Young people from around the world, from 13 to 19 years old, are invited to join this global competition and creatively express their vision for driving change in local communities through photo essays, music videos and other forms of visual storytelling. Participants will have to team up with adult educators who are from any school or youth organisation worldwide. Educators can work in formal or informal educational settings (classroom, youth centre, NGO). Eligible projects should demonstrate the power of media to give voice to youth issues and concerns. 

Media projects will have to be
– created between 2012-2015;
– original, with high-quality content for online viewing and voting
– submitted by an eligible adult educator.

The competition offers five standard content categories: animation, documentary, narrative, venture, visual.
Participants may submit multiple projects to multiple categories.
 
Winning projects will receive broad recognition and exposure through wide multi-platform distribution of their work, including online, print magazine, film festivals, and DVD.
Participation is completely free and does not require the use or purchase of Adobe products.

Deadlines:
– 9 March 2015, midnight Pacific Time (media produced between 2012 and 2014).
– 20 April 2015, midnight Pacific Time (all projects created in 2015).

Find out more: http://youthvoices.adobe.com/awards.