Create Real Impact Scholarship

Create Real Impact Contest Spring Awards in the categories of Graphic Design, Music, and Writing are open only to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia or DACA recipients between the ages of 14 and 22 years. Entrants must be enrolled as full-time students in an accredited educational institution (secondary [middle/high] school, trade school, college, or university).

Create Real Impact Contest Spring Awards in the Video category are open only to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States (with exceptions below) and the District of Columbia or DACA recipients between the ages of 14 and 22 years. Entrants must be enrolled as full-time students in an accredited educational institution (secondary [middle/high] school, trade school, college, or university).

Requirements

Create an original work showcasing your idea for a SOLUTION or STRATEGY to end reckless and distracted driving. Distracted driving is anything that takes your eyes off the road, your hands off the wheel, your mind off your driving, or keeps your ears from being alert to your surroundings. We encourage participants to go beyond addressing phone-use; behind the wheel distractions include texting and talking on the phone but also applying make-up, turning to talk to your friends, adjusting the GPS or radio/shuffling the playlist, eating or drinking, or anything else that takes your attention away from the task of driving.

We also strongly encourage participants to avoid the word “accident.” These are not just sad accidents but 100% preventable crashes. We believe that the majority of car crashes are preventable based on the choices being made inside of a car by a driver or a passenger.

All entries must follow the following requirements:

A) Not feature imagery or dialogue that is inappropriate, indecent, obscene, hateful, tortuous, defamatory, slanderous, dangerous, or libelous;

B) Not promote bigotry, racism, hatred, or harm against any group or individual or promote discrimination based on race, gender, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age;

C) Not involve being under the influence of alcohol or drugs while driving or drinking alcohol or using drugs;

D) Not be created for or entered into a previous Create Real Impact contest or any other contest;*

E) Not feature the brand, catchphrase, or logo of any organization, campaign, contest, etc. that is not affiliated with Impact Teen Drivers;

F) Not disparage Impact Teen Drivers, Create Real Impact, or any other person or party affiliated with the Create Real Impact contest and administration and promotion of contest.

G) While extremely dangerous and highly illegal, being under the influence of alcohol or drugs while driving is NOT the focus of this contest. Entries focused on drinking alcohol or using drugs and driving WILL NOT be accepted.