How Do I Enter the Competition

To enter the competition, teams must submit a complete application which includes:

  • A completed ImagiNations Design Competition Entry Form (fill-out and complete form here)
  • A resume for each team member
  • Proof of current enrollment or recent graduation from a college or university in the U.S.
    • Letter from college/university or copies of transcripts will be accepted and must indicate current enrollment, standing (i.e. Junior, Senior or Full-Time Graduate) and Major/Minor
  • Proof of membership in Association or Organization (if applicable)

Upon notification of qualification, you will be asked to submit your project by the project submission deadline.

Who Can Enter

1. You must enter the competition only as a team of at least two participants with no more than four participants.

2. To qualify, each team participant must meet the following requirements:

Be a student at least 18 years of age with Junior, Senior or Full-time Graduate student standing and enrolled in one of the disciplines listed below; or a graduate within 1 year of graduation and formerly enrolled in one of the disciplines listed below;

  • Architecture
  • Arts
  • Animation
  • Computer Science
  • Construction/ Project Management
  • Creative Writing
  • Engineering
  • Game Design
  • Graphic / Communications Design
  • Illustration
  • Industrial Design
  • Interactive Media Design
  • Interior Design
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Media Production (Digital, TV, Film)
  • Theater Design and Production

And

Be sponsored by a college or university, or a certified 501(c)3 Organization or Association in the U.S. whose focus is one of the disciplines listed above.

3. For valid entry, the Entry Form must be signed by an authorized representative of one of the following: a College or University, a certified 501(c)3 Organization, or Association.

4. Previous finalists in the ImagiNations Design Competition who have presented a submission at Walt Disney Imagineering are not eligible to participate.

5. Current or former employees of Walt Disney Imagineering and their immediate family are not eligible for this competition.


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Terms & Conditions

Submitted ideas must be original and solely the work of the team members. Participants cannot be in more than one team. Only one project per team will be accepted.

All team members must meet competition guidelines by the application deadline and must also be available to participate in the final competition.

In consideration for the opportunity to win an all-expenses-paid-trip to Walt Disney Imagineering, to be considered for an internship opportunity, the opportunity to win a cash prize and for the opportunity for the University or Association or Organization whose signature(s) appears on the submitted Entry Form to receive a $1,000 grant (to be split equally among the Universities, Associations and/or Organizations represented by the team) if our entry is adjudged the first place winner, I/we understand and agree that any and all submissions will become the sole property of Walt Disney Imagineering and will not be returned. All rights to use these ideas will be retained by Walt Disney Imagineering without expectation by me/us of other consideration. Any offer of an internship or other employment opportunity is expressly contingent on my/our eligibility for employment in the United States.

Walt Disney Imagineering reserves the right to disqualify a team and/or not to offer an internship opportunity.

For Further Information

wdi.imaginations@disney.com
818.544.3704 phone

   

Application Deadline
Completed application must be postmarked between October 1 - 21, 2011.

Project Submission
Qualified participants will be notified by November 11, 2011 and asked to submit their project, which must be received by November 18, 2011. (Submission template will be provided upon qualification)

Final Competition
Finalist teams will be invited to Walt Disney Imagineering in Glendale, California in late January 2012 to present their projects to a panel of Walt Disney Imagineering executive judges.

All applications and submissions should be sent to the following address:

Walt Disney Imagineering
Attn: ImagiNations Design Competition
1401 Flower St.
MC: 9030
Glendale, CA 91221-5020

All qualified applicants will be considered for internship opportunities at Walt Disney Imagineering or other Walt Disney Company business units.

Legend John Hench & Imagi-Nations Finalist
Marty Sklar
Disney Legend, ImagiNations Founder
 
International Finalists from Quito, Ecuador & Inverness, Scotland
2008 Finalists with mentor
Howard University
 
2009 Finalist Team: California State University, Fullerton
2009 Finalist Team with mentor
California State University, Fullerton
 
International Finalists from Quito, Ecuador & Inverness, Scotland
2010 Finalists with mentor
Carnegie Mellon University
 
Flip Video Watch the ups and downs of the competition, filmed by participants using revolutionary, innovative FLIP video cameras.