Contest

For the 2023 contest, DAAD asked students to #PictureYourselfInGermany! If you could go anywhere in Germany, where would you go? What would you do? And who would join you? Using the 2D visual artistic medium of their choice, students pictured themselves in Germany by depicting a scene, either a self-portrait or POV, of their dream trip to Germany! Entries could be made digitally or using traditional media. Life imitated art for the grand prize winner, who will won free round-trip airfare to anywhere in Germany!

The #SeeingDouble Photo Contest in 2022 invited students to submit a photo of a place or thing in their community in the US or Canada that has a German Doppelgänger, like the CN Tower in Toronto and its Doppelgänger, the TV Tower in Berlin. The top submissions advanced to the Voting Round, and the three entries with the most votes will won a prize, including free roundtrip airfare to Germany and a free language course at the Goethe-Institut.

1^st Place: Kathleen Begley
2^nd Place: Jessica Jahn
3^rd Place: Hailey Ng

Taking the 90^th anniversary of the Bauhaus School in Dessau as a starting point, DAAD North America’s photo contest invited the public to examine their everyday environment for elements of Bauhaus, whether it be a building, an artwork, housewares, or anything in between. Each photo is accompanied by an explanation of how it represents Bauhaus to the entrant.

1^st Place: Isabella Gonzalez (University of California, Santa Barbara)
2^nd Place: Taylor Tibbs (Carthage College)
3^rd Place: Taylor Strege (University of Minnesota)

2015 marked the 25th Year Anniversary of the German Reunification. Political leaders, poets, scholars and eyewitnesses, just to name a few, have eloquently, poignantly and incisively captured and paid homage to the significance of this momentous event that has changed the course of history and transformed the lives of many. However, these testimonies and tributes do not exhaust the ways of commemorating this event which Chancellor Merkel described as, “a dream come true.” It is in this spirit that we invite you to write a 250 word (or less) essay, poem or short story that is inspired by the event of the German reunification.

1^st Place: Sonja Schaefer (University of Waterloo)
2^nd Place: Evelyn Baxley (Boston College)
3^rd Place: Erica Stevens (University of Pittsburgh)

Are you ready for Germany, but stuck without a plan? Turn it around and join the DAAD Germany poetry jam! Whether you write, sing, rhyme or rap, it’s time to get your passion to giddy-yap! So go stand in front of the cam and jam your way to Germany!

Participating in the DAAD German Poetry Jam Contest will be both easy and fun! Create a video (maximum one minute long) of yourself stating why you’d value the opportunity to study in Germany.

1^st Prize: Bruno Berastain (University of California of Santa Barbara)
2^nd Place: Angelika Milczarski (Brock University)
3^rd Place: Sarah Kendall (Rollins College)