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The 1st Annual G.I.R.L Game Design Competition

The application phase of the G.I.R.L. scholarship program has now ended.
The winner will be announced on or about June 30, 2008.

Welcome to the official G.I.R.L- Gamers in Real Life-website!
Are you ready to get your game on?

Sony Online Entertainment's G.I.R.L program was created to positively impact the way females are depicted in video games and create and influence content to be appealing to women. G.I.R.L helps raise awareness of the serious female gaming audience to the media in an effort to encourage the gaming industry to positively promote women throughout all facets of games, game production and into game management.


Scholarship Program

The SOE G.I.R.L (Gamers in Real Life) Scholarship is a progressive new scholarship program designed to educate and recruit more women into the video game industry. The goal of the G.I.R.L Scholarship is to give a student a unique opportunity-to get their foot in the door with a paid internship at one of the SOE studios, plus $10,000 towards tuition at The Art Institutes.

Eligibility

In order to be eligible to participate, entrants must be currently enrolled at one of The Art Institutes schools, have a graduation date of June 2009 or later and must comply with the Official Rules. Entrants are required to complete an online application, submit an in-game design, concept art and two (2) essays. Online applications must be completed on or before April 15, 2008 and related asset submissions must be received on or before May 31, 2008. The winner will be announced on or about June 30, 2008.

The Prize

One skilled student will win a $10,000 tuition scholarship towards his or her education at The Art Institutes school at which he or she is currently enrolled and a paid internship of up to ten (10) weeks at one of the Sony Online Entertainment studios (located in Austin, Denver, San Diego and Seattle). Entrants will be judged by a panel of industry professionals from SOE.

 
   
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