Festival of Teen Talent, Passions & Potential
Celebrating Teenage Performers, Artists, Athletes, Writers, Inventors, Leaders and Changemakers: All Kinds of Teens on the Verge of Greatness!
Upload your videos, images or writings (for free!) and we'll display them in virtual venues through February! You could be discovered by college and other talent recruiters, win a Verge Award and appear in the "Teens on the Verge" Weekly Variety Shows!
Singers, rappers, spoken word artists, singer/songwriters, a Capella groups, choirs, choruses; any genre of music
- Submit your favorite performance of a cover or original piece to the Festival
- Express your passion for a specific cause through an original piece or cover
- Write/perform The Verge Awards jingle or cause-specific song/anthem
Instrumental soloists, duos, groups large and small, garage bands with or without lead singers; any genre
- Submit your favorite musical performance to the Festival
- Express your passion for a specific cause through an original song or cover
- Compose The Verge Awards or cause-specific theme music
Soloists, duos, small groups, large groups; any form of dance (including step), any genre of music
- Submit your favorite dance performance to the Festival
- Express your passion for a specific cause through original or covered dance
- Choreograph dance challenges to raise awareness on social media
Actors, emcees/hosts, theatre performers, set and costume designers
- Submit your favorite performance or theatre/stage design to the Festival
- Express your passion for a specific cause through an original/cover song, monologue or script/skit
- Create and perform a Verge Awards or cause-specific promotional ad or skit
- Be the face of The Verge Awards! Social influencers, emcees, reporters, voiceover actors needed for benefit shows
Bloggers, vloggers, YouTube personalities, social influencers!
- Submit your favorite sample of your work to the Festival
- Support specific causes with new creative content
- Create for and promote The Verge Awards social channels, video ads
- Capture reactions to Verge Awards content
- Build cheering sections for benefit shows
Standup comedy, comedy skits, beatboxing, magic, ventriloquism, multimedia, puppetry, mime, etc.
- Submit your favorite performance to the Festival
- Relate your work to a specific cause
- Create and perform a Verge Awards promotional ad or skit
- Be the face of The Verge Awards! Hosts, emcees, reporters wanted - be creative!
Multi media, painting, fashion design, photography, animation, filmmaking, illustration, graphic novels/comics, etc.
- Submit your favorite creation to the Festival
- Express your passion for a specific cause through your art; design merch for fundraisers
- Produce benefit shows and cause segments, animations, video ads, etc.
- Design The Verge Awards trophy, virtual venues, illustrations, merch and more!
- Design digital and social media marketing materials
Fiction/nonfiction, screen/playwright, poetry, teen talks, journalism
- Submit your written work to the Festival
- Support specific causes with creative writing
- Write copy for The Verge Awards social media, benefit show and cause-related content, website content, marketing/PR
Web, app and game developers, scientists, product inventors
- Submit your creation to the Festival
- Support specific causes with scientific, technological or engineering solutions - show us your vision! Sketch, storyboard or wireframe it, build a prototyope or model.
- Develop The Verge Awards game, app website features
Apparel, Footwear, Jewelry & Accessories (backpacks, masks...)
- Submit your favorite design to the virtual runway.
- Upcycling? Absolutely!
- Design merch for fundraising for causes
- Link to your ecommerce page!
Easy to Participate!
Official launch - now!
We'll accept entries on an ongoing basis, but the sooner you get yours in, the more who will see it and the more shows it will be considered for... including the pilot episode!
- Teens age 13-19 from anywhere in the country can participate
- Enter the broader talent showcase and/or cause-specific galleries
- You may create videos with your mobile device, webcam or video camera
Please create your profile now even if you're not ready to enter - this will help raise money!
