Sally Awards Nominations

Nominations for the 2011 awards are being accepted through November 14, 2011. Individuals and organizations from any artistic or cultural field in Minnesota are eligible, as are artists, professional administrators, volunteers, and philanthropists.

Nominations for the 2011 Sally Awards are no longer being accepted. Thank you to all who submitted. Winners will be announced at Sally Award ceremony on March 26, 2012 at the Ordway.

Selection Process

The selection committee will include immediate past award recipients, representatives from the arts community and the media, a representative from the Minnesota State Arts Board, and leadership from Ordway Center for the Performing Arts. Decisions of the committee are final. The committee reserves the right to reassign nominees to an award category other than the one indicated on the submission form. Award recipients will be honored at a ceremony in March 2012. Names of the award recipients will be publicly released at the awards ceremony.

Eligibility/Guidelines

  • Individuals or organizations may nominate themselves.
  • The work for which individuals and/or organizations are being nominated must have taken place in Minnesota.
  • Winners will be personally notified. Names of those nominating will not be made public.
  • A list of the award winners will not be announced until the award ceremony.
  • There is no age criterion for nominees.
  • The selection committee members will not see any nominator names prior to winner selection: they will only see nominees' information during the review process.
  • The selection committee members may also nominate for this award.
  • Telephone nominations will not be accepted.
  • Ordway employees are not eligible to win, but may nominate.
  • Nominations must be received (not postmarked) by November 14, 2011.
  • If you have additional attachments, you may email up to 2 one page documents to kyoungdahl@ordway.org. Please reference your name and the nominee's name.
  • If you have any questions or need additional forms you can contact Kate Youngdahl at 651.282.3101.