Storyvoice Closure - Letter from our Storyvoice Project Leader
“Growing up I realized that I am not the only one dealing with these things.”
I conceived of Storyvoice last year as a site to curate artwork and artist statements that would specifically help to de-stigmatize the issues of mental health. We received the funding to launch through a Centennial ARIF grant. The response of Centennial Fine Art Studio graduates and current students to share their art provided us with brilliant and impactful visual content. My team and I put the platform together with the support of the College and launched in the fall. My thanks to everyone who has contributed their invaluable work to the site. My thanks as well to my team who have been wonderful to work with.
The response to the site has been overwhelmingly positive. As I have toured the Story Arts Centre and introduced Storyvoice to students in other programs I have engaged in fantastic discussions and found real enthusiasm for what we are doing. We have received diverse submissions and powerful statements that validate our efforts and encourage us to do more.
This we will do. We are closing down submissions, newsletters and social media activity for the moment as we secure new funding to maintain what we have begun with the same standard that we have achieved. You will be able to continue to browse our site and read our stories. We will also make some improvements to the site along with new additions. We will not be accepting any new submissions during this period. You can still sign up to our newsletter to be updated about our continuation. You can continue to email us at storyvoice.info@gmail.com with questions you might have or to express your interest in being a future contributor. We will be reaching out to you in the near future. Take the best of care, and we look forward to the re-launch soon.
Anthony Harrison
Project Leader
We are no longer accepting submissions at this time.
- Works must include a theme of mental health in the content
- You must be a Centennial College student or alumni to apply to Storyvoice
- Storyvoice reserves the right to determine the appropriateness of all submissions
- You must complete the submission form at the bottom of the page and submit your creative work to storyvoice.info@gmail.com
- If your works are too large to fit into the email, please send us Google Drive link or WeTransfer link in the email
- Name your files with the following information: First name_Last name_Title of work
- Follow the guidelines below for your images, video or written work
For 2D works, 1 photograph is sufficient. For works with 3D components, a maximum of 5 photographs will be reviewed.
- Format: Jpeg or png
- Maximum dimensions: 2000 pixels on longest side - 1.5 MB file size
- Minimum: 1200 pixels on longest side
- Please ensure that all images are high resolution, in-focus and well-lit. If you are unsure of how to photograph your artwork then check out this video
- Videos must be high resolution and not smaller than 1280 by 720 pixels (720p)
- Video dimensions are flexible, but require a minimum of 720 x 720 pixels
- Video or audio can be a maximum of 10 minutes long
- Files formats must be either: MOV, .MPEG4, MP4, .AVI, .WMV, .MPEGPS, .FLV, 3GPP, or WebM
- Please submit an image to use as a thumbnail - please follow our image guidelines
- You can submit written works directly in the email, or attach a word document
- No more than 1000 words
- Submit a 1 sentence summary to use as a teaser for your written piece
- You have the option in the submission form to display your name on the website next to your work or remain anonymous.
- We will share promotional teasers of your works which may consist of cropped or clipped sections of your work on social media and in other Centennial College publications/websites. Comments will be disabled on all social media posts.
- If you do not want your work to be shared as promotional material, please answer NO to statement 3 below in the Submission form.