First Year Sketchbook Competition 2026!

Drawing and Imaging is pleased to announce the First-Year Sketchbook competition!

All First-Year students are encouraged to participate. There will be prizes awarded to the top three sketchbooks. A compilation video of all entries will be exhibited at Parsons.

Important Dates:

February 23 – March 20: Students upload submissions
March 30: Video exhibition opens, winners announced
March 30 – May 15: Video on view, 2 West 13th Street, 5th-floor monitors

To enter:

  • Your sketchbook does NOT need to be full
  • Your sketchbook can include personal explorations and classwork
  • Film a video of you flipping through your sketchbook (smartphone videos are fine)
  • Use the default format (1080 pixels at 30 FPS)
  • Video should be 2 minutes or less
  • Video should be well lit
  • Video MUST be in horizontal (landscape) format
  • Video should be steady (tripod filming is best)
  • Choose a clean, neutral background to film 
  • Your name should appear on one of the pages
  • Videos of well filmed sketchbooks can be found here
  • Upload your video here (Newschool.edu account required)
  • Non-conforming or poor quality videos will not be included
  • Entries must be received by March 20th