James Lee Scholarship

Who can enter:

The scholarship is open to emerging creative talent from across Canada wanting to enter the advertising industry. Entrants must be non-professional Canadian residents over the age of 16 who are either in the process of graduating or continuing their education. All fields of creativity related to the advertising community will be considered (e.g. writers, art directors, film makers, recording artists, illustrators, digital artists, etc.).

How to enter:

Upload a link to a portfolio that you host with a maximum of 10 pieces to the JLF website. In addition to your portfolio, please provide your contact information and a paragraph ( max. 1000 characters ) explaining how the funds would help you to pursue your creative path.

Judging:

• The scholarship will be awarded on the basis of the portfolio that demonstrates the most original thinking and craftsmanship according to the judging panel.
• A judging panel made up of a representative from each of the active founding member agencies and James Lee’s family will select the winner from the pool of submitted portfolios online.
• Periodically, guest judges will be invited to participate.
• Each member of the judging panel will score the portfolios online on a scale from 1-10. Each Judge will award a score of 10 to their favourite, a score of 1 to their least favourite and score the others accordingly. A meeting or conference call with the judging panel will confirm the winner for the year. If no submission is deemed appropriate by the judging panel, the award shall be credited back to The James Lee Foundation and no award will be made that year.
• In the event any winner does not accept the scholarship awarded, the judging panel will select another candidate from the submissions of that year. If no alternate submission is deemed appropriate by the judging panel, the award shall be relinquished and credited back to The James Lee Foundation.
• Winners from previous years are not eligible to reapply. No applicant will be permitted to submit the same portfolio from a previous year’s submission.