Rookie Awards 2024

Deadline: June 01, 2024

Program Ends: July 27, 2024

Competitions

Creative Ideas Tech & IT

Location(s)

  • Online

Overview

The 13th Annual Rookie Awards is open to young creatives in visual effects, animation, games, virtual reality, motion graphics and 3d visualisation. There is simply no better way to launch your career and start sharing your amazing work online.

Details

The 13th Annual Rookie Awards is the world’s leading contest for aspiring creatives in games, animation, visual effects, immersive media, motion graphics and 3d visualisation.

The contest provides a rare opportunity for you to share your work to industry heavyweights and influencers, receive badges and certificates, connect with other young artists and potentially launch your creative career beyond your expectations.

Don’t worry if you’re not ready to apply for jobs, or think your work isn’t good enough, because you can still walk away with a truck load of prizes. Still not convinced? Why not watch some honest video testimonials from artists about how this contest changed their lives, even when they didn’t win.

Groups & Categories

The Rookie Awards has a category for everyone, across all skill levels and creative media interests, so you are sure to find one that inspires you. These are the 5 main Contest Groups:

  • Rookie of the Year - 10 x categories open to individual artists to showcase their specific industry based skills.
  • Film of the Year - 3 x individual/team based categories for artists working on films.
  • Game of the Year - 3 x individual/team based categories for artists working on games.
  • Career Opportunities - Various opportunities provided by production studios.
  • Specialty - Open to individual artists under 18 years.

Important dates

  • Open for Entries: 7 March 2024.
  • Closed for Entries: 1 June 2024.
  • Finalists announced: 9th July 2024.
  • Winners announced: 27th July 2024.

Dates mentioned are at 11:59 pm on the date in question. All dates are based on Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Tips & Advice

  • Create an entry page that shows off ALL your best work for the selected category. Treat the contest like a job application where you want to impress a recruiter with a wide range of skills related to the industry (category).
  • Explain how you created your projects, include extra images, video, and text to help.
  • Watch our introduction video to make sure you create the best entry possible.
  • Review entries from last year and use them as inspiration.
  • Read our F.A.Q article to clear up any common confusion.
  • Ask questions on our Discord Channel and network with pros and entrants.
  • Follow us @therookiesco
  • Stay updated with #rookieawards2024.

Get Started

  1. Select a Category that interests you from the Contest Groups listed below.
  2. Click View Category Details to read the detailed category brief, judging criteria, deliveries and requirements.
  3. Follow the instructions on the category page about How to Enter, and submit an entry page loaded with all your best work!
  4. Rinse and repeat these steps to enter multiple times if you have the right skills

Opportunity is About


Eligibility

Candidates should be from:


Description of Ideal Candidate

Eligibility

  • You must be an aspiring student, self-taught artist, or hobbyist with a passion for creative media.
  • You must have less than 12 months professional experience in a related field.

* For further information please read the rules. Don’t worry, there isn’t too much lawyer talk in there.


Dates

Deadline: June 01, 2024

Program ends:

July 27, 2024

Program Ends: July 27, 2024


Cost/funding for participants

Prizes

We are supported by some of the world’s top companies and this is some of the bounty of goodies we have to share this year:

  • 5 x Houdini Indie 1-year license
  • 6 x Production Collective + Katana (12 month sub)
  • 6 x Nuke Studio, Mari or Katana (12 month sub)
  • 6 x Annual V-Ray Education or Annual Corona Student
  • Harmony 22 Premium (1 year) license
  • Annual Creative Cloud Subscription
  • Annual Substance 3D Collection Subscription
  • ... and many other prizes

Awards

Based on their performance, each entrant is awarded an official ranking and badge. Both badges and certificates are highly recommended to be displayed on the entrant's website or LinkedIn profile to add a level of professionalism and industry respect.

  • Film of the Year
  • Game of the Year
  • Rookie of the Year - Winner
  • Rookie of the Year - Runner Up
  • Rookie of the Year - Highly Commended
  • Rookie of the Year - People's Choice
  • Certificates 
    • Industry Ranking
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