The annual YCN Student Awards exist to inspire, support and showcase emerging creative talent, and to connect it with the creative industries. The Awards centre around live creative briefs, written each year by partnering organisations, and spanning broad creative disciplines. The Call for Entries for this year’s programme launched on Friday 30th October 2015.
The Deadline for Submissions is 11.59pm GMT on Thursday 24th March 2016.
All submissions are made digitally. The Awards Entry uploader will be live in January 2016.
We do of course recognise the importance of the handheld, tactile and physical in demonstrating or enlivening a submission; so welcome the submission of selected physical elements (where you feel it's appropriate) to support digital entries.
How work is judged
Work submitted in response to each brief is closely examined by a team from the organisation that wrote it, often alongside the agencies with whom they work. They are asked to draw up a shortlist of the submissions felt to be the most outstanding from all those received in response to their brief. The originators of these submissions are awarded with a Commendation. There are no first, second or third place style nominations, if you have been Commended this means your work has been chosen as one of the most outstanding entries to that particular brief and you will be Commended alongside a selected number of other entries for your brief.
After the Deadline for Entries in March the judging process takes place over April and May, with six weeks set aside for our partners to carefully look through their respective entries. Commendations will be published online at the beginning of June 2016 and those Commended will receive email confirmation and a letter in the post around this time.
Student Awards Ceremony and YCN Student Annual
The Annual YCN Student Awards ceremony will see all those Commended colourfully honoured in a prestigious setting. Recent venues have included Shoreditch Town Hall and the Barbican Centre. The YCN Student Annual will showcase all work Commended as part of the programme. Eligibility for the YCN Student Awards
Anyone studying full or part time at any University, College or Art & Design School throughout Europe is welcome to enter. Additionally, those to have graduated from any such insitution within 12 months of the 30th October 2015 is welcome to enter — as long as they are not working full time in a creative role. You do not need to be a Member of YCN in order to enter.
Entry Details
• The deadline for submitting work is 11.59PM GMT on Thursday 24th March 2016.
• There is no entry fee to submit work.
• You do not need to be a Member of YCN to enter.
• You can respond to as many briefs as you wish. You may also submit more than one response per brief.
• All submissions must be in the English language.
• You may submit work as an individual or as a team. Teams can consist of as many people as you wish.
• Logos and other information listed in individual briefs, can be found online in Project Packs that accompany each brief.
• All entries must be submitted via the YCN digital uploader — live from January 2016.
How to Show your Work Digitally + Sending Supporting Physical Elements
All entries must be presented digitally, via our digital entry uploader. You should demonstrate your work in as much detail as possible. The best way to do this is to present it all in a single PDF with lots of big visuals and supporting written descriptions. Any related digital elements (such as films or animations) can be supplied alongside this PDF.
You may submit supporting physical items if you wish. You are welcome to post or hand deliver to YCN items to support your digital submission. Each should be clearly labelled with your name and contact details. Item labels can be dowloaded here. Our address is YCN Student Awards, 72 Rivington Street, London, EC2A 3AY.
Project Packs and Typefaces
Each brief is accompanied by by a Project Pack that contains any extra materials you will need, which may include logos, brand guidelines, previous campaigns etc. For copyright reasons, typefaces are not supplied with a majority of the briefs, so please use a typeface that is similar or that is complimentary to the brand's aesthetic.
Images and other Materials under copyright
If you have used images or other materials as part of your submission that may be under copyright, please make clear where you have acquired them when completing your submission.
Further use of work
It may be that the organisation to whose brief you respond wishes to discuss with you the further development and use of your work. Organisations and agencies involved in the awards recognise the importance of including originators in further development or implementation of work. YCN will encourage full communication between parties and assist in discussion at all stages.
Key Dates
Submission deadline: 11.59PM GMT, Thursday 24th March 2016
Judging: April and May 2016
Commendations published: June 2016
Student Awards Ceremony: September 2016
New YCN Student Annual Launched: December 2016
The Annual YCN Student Awards ceremony will see all those Commended colourfully honoured in a prestigious setting. Recent venues have included Shoreditch Town Hall and the Barbican Centre. The YCN Student Annual will showcase all work Commended as part of the programme. Eligibility for the YCN Student Awards
Anyone studying full or part time at any University, College or Art & Design School throughout Europe is welcome to enter. Additionally, those to have graduated from any such insitution within 12 months of the 30th October 2015 is welcome to enter — as long as they are not working full time in a creative role. You do not need to be a Member of YCN in order to enter.
Entry Details
• The deadline for submitting work is 11.59PM GMT on Thursday 24th March 2016.
• There is no entry fee to submit work.
• You do not need to be a Member of YCN to enter.
• You can respond to as many briefs as you wish. You may also submit more than one response per brief.
• All submissions must be in the English language.
• You may submit work as an individual or as a team. Teams can consist of as many people as you wish.
• Logos and other information listed in individual briefs, can be found online in Project Packs that accompany each brief.
• All entries must be submitted via the YCN digital uploader — live from January 2016.
How to Show your Work Digitally + Sending Supporting Physical Elements
All entries must be presented digitally, via our digital entry uploader. You should demonstrate your work in as much detail as possible. The best way to do this is to present it all in a single PDF with lots of big visuals and supporting written descriptions. Any related digital elements (such as films or animations) can be supplied alongside this PDF.
You may submit supporting physical items if you wish. You are welcome to post or hand deliver to YCN items to support your digital submission. Each should be clearly labelled with your name and contact details. Item labels can be dowloaded here. Our address is YCN Student Awards, 72 Rivington Street, London, EC2A 3AY.
Project Packs and Typefaces
Each brief is accompanied by by a Project Pack that contains any extra materials you will need, which may include logos, brand guidelines, previous campaigns etc. For copyright reasons, typefaces are not supplied with a majority of the briefs, so please use a typeface that is similar or that is complimentary to the brand's aesthetic.
Images and other Materials under copyright
If you have used images or other materials as part of your submission that may be under copyright, please make clear where you have acquired them when completing your submission.
Further use of work
It may be that the organisation to whose brief you respond wishes to discuss with you the further development and use of your work. Organisations and agencies involved in the awards recognise the importance of including originators in further development or implementation of work. YCN will encourage full communication between parties and assist in discussion at all stages.
Key Dates
Submission deadline: 11.59PM GMT, Thursday 24th March 2016
Judging: April and May 2016
Commendations published: June 2016
Student Awards Ceremony: September 2016
New YCN Student Annual Launched: December 2016
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