Submissions are invited for Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Programs 2024: A Creative Challenge for Teens Worldwide. The last date of submission is June 10, 2024.
About the Organization
Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Programs, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Massachusetts, USA. Bow Seat provides an innovative space for teens to connect, create, and communicate for our ocean.
Contest Details
The 13th annual Ocean Awareness Contest is a platform for young people to learn about environmental issues through art-making and creative communication, explore their relationship to a changing world, and become advocates for positive change. Students ages 11-18 from around the world are invited to participate.
The 2024 Ocean Awareness Contest – Tell Your Climate Story – encourages you to become a climate witness and share your own unique climate story. We are asking you to creatively express your personal experiences, insights, or perceptions about our changing climate reality. Use this opportunity to learn about the climate crisis and how it impacts your family and community, and to examine your individual responses to our evolving world.
Eligibility
Students ages 11-18 from around the world are invited to participate in the Ocean Awareness Contest. Enter the division based on your age at the time of entry:
- Junior Division: Age 11-14
- Senior Division: Age 15-18
Students can participate as an individual or as a club, class, or group of any size.
Submissions are accepted in
- Visual Art: Handcrafted.
- Visual Art: Digital.
- Poetry & Spoken Word.
- Creative Writing.
- Film.
- Performing Arts: Music & Dance.
- Interactive & Multimedia.
Gratifications
- Gain knowledge about climate change and its relationship to and impact on our changing world.
- Grow your skills in communication, critical thinking, creativity, and environmental advocacy. Use your artwork to raise awareness for critical environmental issues.
- Build your portfolio and make art in your preferred medium, or practice a new one! Add to your resume with a participation certificate.
- Earn cash awards of up to $1,000!
How to Submit?
Interested participants can submit online via this link.
Submission Deadline
The last date of submission is June 10, 2024.
