- The Adobe Youth Voices Aspire Awards is an international juried media competition that recognizes projects that best illustrate the program’s ‘Create with Purpose’ philosophy. Winning submissions are original, high-quality youth-produced multimedia created to address critical issues and effect positive change.
- The global online media festival honors young people who creatively communicate their vision for change in their communities and their lives, launched in February 2012. The forum empowers youth to comment on their world using multimedia and digital tools to communicate and share their ideas, demonstrate their potential, and take action in their communities.
- Students aged 13-18 are invited to compete across eight sub-categories – animation, documentary, music video, narrative video, poetry-experimental video, audio, graphic design and photography and can submit their entries through an educator or mentor by April 20, 2012. AYV is a partnership between the Adobe Foundation and the American India Foundation (AIF) and empowers youth to comment on their world using multimedia and digital tools to communicate and share their ideas, demonstrate their potential, and take action in their communities.
- Over 150,000 youth and 8,200 educators from across the globe are expected to participate in the online festival and share their vision of change in front of the world audience. The potential participants would compete across eight sub-categories – animation, documentary, music video, narrative video, poetry-experimental video, audio, graphic design and photography, and are required to submit their entries by April 20, 2012.
- In India, the program is currently operating in 70 sites reaching out to more than 3500 children and 84 educators across the country. The Adobe Foundation also announced scholarships worth Rs.125,000 for meritorious AYV students.
Submission Rules
- Chosen media will be original, high-quality youth produced multimedia created to address critical issues and effect positive change, both locally and globally. Eligible projects must be created by youth between the ages of 13-18, and demonstrate the power of media that gives voice to youth issues and concerns. Media must have been created between 2010-2012. Participation is completely free and does not require the use or purchase of Adobe products.
- Calls for Entries is open from now until close, April 20, 2012. All submissions must be received no later than midnight Pacific Time on April 20, 2012. Award winners to be announced on June 18, 2012.
- All submissions must be submitted by an educator who has worked directly with the youth producers of the project. The educator must be participating in Adobe Youth Voices, either through Adobe Youth Voices partnerships or the Adobe Youth Voices Essentials program.
- For more details log onto http://www.youthvoices.adobe.com/awards/
