In April and May, we invited you to submit your creative audio to Yoto Space. You entered with some truly incredible submissions. Now you can explore all the winners, but don’t stop there!
If you would like to catch up, read all about our first creative audio competition here:
And now, to the main event! Drumroll, please…
In 1st place
The winner of the $1,000 prize is the choose your own path story The Cat-tastrophe! by Vanilla Hamster.
A fantastic story, excellently narrated, great pixel art and an engaging cover art, and in a format that really makes the most of being listened to on a Yoto player with its interactivity, all combined to make this the runaway winner.
Judge Elsie gives her thoughts on the winner
In 2nd place
Our second place is actually a tie! They will each receive $300.
“Gorgeous production and perfectly pitched at the target listener. A beautiful mindful activity that could easily spin out into a series.”
Jess Tarrant - Judge, and Content Director at Yoto
"A wonderfully written story with simple, expressive narration. Important message at its heart, handled sensitively. Could easily see this being an audiobook, or a published book."
Jess Tarrant - Judge, and Content Director at Yoto
In 4th place
Receiving $100 for 4th place is our first Made by Kids entry!
Preview
Judge Elsie gives her thoughts on On the Titanic
In 5th place
Receiving $50 for 5th place is our second Made by Kids entry!
“Joanie's bubbly personality, adorable artwork and precious theme song won me over! I especially love how fun these covertly educational activities are. And, as a person with ADHD, I especially loved the inclusive factor in this one. I really hope Joanie really does create a regular podcast (if she hasn't already!)”
Jazzy Ash - Judge, and Superstar
And because the judges couldn’t stop at just 5 winners!
The list of winners down to 10th place. Plus some additional fun awards that we just had to make.
6th place
“This entry totally transported me. I immediately googled Oxfordshire and started dreaming of travelling there someday. I was truly charmed by the camaraderie of this family. Plus, I learned some new things!”
Jazzy Ash
7th place
Preview the first chapter
“Genuinely hilarious, I loved the pacing on this one. Fantastic narration throughout and another good example of an interactive storytelling format that's pretty unique to Yoto.”
James Davies - Judge and illustrator at Yoto and creator of the “Meet the” series of Yoto Cards
8th place
“A lovely concept and one I'd love to see us (and the creators of this card) explore more.”
James Davies
9th place
“An inspiring story with great production values.”
James Davies
10th place
Fantastic Five-and-Unders
"I Can't Believe We Didn't Think Of That" Award for Invention
Jake-in-Waiting Host Potential
Community Vote
The top ten voted for entries, based on likes on Yoto Space, each receive $100. Check out all the winners here.
That’s a wrap
What an exciting thing this has been. Everyone at Yoto has been really really impressed with the quality and diversity of the things people have made. And we will definitely be thinking of ways to build on this and support creators on Yoto.
We’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments below about all this.
Congratulations to all the winners, and a great big thank you to everyone who took part!
Till next time, keep making stuff.