Arapahoe Libraries Geek Out: A Creative Contest for Teens has ended for 2024.
GEEK OUT
A CREATIVE CONTEST FOR TEENS
2024
2024 Geek Out Contest Winners
CONTEST NOVEMBER 1-30
Calling teen fans of books, comics, games, movies, music, sports and more!
If you're between the ages of 11-18, we invite you to use your creative skills to showcase your favorite fandom in our annual Geek Out contest.
Submit your entries at any Arapahoe Libraries location or electronically from this page starting November 1.
GRAND PRIZE $400 VISA GIFTCARD
More Prizes Including Visa Giftcards Valued At:
- $200 x3
- $100 x3
- $50 x7
- $25 x7
NEED INSPIRATION?
Previous entries (and winners!) submitted the following:
- Fan-fiction, poetry, song lyrics or other written formats
- Videos you’ve created
- Cosplay (dressing up like your favorite character)
- Fan-art, from digital to pencil to paint to sculpture or whatever you can create
- Songs you’ve recorded
- Or anything else you can come up with!
Browse all things pop culture for more ideas.
GRAND PRIZE $400 VISA GIFTCARD
More Prizes Including Visa Giftcards Valued At:
- $200 x3
- $100 x3
- $50 x7
- $25 x7
NEED INSPIRATION?
Previous entries (and winners!) submitted the following:
- Fan-fiction, poetry, song lyrics or other written formats
- Videos you’ve created
- Cosplay (dressing up like your favorite character)
- Fan-art, from digital to pencil to paint to sculpture or whatever you can create
- Songs you’ve recorded
- Or anything else you can come up with!
Browse all things pop culture for more ideas.
CONTEST RULES
- Entries must be submitted with a completed entry form in person at an Arapahoe Libraries location or electronically using the form on this page. Entries will be accepted Friday, November 1 through midnight on Saturday, November 30, 2024.
- Participants must be Colorado residents between 11–18 years old.
- No prizes, awards, or any other type of recognition will be given to any entry by Arapahoe Libraries employees, board members or their family members.
- Each contestant can enter up to three (3) entries, but an entrant may win only once. Group entries are permitted.
- Fan fiction and other writing entries are permitted. These entries are limited to three pages or 1000 words.
- Entrants grant Arapahoe Libraries the right to use information provided as part of submission, including name, city, age, and contact information for the following purposes: 1) Contact information will only be used to notify you in the event you are selected as a winner of a prize and to invite you to the Geek Out party; and 2) First name, city, and age may be announced to the public in connection with winning entries.
- Fan art is art that is inspired by others' work but not a direct copy of another piece. The person submitting the piece must be the person who created the piece. No tracing or recoloring of another person's art.
- All work should be original. If you are submitting digital art, no piece of it can be AI generated. If references are used, it should be obvious that the piece as a whole has been transformed and is not a direct copy of other photos or artwork.
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