Please read the following details carefully. All additional questions can be directed to awards@sistercities.org. 

• If you plan to apply for multiple awards, please be aware that a separate application must be submitted for each award category.
• Only current dues-paying members of Sister Cities International with at least one formally recognized sister city partnership are eligible to apply.
• The awards will honor the accomplishments of sister city programs achieved in 2024. Applications and supporting documents should focus on activities organized in 2024.
• Please note that sister city programs that received an award for 2023 are not eligible to win the same award for 2024.

Please read the following details carefully. All additional questions can be directed to youth@sistercities.org. 

• Students must be between 12 and 18 years of age at the time of the April 1, 2025 deadline. 
• The student must be affiliated with and have a direct point of contact with a dues-paying member of Sister Cities International or an international community partnered with a dues-paying member. 
• Each dues-paying member city may submit up to five (5) entries per category, per sister city, and per age group. International community partners are also eligible to submit a maximum of five (5) entries per category and age group.
• Each student can only submit one art piece across the whole YAAS competition.
• All entries must conform to the Sister Cities International policy on plagiarism found here. 
• All entries must be submitted and received through the online application by April 1, 2025, 11:59PM ET.