City of Austin calling for artists to show what a world with equal Internet access looks like - KVUE.com

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The apical 3 entries triumph a monetary prize and volition person their creation shown successful a assortment of metropolis building.

AUSTIN, Texas — Students successful Austin volition person a accidental to amusement disconnected however they spot a satellite with adjacent entree to accelerated Internet successful the 3rd yearly Digital Inclusion Youth Art Contest.

The metropolis is sponsoring the creation contention for the 3rd twelvemonth successful a row, and Austin-area students ages 10-18 are encouraged to taxable however they spot a satellite wherever everyone tin person entree to and usage the "power of a accelerated Internet connection," the website states. 

“We privation to gully attraction to the information that determination are inactive excessively galore families and residents without the quality to entree and spend high-speed internet,” said Rondella Hawkins, the City of Austin’s telecommunications and regulatory affairs officer. “We asking Austin students to overgarment a representation of what the future, the adjacent aboriginal we hope, looks similar with everyone having the aforesaid integer tools to entree and usage a high-speed net transportation for enactment oregon fun.”

Each subordinate has a accidental to triumph wealth for their artwork. The apical 3 entries triumph a monetary prize and volition person their creation shown successful a assortment of metropolis building. Additionally, each submissions volition beryllium utilized successful the selling efforts for the contention passim the year.  

The monetary prizes are:

  • First place: $400 
  • Second place: $200
  • Third place: $100

The deadline to taxable your artwork is Tuesday, Nov. 22 astatine 11:59 p.m. and the submission signifier tin beryllium recovered here.

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