E. James Holland-Symposium on American Values Student Contest

Currently enrolled ASU students are eligible to win cash prizes for submitting their work to the Holland Symposium Student Contest.

Submissions will be judged by an interdisciplinary panel of faculty on originality/creativity, depth of thought, and relation to the Symposium topic. Entries to the contest must include a submission of the online form below and follow any additional instructions specified by the categories below.

Prizes: $100 for first prize in each category and $50 for runner-up in each category
Submission Deadline: March 10 at 11:59 p.m.

How do games shape human values?

The speakers consider “games” to be a broad category that includes board games, video games, alternate reality games, and more. Here are some ideas for questions that your work might engage, but feel free to come up with your own in addressing the topic:

Are video games “art?”
How is culture (literature, music, art) reflected in games, or how have games informed culture?
How do games provoke emotions, inspire, or otherwise affect us?
How has a specific game changed the way you see the world?
How can games be used to educate and inspire social change?

Categories and Instructions

Music entries should consist of:

An MP3 file of the recording submitted through the online form.
A brief written artist’s statement explaining how the work relates to the Symposium topic, including whether the work is an interpretation of an existing work or an original composition (100-250 words).

Any style of music is eligible. Maximum playing time of musical compositions should be 20 minutes.

Paintings, photographs, sculpture, prints, computer graphics, and multi-media work are invited in this category.

Visual art entries should consist of:

The piece itself or a photograph of the piece submitted as .png or .jpeg file through the online form
A brief written artist’s statement explaining how the work relates to the Symposium topic (100-250 words)
Delivery of the work itself, depending on medium, to Dr. Yarian.

2D work must be appropriately framed and ready to hang using picture wire.

Submission Form

Deadline: 11:59 PM, March 10

All fields marked with an asterisk (*) are required.

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Name*

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Email address*

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Mailing Address*

Your mailing address is required so that checks can be distributed to winners.

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CID*

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Category*

Please indicate which category you would like your submission to be considered for.

Essay

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Visual Art

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File Submission*

Please upload your file submission here. Accepted file formats are PDFs for essays, MP4s for music, and PNGs or JPEGs for visual art.

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Artist’s Statement

For visual art and music submissions, please include your artist’s statement here. Statements should be approximately 100-250 words.

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