This year’s design challenge:

How might we make Newfoundland & Labrador more sustainable by using our smartphones?

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Contest Outline

Contest Eligibility

Must be between 13-18 years of age.

Must Identify as female or gender-diverse.

Must reside within the province of Newfoundland & Labrador during the contest timeline.

How to Compete

All applicants will receive a registration package which includes important information about this year’s design challenge, such as information on current sustainability issues our province is facing as well as tips to get started.

Our contestants will be invited to digital skills workshops hosted by local industry leaders. Our applicants will learn the skills to create: interactive prototypes to help their ideas come to life; how to reach people to effect real change; and how to transform their idea into a branded, impact-driven business.

Using new digital skills, contestants will create a set of prototypes for their ideas, a unique name and logo design, and a 5-minute presentation explaining how their design will make our province a more sustainable place to live.

Submissions will then be judged by local industry experts, and winners for all predetermined categories will be selected.

Judging & Prizes

This part wouldn’t be possible without amazing local sponsors. We are offering prizes on many, diverse categories to show our youth that all aptitudes are wanted and valued in our industry.

Specifics on other prize categories will be announced closer to the submission deadline, but our offering includes:

  • Grand prize of $2,000 cash
  • Around $8,000 in additional prizes, based on set categories such as age groups and different skill sets.

Fall 2021

Contest Timeline

Our experience will run a total of six weeks between initial registration and final judging.
Here’s the breakdown:

Oct
12
2021

Registration Opens

Nov
01
2021

Registration Closes

Nov
01
2021

Remote Workshop

Business & Entrepeneurship 101

Nov
08
2021

Remote Workshop

Marketing & Logo Design 101

Nov
15
2021

Remote Workshop

App Design 101

Dec
03
2021

Design & Pitch Submission

Help Spread the Word

Share our experience with your community.

Help us spread the word about Digital Waves by sharing our 2021 experience with a child within your community. Download the PDF poster below to share our experience within your social networks, school, organization or business.

We can’t close the technology gender gap without your help.

Join us in making the technology sector in Newfoundland & Labrador as diverse, resilient and creative as the people who live here.

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