{"id":588932,"date":"2019-08-22T16:56:14","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T23:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=588932"},"modified":"2019-09-30T12:05:09","modified_gmt":"2019-09-30T19:05:09","slug":"storymaps-contest-2019","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-storymaps\/announcements\/storymaps-contest-2019","title":{"rendered":"2019 ArcGIS StoryMaps Contest"},"author":9782,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[37101],"tags":[398132,427572],"industry":[],"product":[380802],"class_list":["post-588932","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","tag-arcgis-storymaps","tag-story-maps","product-arcgis-storymaps"],"acf":{"short_description":"Enter the 2019 ArcGIS StoryMaps Contest to show off your storytelling skills - and give $5,000 back to your community.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

UPDATE:<\/strong> The submission deadline has been changed from September 30, 2019 and extended to December 15, 2019.<\/strong> For official rules, read the updated terms and conditions.\u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

The all-new\u00a0ArcGIS StoryMapper of the Year contest <\/strong><\/a>is now open.<\/p>\n

For the first time ever, Esri is giving away a $5,000 grand prize to the contest winner, and they get to decide how it will be used to help their community. The winner will be named StoryMapper of the Year, and their original story map will be featured on esri.com.\u00a0 The winner will be announced to the world by Esri CEO Jack Dangermond in January 2020.<\/p>\n

How to enter<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Step 1: Make your story map<\/strong>
\nYour story could showcase your organization’s plans or projects, educate people about an issue, or fire up the supporters of your nonprofit. Or, it could be a personal story, such as sharing a place you love. The possibilities are endless so be imaginative and use the new ArcGIS StoryMaps<\/a><\/strong> to create your story map.<\/p>\n

Step 2: Tell us how you’d spend $5,000 to help your community<\/strong>
\nAs part of the contest, you must also come up with a storytelling project that helps your community. Whether you’d like to purchase laptops for a local school or help the homeless, we want you to get creative. In addition to the grand prize winner, four runners-up will also be chosen and receive $1,000 each for their project.<\/p>\n

Step 3: Enter the contest by December 15, 2019<\/strong>
\nVisit our website<\/strong><\/a> and enter your information, your storytelling project idea, and the link to your story map into the online form.\u00a0All entries must use the new ArcGIS StoryMaps<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":591992,"id":591992,"title":"Esri CEO Jack Dangermond and Storytelling with Maps contest winner Vicente Serrano","filename":"StorytellingWithMapsAwards_A1A0169.jpg","filesize":195330,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/StorytellingWithMapsAwards_A1A0169.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-storymaps\/announcements\/storymaps-contest-2019\/storytellingwithmapsawards_a1a0169","alt":"Esri CEO Jack Dangermond and Storytelling with Maps contest winner Vicente Serrano","author":"9782","description":"Esri CEO Jack Dangermond and Storytelling with Maps contest winner Vicente Serrano","caption":"Esri CEO Jack Dangermond and Storytelling with Maps contest winner Vicente Serrano","name":"storytellingwithmapsawards_a1a0169","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":588932,"date":"2019-08-22 23:51:04","modified":"2019-08-22 23:55:09","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":2100,"height":1500,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/StorytellingWithMapsAwards_A1A0169-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/StorytellingWithMapsAwards_A1A0169.jpg","medium-width":365,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/StorytellingWithMapsAwards_A1A0169.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":549,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/StorytellingWithMapsAwards_A1A0169.jpg","large-width":1512,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/StorytellingWithMapsAwards_A1A0169.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1097,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/StorytellingWithMapsAwards_A1A0169.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1463,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/StorytellingWithMapsAwards_A1A0169-651x465.jpg","card_image-width":651,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/StorytellingWithMapsAwards_A1A0169-1512x1080.jpg","wide_image-width":1512,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

New contest judging process<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Judging will begin when the contest ends on December 15, 2019.\u00a0 The top 25 entries will be chosen by the Esri team. Then, our guest judges will review the top 25 entries and narrow it down to five finalists. We are proud to have three geography and storytelling all-stars as our guest judges: Alex Tait,<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0Michael Goodchild, <\/a><\/strong>and\u00a0James Fallows, <\/a><\/strong>who will all be featured in a separate blog post next week.<\/p>\n

Contest judging will be based on the following criteria:<\/p>\n