for you and a Coursemate
A creative competition for film and design students
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Entries close 9th October 2026
YOUR NEXT// YEAR AHEAD
THE BRIEF
Show us your vision for the year ahead and how you'll get there. Board the experiences and creative ambitions you want to bring to life, try new ways of creating, play with your personal style, and reimagine the ordinary. Then add your notes: what you want to make, and exactly how you'll pull it off.
FOR EXAMPLE:
"This is the year I shoot my next short on a single lens, cut it to a slower rhythm, and finally land the natural-light look I keep chasing."
OR
"I'm designing my own type, breaking the grid on every layout, and turning one idea into a full visual system."
GRAND PRIZE
A trip to Miami to attend Adobe MAX from 10th to 12th November, the world's largest annual creativity conference,
for the winner and a coursemate.
Pack your bags & we'll take care
of the rest: conference passes, flights, accommodation and daily spending money
on us.
Two Grand Prize winners:
one US winner, one UK winner
Entries close
9th October 2026 11:59pm.
Winners announced 23rd October 2026.
Bonus prizes*: Don't wait to enter! The first five submissions from each university will unlock exclusive culture or art passes.
*Terms and conditions apply
What IS Firefly Boards?
Adobe Firefly Boards bring collaborative creativity to you. It offers one space for you to collect inspiration, mix ideas, and build visual worlds side by side.
It’s where an idea you’ve got can come to life.
This contest is your shot to use Firefly Boards to map a real creative vision and put it in front of Adobe, with a chance to win a trip to Miami. Show us your love for ideation and mood boarding before reaching the final product.
//How to Enter
01. Open the template
Click the template link for your ready-made Firefly Board. Select the ”Remix Board” option to edit the template.
02. Open the template
Add your reference imagery, remix it to make it your own and create the projects, styles, places and people you want in the year.
03. Explain your vision
Tell us the story behind your board in 150 words and submit it alongside a public link to your Firefly Board.
What makes your board stand out
Your P.O.V.
Show us a point of view that's uniquely yours.
Your creativity
How effectively have you used Firefly Boards to build, develop and explain your ideas?
Your Vision
How clearly have you communicated the inspiration and thinking behind your board in 150 words?
Entries close 9th October 2026
first five submissions from each university will unlock exclusive culture or art passes.
*Terms and conditions apply
FAQS//
Adobe NEXT// is Adobe’s new platform for film and design students. It celebrates the next generation of creative students & faculty in film & design. Key program components include the Adobe NEXT// Campus Leader program that allows students to build their own Adobe collective on campus as well as events and partnerships that connect students to the industry opportunity. Adobe NEXT// cultivates the emerging talent who are at the forefront of creative culture on campuses across the US+UK.
Firefly Boards is a flexible, easy-to-start, Firefly powered workspace where you can upload or generate images, remix ideas and use image style references to apply specific elements. Creative professionals from graphic designers to interior decorators use mood boards to create visual collages that combine images, colours, textures, fonts and more to express a specific look or concept. A digital mood board makes it fast and easy to capture inspiration when it strikes. Create a mood board quickly with customisable templates and drag-and-drop tools. Use Firefly Boards for brainstorming, collaborating or sharing early concepts. An online mood board is a simple, inspiring way to visualise and communicate your creative direction.
It's easy.
Log in to your free Adobe Creative Cloud account using your university email address.
Click Enter Here to open the submission form.
Remix the Firefly Board template and make it your own.
Set your board to Public and paste the link into the form.
Tell us the story behind your board in 150 words and hit submit.
It’s for any creative student from…
Two Grand Prize winners (one from the UK and one from the US) will win a trip for themselves and a coursemate to Adobe MAX in Miami (10–12 November 2026), the world's largest creativity conference.
We'll cover your conference pass, flights, accommodation and daily spending money.
Plus, the first five submissions from each university will unlock an exclusive culture or art pass.
A friend who attends the same university and is a student on a similar creative course.
Thank you for your interest in hearing more about Adobe NEXT//. For questions not answered in this FAQ section, please email adobenext@adobe.com.
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