Posi Awards
The Posi (Positive) Awards, introduced in 2005, honor the songwriters and artists who are spreading the uniting message of New Thought through music. Each year, the winners of the Posi Awards are announced at a gala awards ceremony featuring the powerful music and extraordinary artists who are transforming lives and helping to achieve peace on our planet.
Now in its fourth year, the Posi Awards accepts submissions in five categories.
- Inspirational
- Personal Transformation
- Most Uniting
- Group Chant
- Spiritual Social Action
Additionally, a special award is given each year for “Outstanding Contribution to New Thought Music.”
The Posi’s have grown from relatively few submissions in 2005 to about 500 songs submitted in 2007, indicating that the Posi Awards have quickly gained national attention.
All Posi Awards are “people’s choice” awards, meaning the winners are selected through the popular vote of people who hear the nominated songs. All of the nominated songs are featured on the Itoi New Thought Songwriters Tribute CD each year. Fans of New Thought music can vote for their favorite songs in any and all of the categories.
Itoi accepts submissions for the coming year’s competition from mid-October through mid-January. In February, a nominating committee of music industry representatives begins reviewing all of the submissions to select three to five nominees in each category. Public voting for the top song in each category is conducted from June through August.
The Posi Awards ceremony is held in Kansas City, Missouri, in September, and features all of the year’s nominees performing their nominated songs. The ceremony also kicks off New Thought Music Week, during which New Thought music songwriters, artists and music directors come together for concerts, workshops, music exchanges and more. Many events are open to the public, so fans can enjoy uplifting, inspiring and memorable musical gatherings.
In a world hungry for transformational music, the Posi Awards are opening the way for more and more people to discover and enjoy independent music that matters.