Open Window Visual Storyteller Scholarship Competition

• 50% tuition fee award for the 2027 academic year, for up to four winners.
• Renewal for the second and third years of the degree (the 2025 info pack states a 50% discount on tuition in each of the three years, excluding the registration fee).
• To keep the scholarship into second and third year (2025 info pack): complete 120 credits per year and achieve at least a 65% average across all subjects.

• Entries close: 30 December 2026.
• Shortlisted candidates are notified by mid-January 2027.
• Winners are announced by the first week of February 2027.
• Intake: February 2027.

1. Apply to Open Window and obtain your acceptance letter for the February 2027 intake (book with a Student Advisor if you have not yet applied).
2. Create your visual storytelling project: four distinct moments or frames inspired by the theme.
3. Prepare a project title and a rationale of up to 200 words, plus planning and process documentation.
4. Submit your entry through the form on the scholarship competition page before 30 December 2026. Files must be MOV, MP4, JPG, PNG or PDF and no larger than 200 MB (2025 info pack); links to external videos such as YouTube or Vimeo are not accepted.
5. Shortlisted entrants are notified by mid-January 2027, and winners by the first week of February 2027.

• Open Window acceptance letter.
• Selected qualification.
• First-choice and second-choice specialisation.
• Project title relevant to the theme.
• The four-moment visual storytelling project.
• Project rationale of no more than 200 words.
• Planning and process documentation, such as sketches, layouts and behind-the-scenes material.

Entries are judged by the Open Window Academic Committee on six criteria: concept (response to the theme), story (sequential progression), creative use of medium, quality of craftsmanship, effort (whether the project was made for this brief) and presentation. Scholarships go to entrants showing exceptional artistic talent, creative thinking and creative potential.