Young Creative Awards 2015 - why not enter?

2015 Theme

Made in Nottingham

Nottingham is again holding the Young Creative Awards in 2015 and looking for young creative people to enter its yearly competition.

This year’s theme is “Made in Nottingham” which reflects some of the diverse and fantastic creative talents, who hail from here. Nottingham is rich in talent and is renowned for its innovation andfor being at the forefront of technology and science. Many things have been Made in Nottingham – just think of Raleigh, Lace, Boots, the invention of Ibuprofen. Writers and artists, past and present, have been born in and come from Nottingham. Exciting new musicians are emerging from the city, such as Jake Bugg, Ronika and London Grammar. Great literary figures such as Alan Silitoe and Lawrence hailed from here and depicted life in our county in both darkness and light. In film, Shane Meadows has been flying the flag for Nottingham.

It’s no coincidence that Nottingham has such a rich cultural heritage and there’s plenty of evidence that this will continue into the future.

We want you, the young people of Nottingham, whether born here and in the true sense of the words “Made in Nottingham”, studying here or having moved here to live and further your careers to tell us creatively about the things that you think were made in Nottingham, no matter how large or small, famous, personal 

Your entry may be a visual composition of some of icons of the city. It may be a moment in time that you have captured in the city on film, it could be an object that was built or designed in the city or a product that is linked with Nottingham that you want to celebrate. It may be a song that was recorded here, a photograph taken here, an item of clothing that was made here or a story or poem that was written about the city.

Why not write a piece of music about the Nottingham or create a design for a new building in the city, or photograph some of its famous landmarks and buildings, it’s is entirely up to you. Your entry could be about you, as you were made in this city, so tell us about yourself, send us visuals, a portrait, or a photograph, so be creative and enter the competition, The details of how to enter our provided below.

You are invited to be as creative, unique, experimental and expressive as you like within the categories. The past winners have been creative and they have met our brief while giving us a new way of seeing Nottingham.

The categories are Architecture and Design; Animation and Digital Media; Creative Writing; Dance; Fashion and Textiles; Film; Graphic Design; Music; Photography and Visual Arts.

The formal launch of the 2015 Young Creative Awards will take place in October, with entries open from January- March 2015. The closing date for the competition is 23 March 2015 . The official entry details will be available in time for the launch, but it would help you if you start preparing now.

The qualification criteria:

Age: You must be between the ages of 13 years and 24 years old at the closing date of the competition.

There are 3 age bands – each will be judged in its age range:
13 – 15 years old
16 – 18 years old
19 – 24 years old

You may enter as an individual, as a group, as a class/study group or club.

In each age group and category, the panels will look for a winner and runner up.

The overall winner across all the categories will be named as the Nottingham Young Creative of the Year 2014 and will win an additional cash prize, plus mentoring and other opportunities.

The competition is open to anyone who lives, studies or works in Nottingham.

To find out more visit www.youngcreativeawards.org.uk or email yca@onenottingham.org.uk