Annual AFSF High School Design Competition 2026 - International Contest

The Architectural Foundation of San Francisco (AFSF) is excited to announce the 57th Annual AFSF High School Design Competition! This prestigious event invites high school students from both public and private schools across the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond to showcase their creativity and vision in urban design.

San Francisco, like many other coastal cities, is re-imagining its waterfront with an eye towards mitigating sea-level rise and meeting other urban challenges while enhancing iconic civic spaces.

Aligned with the city’s Climate Action Plan, the plan, called “Fisherman’s Wharf Revitalized,” calls for mixed-use development of Seawall Lot 300/301, a section of the waterfront just west of Pier 39.  Proposed elements include:

1)  Two public plazas or promenades (one of which will replace the last block of The Embarcadero)

2)  A visitor’s center

3)  A restaurant & boba cafe

4)  Eight short-term vacation rental units

Design Brief and Guidelines

Find details in this year’s design brief, along with context, suggestions, and more aspects to consider. 

The competition has an online submission process with two options:

1)   Individual Entry

2)   Group Entry

Awards will be given to the best designs in each of these two categories.  The option you choose to enter will determine which awards you are eligible for.

All deliverables (drawings, model, and design description) must be captured in a Google Slides deck for presentation. 

To explain your thinking to the judges, we also require a brief video describing your project (2 minutes max). In previous years, many entrants enjoyed this opportunity to talk about the overall goals and aspirations for their design and their design process.

Awards & Recognition

The competition will award multiple prizes in the following categories:

1. Best Design (Single Entrant)

2. Best Group Entry

In addition to the standard prizes, the first place winner in the overall superiority category receives a four-week Summer Pre-college Scholarship at the California College of the Arts.

Final entries must be submitted on FRIDAY, May 8th, 2026

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WILDLIFE POSTER DESIGNING CONTEST 2025

In celebration of Wildlife Week 2025, the Kerala Forest Department (KFD) invites creative minds to participate in the Wildlife Poster Designing Contest 2024. This is a fantastic opportunity to showcase your artistic talent while promoting biodiversity conservation!

Contest Details

Eligibility:
Open to all Indian citizens, regardless of age. Employees and immediate family members of KFD are not eligible.

Contest Period:
Entries will be accepted till September 30, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. IST. Late entries will not be considered.

How to Participate:

• Entry Fee: None.
• Submission Method: Fill out the prescribed Registration Form and submit it along with your poster by post or in person to:
  Assistant Conservator of Forests
  Thiruvananthapuram Social Forestry Division
  Rajeev Gandhi Nagar, Vattiyoorkavu P O, Thiruvananthapuram-13
  (Phone: 0471 2360462; Mobile: 9447979135)
• The Registration Form can be downloaded from KFD's Official Website.

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Theme of the Contest

Design a poster that effectively conveys the message of biodiversity conservation.

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Entry Limits and Specifications

• Entry Limit: Each participant can submit up to 2 entries.
• Poster Specifications:
  • Size: A3 (landscape orientation)
  • Medium: Use of watercolors, poster colors, or acrylic colors is encouraged.

Prizes

• 1st Prize: ₹7,500 + Certificate of Recognition
• 2nd Prize: ₹4,500 + Certificate of Recognition
• 3rd Prize: ₹2,500 + Certificate of Recognition
• Additionally, 3 Certificates of Merit will be awarded as consolation prizes.

All prizes are subject to applicable taxes and regulations. Prizes are non-transferable and cannot be exchanged for cash.

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Get Involved!

Unleash your creativity and contribute to the vital cause of biodiversity conservation! For more details, visit KFD's Official Website.

 

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SILENT MANGA AUDITION® 2024-25: Unleash Your Storytelling Talent Without Words!

Calling all aspiring manga artists! The SILENT MANGA AUDITION® (SMA), the world's largest manga competition, is back for its 2024-25 edition! This prestigious contest, exclusively for manga without dialogue, offers a unique opportunity for international creators to showcase their skills and break into the Japanese manga world. Are you ready to make your characters' emotions speak louder than words?

Theme: Seized with Rage

In this year's competition, the theme is "Seized with Rage." From daily frustrations to life-changing injustices, we want to see what sparks fiery anger in your characters. What ignites their rage? Is it a minor irritation like a misaligned shoelace, or a grander injustice that leaves them no choice but to take action? Let their expressions, body language, and actions communicate their fury without the need for a single spoken word. The challenge is to make readers feel their rage—without dialogue.

Why Enter the SILENT MANGA AUDITION®?

• Express Yourself Without Words: Test your ability to tell a compelling story using only visuals, making your characters' emotions shine through their expressions and actions.
• Get Noticed by Professionals: Stand out by showcasing your talent, and you may find yourself working alongside top manga artists in Japan.
• Your Dream Manga Career Awaits: The top-awarded entrants will be invited to Artists Village Aso 096k in Takamori Town (Aso, Kumamoto), Japan! Learn from experienced manga creators, hone your craft, and take the first steps toward a professional career in the manga industry.

Submission Process

• Submission Period: November 1, 2024 – February 2, 2025
• How to Submit: Entries are submitted through the SILENT MANGA AUDITION® platform.

Top Awards: Join Artists Village Aso 096k!

The most promising entries will win the chance of a lifetime to join Artists Village Aso 096k in Japan! In this idyllic setting, you will work alongside other talented manga creators, learn the techniques and secrets of the art form, and start your journey toward becoming a professional manga artist.

Get Ready to Draw Your Silent Story

Unleash the power of your imagination, and let your characters’ rage and passion speak volumes—without uttering a single word! Whether you're a seasoned manga artist or just starting out, SILENT MANGA AUDITION® is your gateway to the world of professional manga creation.

 

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Taiwan International Student Design Competition

Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education Taiwan has been utilizing its existing educational and school resources for the nurturing of talented young people, especially in the areas of art and design.

Through the promotion of the ''MOE's Program in Human Resource Development for Colleges of Art and Design, the '' MOE Scholarship Programs for Overseas Study in Art and Design'' and the ''MOE Award Incentive Program for Encouraging University/College Students to participate in International Art and Design Contests'', talented individuals have been given valuable opportunities to further develop their areas of exceptional interests and creativity.

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International Comic/Manga Schools Contest

This manga, comic and illustration contest is open to students enrolled in an Art/Design school, technical/vocational school, school art club, or extracurricular art program. Submit your work for a chance to win a cash prize, creative software, pen display tablet and even a chance for your artwork to be featured in media publications!

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Kaira Looro 2023 Architecture Competition

Kaira Looro Architecture Competition is a design contest open to students and young architects with aims to discover new talents and to adopt sustainable architecture models for humanitarian purpose to improve life conditions in developing countries. Cash prizes, Internship and construction are provided for winners, selected by an international jury made up of pregistous architectural firms.

The challenge of 2023's edition is to design a ‘Primary School’ in Southern of Senegal. We are looking for a new school model that can protect and foster the development of every child's potential!.

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KOKUYO DESIGN AWARD 2023

The KOKUYO DESIGN AWARD is an international competition for user-centric product design, where the best of the best are actually put on the consumer market.

The world became new while we were totally unprepared for it.

Before we are given time to think carefully about things,

what we like, dislike, agree with, disagree with,

our once-familiar everyday life continues to change.

So we try to catch up with the changes, and in our rush

many ideas spring up and disappear.

What’s important in product design now

is to try to face the things around us anew.

To take a deep look at the value of continuing to be lastingly and broadly loved.

To end not only with an idea, but to think through every detail,

to be persistent, and give shape to a product.

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V-Guard Big Idea Design & Tech Challenge 2022

V-Guard articulates its Brand Purpose / Vision as “Bringing home a better tomorrow”.

It believes this can only be achieved by a deep understanding of consumers, their pains, pleasures and aspirations which helps it to challenge benchmarks in every category it operates in. It also gives V-Guard insights into pioneering categories that hitherto did not exist or were in their nascent stage of evolution. Like it did with the stabilizer in 1977. It is a Brand that thinks and does not just manufacture and market.

The aspirations of a “better tomorrow” are the aspirations of young India. Every year it invites bright young minds to partner V-Guard in this endeavour by Ideas on Business Models and Product Engineering that can “Bring home a better tomorrow” for future generations.

The World has not been challenged like it has been in the last couple of years. V-Guard believes that this is the time to think about The Next Big Leap, in the way business is conducted and how products are imagined, engineered, and produced.

The theme for V-Guard Big Idea 2022 is “The Next Big Leap”.

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Adobe Analytics Challenge

For more than 15 years, the Adobe Analytics Challenge has been hosted and limited to students in North America. The competition is open to international students now. Both undergraduate and graduate students are eligible to participate.

The Adobe Analytics Challenge is a unique analytics-focused business case competition where university students are given the opportunity to use Adobe’s industry-leading analytics products and access to real-world data from leading organizations such as Nike, Major League Baseball, T‑Mobile, Starwood, Lenovo, Condé Nast, Comcast, Overstock.com, Backcountry.com, Sony PlayStation, and MGM Resort International.

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18th annual Stereohype Button Badge Design Competition

Following the success of over a decade of our design competitions and recent record-breaking amounts of submissions, Stereohype is now pleased to announce the 18th annual one inch (25mm) Stereohype Button Badge Design Competition. 

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Doodle 4 Google Contest for Students

Doodle 4 Google, also stylized Doodle4Google, is an annual competition in various countries, held by Google, to have children create a logo that will be featured on the local Google homepage as a doodle.

Use your imagination to create a Google Doodle based on what you want India to become in the next 25 years…

This year’s Doodle for Google theme invites you to show us what you hope for in your future. The winner’s artwork will be made into an interactive doodle on Google.com, and will receive loads of scholarships and prizes.


Eligibility
Students in Class 1-10

What to do?
To participate in 2022 Doodle 4 Google contest, create an uplifting doodle that tells the world “I show kindness by…”

Artists create their Doodles using any materials they want. From crayons to clay to found objects.

Write:

Artist’s statement - Tell us about what you have drawn and how it represents your vision for India in the next 25 years.

Fill out the rest of the required information and have a parent or guardian sign the entry form.

Submit:

Enter the contest online (recommended) or by mail (see step 3 on the entry form for details).

Entry form Doodles: If the Doodle is created directly on our entry form, you can either upload them to our site as a jpg or png (visit the enter tab) or mail them in (address listed on the enter tab).

Other Doodles: If the Doodle wasn't created directly on our entry form, take a high-res digital photo or scan of the Doodle in good lighting and combine it with the entry form.

Judging criteria
Doodles will be judged on the following parameters:

Artistic merit:
Based on artistic skill
Creativity:
Representation of the contest theme, use of the letters in the Google logo, and the unique approach to the doodle
Theme communication:
How well the contest theme is expressed in both the artwork and the written statement
Doodles will be grouped and judged by the following 5 class groups:

Class 1-2
Class 3-4
Class 5-6
Class 7-8
Class 9-10

Prizes
Win a range of exciting prizes!

Finalists will be judged as described below:

National Finalists

4 winners for each grade group, 20 in total

Group Winners

1 finalist for each grade group, 5 in total

National Winner

1 winner to be featured on Google.co.in

The Guest Judges and Google Doodlers will select the 4 best doodles from each of the groups as the national finalists. These 20 finalists will be displayed in an online gallery on the Doodle 4 Google website.

Five Group Winners

For a period of 10 days from 31st October 2022 to 10th November 2022, the Indian public will vote for their favorite doodle from these 20 national finalists. These votes will help determine the Group Winners.

One National Winner

A cumulative score based on public voting, scores by guest judges and panel of Google executives will choose one of the five group winners and announce the National Winner on 14th November 2022.

Last Date: Sep 30, 2022 11:59 p.m. IST

For further information click here

Scholastic World wishes all the best to all future doodlers...!!!

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International Business IT Proto-A-Thon 2022

This competition is a prototype design competition with the theme “Educational Technology”, organized by the Business Information Technology (BIT) program, School of Information Systems, in collaboration with the Academic & Student Development  and the Global Employability & Entrepreneurship BINUS @BEKASI.

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Design the Fertilizer Bag

The concept of “One Nation, One Fertilizer" is about having one single brand name for urea and other fertilizers instead of several brand names of companies, which is in practice as of now. This will help in the reduction of freight charges due to stopping of criss-cross movement of fertilizers, reducing the transit time, ensuring the availability of fertilizers throughout the year irrespective of brand preferences, and stopping the diversion of urea for industrial purposes.

In view of the above, the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers invites the citizens to design the Fertilizer Bag.

Prize: INR 10,000/- to the winning entry for designing the Fertilizer Bag

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Together against Corruption! International Youth Contest

In 2019 the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation initiated a Contest for the young people not only from member states of the Intergovernmental Anti-Corruption Council but also from the BRICS states

The Project is invited to draw attention to one of the most important problems – corruption. The participants are requested to create social anti-corruption advertisements in video and poster format on the topic “Together Against Corruption”.

The competition participants can be citizens of any state (individual authors or creative teams) at the age of 14-35 years.

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Collage Making Competition for Societal Heroes

Applications are invited for Collage Making Competition for Societal Heroes by MyGov for the year 2022. 

Do you feel that social shaping of technology and technical building of society are two sides of the coin?

If so, let us participate in a collage making competition of Techनींव@75 programme on the occasion of “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav”to showcase how the utilization of science and technology has helped people around you in education, medical, welfare, health & hygiene, transport, finance, manufacturing, societal status, livelihood opportunities, quality of life etc. and made the people “Aatmanirbhar” in 75 years of independence.

If you have any such technology or Innovation in your locality, that has made life simpler for the people and have ensured ‘ease of living’ besides generating income and employment, you can share it with us in the form of pictorial representation. You can send your inputs in the form of picture collage that explicitly narrates how the technology/innovation is used by the locals and what changes it has brought in their lives. The collection of pictures explaining the technical as well as socio-economic impact of the STI, would be appreciated. This initiative of Ministry of Science and Technology is in association with MyGov.

Start Date: 12th May, 2022

End Date: 12th June, 2022

Awards and Recognitions:

Best three entries will be awarded with the cash prize and certificates.

I. First Prize: Rs. 20000/-

II. Second Prize: Rs. 10000/-

III. Third Prize: Rs. 5000/-

IV. Appreciation Prize Rs 1,000 to the top 10 entries.

These collages would be showcased on DST website and on ISTI Portal of Vigyan Prasar.

To know more about this initiative, visit:

https://www.indiascienceandtechnology.gov.in/techneev%4075

Competition Guidelines:

 The competition is open for all Indian citizens.

 The participants may hand draw/sketch the collage on A3 or A4 pages or create digitally designed collage through computer software as well.

 Collage can be submitted in PDF or JPEG format.

 Participants should not imprint or watermark the collage.

 A small description should be provided to explain the concept of the collage

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COLONY ON MARS - Architecture Idea Competition

Participants design a colony for 100.000 people, and it should be prepared to grow and be seen as a new start for civilization. The goal is to be self-sufficient, relying on the bare minimum to be imported goods from Earth.

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BUILDING BEYOND BORDERS START Hack 2022

START Hack unites coders, designers, and business students to celebrate technology and push innovation forward in one continent-spanning hackathon - programming skills not required

START Hack 2022 provides a unique platform where technology meets entrepreneurship. The world of tomorrow needs innovative technical solutions to overcome its numerous challenges. Be a pioneer. Challenge today, code tomorrow.

TART Hack is Europe’s most entrepreneurial hackathon. What differentiates START Hack from other hackathons is START Hack's emphasis on fostering entrepreneurial spirit within our participants. START Hack strive to spark thinking and creating beyond just this one weekend. This is why START Hack encourage students with both business or tech backgrounds to apply!

Date: 

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Design A Logo on NO CHILD LABOUR

NO CHILD LABOUR- Raise Awareness Against Child Labour, Design A Logo

Children are future of our country. They need to be nurtured. Every child should be given the opportunity to bloom her/his full potential. Child Labour deprives a child of the right to education, and jeopardizes her/his development.

The Citizens can play a crucial role by practicing “NO” to Child Labour in letter and spirit. Public needs to be alert about any incidence of Child Labour, and not only discourage it by not using products/services where Child Labour is employed, but also report the incidence. Child Labour is a cognizable offence, and employing a child can land one in jail.

The Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India, invites the citizens across the country to design a logo for “NO CHILD LABOUR”, which could be effectively used in their awareness campaign.

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#CanvaDesignChallenge

Ready to get creative with the Canva weekly #CanvaDesignChallenge? Here’s how to enter:

• Every Wednesday a new, exciting challenge theme will be available on the Instagram page.
• Start with a Canva template and make it your own or create something incredible from a blank canvas.
• Share it on either Instagram or Twitter using #CanvaDesignChallenge and watch the love roll in.
• Don’t be afraid to have a little fun. Canva love seeing your imagination come to life with design.
• Canva will select the favorite designs each week to showcase and win a Canva prize pack.

 Eligibility: This Contest is open only to persons who are 18 years old or older as of the date of Entry.

Entries for each #CanvaDesignChallenge will be accepted online from every Wednesday at 12:00pm AEST until the following Wednesday at 12:00pm AEST

More than one entry is allowed per person.

Prizes

10 winners will be selected

Each Winner will receive:

a one (1) year subscription to Canva Pro;

US$50 credit to use with Canva Print

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Poster Making Contest - National Road Safety 2021

Posters as a type of visual art have become an important tool for advertising and promoting a plethora of causes. It is in fact a scientifically proven fact that posters have the potential to effectively expand knowledge, change attitudes and alter behaviors. When 17 lives are lost every passing hour in India owing to road crashes and close to 150 wild animals die due to the carelessness of the one on the driving seat, it would be a relevant measure to utilize the creative thinking and aesthetic skills of young artists across the nation especially in propagating the message of road safety to the masses.

In light of this, warm welcome to all the budding artists to participate in this Poster-Making competition and use your creative minds to create art that inspires. So, pick up your art supplies, turn on your graphic tablets and create breathtaking posters on the theme!

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