G-Technology launches annual Driven Creativity Competition

The annual competition, open to both professionals and amateurs, recognises and supports artists’ hard work and creative passion in five categories: animation, music, photography, short film and GoPro Active. The competition is free to participants and entries will be accepted from June 27 until October 29, 2013 at g-technology.eu/competition.

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The 2013 Driven Creativity overall winner will be selected from all categories, both professional and amateur, and will be awarded €5000 to use toward their next creative project as well as the new G-Technology G-DOCK™ ev with Thunderbolt® storage system. A professional winner, an amateur winner and a runner-up will be selected from each of the categories: animation, music, photography and short film. There will also be one winner and a runner-up for the GoPro Active category of short videos from content captured using a GoPro wearable or gear-mountable camera, as well as a People’s Choice Award winner for the entry with the highest online votes. The category winners and runners-up will all receive high-performance, premium external storage solutions from G-Technology’s range of products designed for creative professionals.

Supporting the Creative Community

The 2013 Driven Creativity Competition aims to recognise, promote and reward brilliant work from both established professionals and up-and-coming talent. All entries to the competition, regardless of size or budget, have equal chances to win due to a unique judging process; entries will be judged not only on aesthetic quality, but also on the innovation and drive that went into creating them. With their submissions, entrants also have the opportunity to pull back the curtain on their inspiration for the piece and share how they would use the competition prizes to further their next creative projects.

All of the 2012 winners can be found here.

Competition Judging Criteria and Process

The 2013 Driven Creativity Competition will be judged by a panel of creative industry experts, and the overall winner will be announced on November 15, 2013. The panel of judges will include G-Technology G-TEAM ambassadors who will contribute hints and tips to the entrants about what they will and won't be looking for in each submission, reflecting on what creative techniques and projects inspire them.

Entry is free and open to residents in United Kingdom, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, and Russia and only original work created is eligible for submission. The entry period closes at midnight on October 29, 2013, with the category winners and runners-up announced on November 8 2013. Click here for full competition rules, terms and conditions

The copyright for entered material remains with the author.

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