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Young Artists & Authors Application

Theme: "Friendship: The Heartbeat of Global Peace"

Showcase your creativity in the 2025 Young Artists and Authors Showcase and share your vision of global friendship and peace with the world! Please read the following details carefully. All additional questions can be directed to [email protected]. Students must be between 12 and 18 years of age at the time of the March 15, 2025 deadline. Each student can only submit one art piece across the whole YAAS competition. All entries must conform to the Sister Cities International policy on plagiarism found here. All entries must be submitted and received through the online application by March 15, 2025, 11:59PM MT.

Participant Information

First Name

Middle Name

Last Name

Phone Number

Email

Date of Birth

Mailing Address

Country of Residence

Street Address Line 1

Street Address Line 2

City

State

Zip or Postal Code

Submission Information

Please note, that each student artist or author can only submit entry for the entire YAAS competition.

Select the age category for your submission

Select the age category for your submission

What category of submission would like to be considered for?

What category of submission would like to be considered for?

What tools or medium did you use to create your submission?

Artwork Submission

What is the title of your submission?

Description of the Artwork or Project

In no more than 300 words, please tell us what inspired you to create this work and any other description or context you would like to provide. You are encouraged to discuss how your local communities and/or sister cities are approaching this year’s theme. You can talk about collaborative efforts between communities or give project examples.

Upload your submission here

How did you hear about the Young Artists & Authors Showcase?

Is this your first time participating in the Showcase?

Is this your first time participating in the Showcase?

I understand that all showcase entries become the artistic property of Sister Cities International. Although the artist retains his/her/their copyright to the submitted artwork, by submitting this entry, I hereby grant to Sister Cities International a perpetual, non-exclusive, fully transferable and sublicensable right and license to use, reproduce, publicly perform, display, and distribute the submitted artwork through all media now known or hereafter developed, including without limitation any future publication use in promotional material and/or online service with no compensation other than credit with the artist’s name and community. The license rights granted to Sister Cities International shall include the right to translate, alter, modify, and make derivative works of the artwork without limitation. By submitting a photograph of the artist’s artwork, I represent and warrant that I have the right to grant to SCI the unrestricted use of the photograph. I have secured all licenses necessary for creating audio recordings. Sister Cities International takes no responsibility and will not compensate for any lost or damaged artwork. I agree to abide by all the rules and terms of the showcase and agree to waive all claims of any kind against the showcase organizers.

I understand that all showcase entries become the artistic property of Sister Cities International. Although the artist retains his/her/their copyright to the submitted artwork, by submitting this entry, I hereby grant to Sister Cities International a perpetual, non-exclusive, fully transferable and sublicensable right and license to use, reproduce, publicly perform, display, and distribute the submitted artwork through all media now known or hereafter developed, including without limitation any future publication use in promotional material and/or online service with no compensation other than credit with the artist’s name and community. The license rights granted to Sister Cities International shall include the right to translate, alter, modify, and make derivative works of the artwork without limitation. By submitting a photograph of the artist’s artwork, I represent and warrant that I have the right to grant to SCI the unrestricted use of the photograph. I have secured all licenses necessary for creating audio recordings. Sister Cities International takes no responsibility and will not compensate for any lost or damaged artwork. I agree to abide by all the rules and terms of the showcase and agree to waive all claims of any kind against the showcase organizers.