‘We Create Anyway’ Launches Contest to Encourage Creativity at Home During COVID19

Participants will be selected at random to win numerous $500 cash prizes

An array of creatives have teamed up to launch ‘We Create Anyway’, the first virtual competition created to encourage creativity during the COVID19 lockdown. The competition will begin on April 2.  

We Create Anyway is a movement started by a collective of creatives to inspire the world to create anyway in times of crisis. The competition asks for submissions of creativity ranging from photography, videography, painting, drawing, singing, songwriting, cocktail making, baking, you name it. Winners will be selected at random. No entry will be judged, handpicked, or critiqued in anyway. The purpose is to inspire creativity, not to judge it. Prizes include numerous $500 cash prizes and additional brand prizes that will be announced throughout the competition. 

“We Create Anyway was started to inspire people to continue to create and be creative during this time of uncertainty, and to help relieve the financial burden coming down on the community around us,” said Elliott Clark, Co-Founder of Semi-Decent Creative and the social media personality behind @apartment_bartender. “Because in-person events aren’t currently an option and many creatives have lost brand partnerships and job opportunities, we’re focusing our efforts on digital creativity, leveraging the Apartment Bartender community and beyond.”

The contest begins on April 2, 2020. Two contest winners will be selected at random each week. People from all over the United States age 21 and up are invited to participate. Participants can enter as many times as they would like. 

CONTEST OVERVIEW:  

1. Go to wecreateanyway.org to sign up and enter

2. Follow @wecreateanway on Instagram (please note: your profile must be public to win) 

3. Like a @wecreateanyway post and tag a friend - (tag as many as you’d like)

4. Create something! (Remember, put your heart into it)

5. Post a video, photo, or mix of both in a carousel post to Instagram showcasing what you created with a detailed caption explaining your inspiration behind it. (Example: What did you learn? What did you hope to accomplish? What drove you to create this? What impact has this had on the people around you?)

6. Two contest winners will be selected at random each week. The winners will be notified via email and social media.

7. Enter again. You can create and enter as many times as you’d like in the 5 week contest period. (Please note: All submissions must follow the same rules in order to qualify).

This movement is made possible by William Grant & Sons, Q Mixers, Levecke Wine, Beer and Spirits, Beagans 1806, and Casa Mexico Tequila. 

Along with inspiring creativity, We Create Anyway will be simultaneously raising funds for Another Round Another Rally, a non-profit working to provide relief aid to chefs, servers, bartenders, dishwashers, sommeliers, managers or someone who holds any other type of hospitality role that has lost their job due to COVID19. We Create Anyway has already raised $15,000. 

For more information, please visit https://www.wecreateanyway.org/. 

Press Release from We Create Anyway