year's theme means to them and how to best represent that theme through the medium of Art, Music, and Poetry. 

This year’s theme is based on the quote:

“ To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker. ”

- Frederick Douglass, 1860

The Inaugural 2024 Sadat Music for Justice and Peace Competition

Co-sponsored with the School of Music, the Sadat Chair and Arts for All is now accepting submissions for the inaugural Sadat Music for Justice and Peace Competition.

Undergraduate and graduate students who are currently enrolled in a degree program in the UMD School of Music are invited to submit in one of two categories:

Category 1: Composition for Chamber Music
Category 2: Chamber Music Performance

The Inaugural 2024 Sadat Poetry for Justice and Peace Competition 

Co-sponsored with the Department of English, the Sadat Chair and Arts for All is now accepting submissions for the inaugural Sadat Poetry for Justice and Peace Competition.

 Students who are a declared English major (undergraduate or graduate, including MFAs, MAs, and PhDs); a declared Creative Writing minor; currently enrolled in an English Department creative writing class; or a current member of the Jiménez-Porter Writers’ House are invited to submit.

 

More information on the two inaugural competitions including submission details can be found below. 

Sadat Music and Poetry for Justice and Peace Competition

Questions about the Sadat Music Competition and Sadat Poetry Competition can be directed to arts [at] umd.edu

 

The deadline to submit for the 2024 Sadat Art for Justice and Peace competition has passed but find more information about the Sadat Art for Justice and Peace program below. 

Sadat Art for Justice and Peace Program

Questions about the Sadat Art Competition and Sadat Art for Justice and Peace program can be directed to sadatoffice [at] umd.edu
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