What we learnt from interviewing the world’s greatest icons

Prime Ministers, Inventors, Winners of Nobel Prizes, Grammy Awards, Pulitzers and Olympic Gold Medalists: Their successes today could be traced back to their childhood. So, we are recognising Daring youth today!

Applications close Oct 23

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Join the community & for a limited time, get a FREE graphic novel about the life of Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, who talked about his life story and how he became who he is to the original Rookie Reporters, Chamonix & Leon Fernandes. See the video here. We ask you only one thing - please do not distribute the link! Just direct people to this website.

Daring Awards: What we are looking for

Our goal is to inspire youth to believe in themselves and achieve great things. It doesn't matter what their interests might be. We are looking for daring youth that are happy to be different, try new things & build a better world.

Nominate for one or both

Nominate yourself or someone for the

"Daring Awards"

Are you the next Greta Thunberg? What makes you unique? - is there something you have a passion for? A sport? An instrument? A cause? Gave you done something cool?

Applications close Oct 23

Nominate yourself or someone as a

"Rookie Reporter"

We are also encouraging 7-17 year olds to interview Rookieverse Daring Awards winners to help them communicate their story to the world. Tell us why you would like to interview Daring Award winners.

Applications close Oct 23

Daring Awards Criteria

Self-Nominations

Self Nominations are welcomed! But if you are under 13, you must get your parent or guardian to nominate you or approve your self-nomination. This is important.

Eligibility

Applicants should be in the age range 7-19 and should be Indian Citizens, Residents, OCIs or PIOs.

Age-adjusted evaluation

Our approach is to adjust the selection based on the age of the nominees - if you / your child is on the younger side (say 7 years old) the nomination is considered differently from a teen. We may choose to have age-based categories for applications.

Nomination Fee

There is no fee to be paid either by the child, parent or the nominator of a Daring Awards Winner

Nomination Language

Regrettably, the nomination must be in English and the conference will be in English. In the future, we hope we can make this more inclusive.

FAQ

My child is only 7 years old. He cannot nominate himself?

A parent can nominate a child. You may include a portfolio, certificates, press or any relevant materials. Videos hosted on Youtube marked “unlisted” that is relevant to the child - whether a performance and / or the child talking about what he does and why is also acceptable.

How many awardees will there be?

We do not have a fixed number of awardees. So your child is not “competing” against another. Depending on the number of nominations, may choose to announce a shortlist and a finalist list as well and provide certificates for both winners and finalists.

Should I nominate myself or my child if I don’t believe I have done something absolutely fantastic?

Yes! First people often underestimate how good themselves. Next, we are building a community of youth that are passionate about a better world. We anticipate possibly having conferences where you will be able to participate and finally, you never know we announce you on a finalist list and it would still be a nice feather in your cap for your portfolio.

What awards will winners get?

Daring Award winners will get a certificate and a chance to be featured in the media. This is something that you can use for any purpose -whether it be school or college admissions or just to frame up on your wall. It is recognition for what you’ve done and you deserve it! We plan on having a few special awards as well for youth doing interesting things for the environment, food waste or in media / content.