Animation & Digital Media
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YCA 2026 is now closed. The Young Creative Awards will be back in November for YCA 2027!
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To enter the Animation & Digital Media category you must submit a piece of work produced in either Digital 3D, Flash, Stop Frame, Game Cut Scene, exe. (executable files), 2D drawn and digital, or a playable game.
Submissions must feature some form of in-frame movement e.g. animation, 2D/3D moving image or gif, or a recording of your work edited, exported and uploaded to You Tube.
Other file formats will not be accepted. If you are displaying your work on a website, you must submit the web link.
Maximum of 5 minute animation. If the animation is longer than this only the first 5 minutes will be viewed by the panel of judges.
Game designs can be submitted as edited examples of gameplay, uploaded to You Tube with a hyperlink to the edited work.
We want original, creative ideas which meet the technical specifications outlined.
By all means, submit your course work if this is something you’re particularly proud of, and you feel would present a strong entry.
Please demonstrate positive or thought-provoking themes and images in your submission.
WHAT WE DO NOT WANT
Content which is inappropriate or offensive for an audience.
We cannot accept executable files directly, as uploads. We cannot accept project files from software applications.
We acknowledge AI is now used as a tool in many creative and technological processes. If AI has been used in the creative process, it needs to be referenced in the application.
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THE YCA 2026 ANIMATION & DIGITAL MEDIA WINNERS WERE:
Elliott Groom (11 - 15)
Libby Taylor (16 - 18) (Featured Image)
Calista Athaillah (19 - 24)