What's your story? Urban resilience stories competition
The competition
We are gathering together stories and images that tell a compelling story of urban resilience – stories that encourage the prevention of, and preparation for, climate-related extreme events in cities and municipalities around the world.
Do you have a moving story or image that could inspire urban citizens to work together to prepare for extreme weather events? Or perhaps you have an idea for a fictional tale that could help your community take action and limit the damage of hazards such as heavy rain, a severe storm or Urban Heat Island effect?
If you do, we would love to hear from you!
Participants
Our competition is open to anyone who has a story to tell or artwork to share that can help inspire action to create a climate-resilient future. There is no age limit. Relatives of the jury members and organizing committee are excluded from the competition.
Are you a climate adaptation officer or an emergency responder, a concerned local politician or a business owner who needs to raise awareness of climate-amplified extremes in your city or municipality? Or maybe your local community struggles with floods or heatwaves but there is little help or guidance from policymakers and institutions?
Whatever your role, tell us your urban resilience story and motivate your community…
Details
Winning entries will be selected by a jury composed of journalists, scientists and experts working in narratives and visual arts, local policymakers who deal with climate adaptation and disaster risk management, and urban citizens concerned with consequences of extreme weather events.
We look forward to receiving your urban resilience narrative (art)!
- Submissions should be made through the PLACARD website.
- First, second and third prize entries will be published on the PLACARD blog and ICLEI Resilient Cities website.
- Additional prizes will be announced shortly.
Evaluation criteria
- Relevance
- Power of the message
- Originality and creativity
- Inclusion of narrative elements (guidance) and strategic dimension (purpose of the story / piece of art)
Please note:
- You must be the original author of the work.
- By submitting your work, you agree to publish your story/ piece of art on PLACARD and ICLEI Resilient Cities websites. The work remains property of the participating authors and artists. If the organisation would like to use the stories, poems or visual stories beyond the scope of this competition, it will be with prior approval of the author/artist and with due credit. The organisation or its partners cannot be asked for any reproduction fee or royalties.