The Golden Bird Awards are granted to young innovative artists who have delivered new contents and aesthetic procedures and whose work demonstrates a different understanding of production, presentation, and distribution of artworks. In 2008 the recipients were Vesna Lemaić for literature, Daša Doberšek for performing arts, Luka Juhart for music, Mark Požlep for visual arts, and Marko Naberšnik for film.
Since 2005, the jury also awards the Golden Nest Award, aimed at encouraging the creation of production conditions that enhance the very creativity. So far it went to Odprti krog for architecture and urbanism (2008), PreGlej for the development of contemporary playwriting (2007), P74 Centre and Gallery (2006), and OTOK Cultural Institute for the development of film culture.