The Musica Nova 2012 International Electroacoustic Music Competition (Prague, Czech Republic) announced its first prizes: Toys by Orestis Karamanlis and Music for a Maverick by Roderik de Man. Mentions were given to Machin de machine by Francis Dhomont, La part des anges by Robert Normandeau, Irama by Felipe Otondo, Fantasy by Yu-Chung Tseng, and behind the light by Hans Tutschku.