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    • Home
    • About Us
    • Previous Festivals
    • For Teachers
    • For Students
    • YIF in the News
    • Newsletters
    • YIF Travelling Show
    • Festival Sponsors
    • Read a Solarpunk Story
    • New Innovations
    • What is Solarpunk?
    • Plan Your Own Festival
    • Administrator Position
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Previous Festivals
  • For Teachers
  • For Students
  • YIF in the News
  • Newsletters
  • YIF Travelling Show
  • Festival Sponsors
  • Read a Solarpunk Story
  • New Innovations
  • What is Solarpunk?
  • Plan Your Own Festival
  • Administrator Position

INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS

Festival Overview and Key Dates

Learn what you need to know to participate in the festival.

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Festival Guidelines

Learn what to include in your story.

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Art and Story Criteria - Rubrics

This is what the jury will look for in your story and art.  

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How To Submit Your Work

All entries are due by October 31st by 5 pm.  Sooner is better!  You may submit from October 15th on.

IN SEPTEMBER we will add the link below to a Google form to submit your story or  photo/s of your art and the necessary form.             

How to Submit

Form To Submit

There will be a link to our Google Form here that you need to complete  to enter either your hopeful eco-art or a solarpunk short story to this festival.      (If you really cannot use that form,  you may print the older form  from here, fill out, and send a  photo of it by email with photos of art or the story.  No worries.)

Link to Form

Prizes!

We have terrific awards of gift certificates and cash, $25 up to $500!  

Prize Details

Research Ideas

There are great places to find ideas for your work.

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Plagiarism

Youth Imagine the Future will not accept plagiarized work of any kind. Here are guidelines we follow from a festival in BC: https://www.polarexpressions.ca/PlagiarismandFAQs.html

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Congratulations all Art and Short Story Award Winners! We were inspired by your work!