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Democracy Stories Lab Open Call

  • Organization: People Powered x Democracy Narratives Alliance
  • Type: Competition
  • Location: Global
  • Deadline: September 14, 2026
  • Age: No age restriction stated
  • Funding: Fully Funded

People Powered, a global hub for participatory democracy, and the Democracy Narratives Alliance are looking for creators who can make democracy feel like something people actually have a stake in. The Democracy Stories Lab is an open call for visual content, meaning short vertical videos under three minutes, illustrations, or graphics, that tell a compelling story about voice, fairness, and community power. Four winning entries receive USD 1,000 each, and five honorable mentions receive USD 500 each. Winners are amplified across the Alliance's channels and featured in a global screening webinar. The interesting part is who they want. The call explicitly favours creators who reach audiences outside democracy circles and creators from communities that have historically had less representation in public discourse. They ask for evidence of your distribution channels and audience, which means a creator with a real following on a platform that never talks about democracy is exactly the point rather than a disadvantage. Submissions are open from 14 July to 14 September 2026, and previously published work is allowed. **What you get:** - USD 1,000 for each of four winning entries - USD 500 for each of five honorable mentions - Amplification across Democracy Narratives Alliance and People Powered channels - Featuring in a global screening webinar - Access to the Alliance's narrative research on how to talk about democracy **What you'll do:** - Submit up to two finished pieces of visual content: short videos under three minutes in vertical format, illustrations, or graphics - Engage with the Democracy Narratives Alliance research frameworks on how to talk about democracy - Write a description of up to 300 words covering the narrative type, the story, the change you expect, and your creative process - Provide a creator bio of up to 150 words and evidence of your distribution channels and audience

Apply for Democracy Stories Lab Open Call

People Powered x Democracy Narratives AllianceCompetition

Democracy Stories Lab Open Call

Sep 14, 2026 23:59:00 UTC
Opportunity type
Competition
Funding
Fully Funded
Location
Global
Deadline
Sep 14, 2026 23:59:00 UTC

About this opportunity

People Powered, a global hub for participatory democracy, and the Democracy Narratives Alliance are looking for creators who can make democracy feel like something people actually have a stake in. The Democracy Stories Lab is an open call for visual content, meaning short vertical videos under three minutes, illustrations, or graphics, that tell a compelling story about voice, fairness, and community power. Four winning entries receive USD 1,000 each, and five honorable mentions receive USD 500 each. Winners are amplified across the Alliance's channels and featured in a global screening webinar. The interesting part is who they want. The call explicitly favours creators who reach audiences outside democracy circles and creators from communities that have historically had less representation in public discourse. They ask for evidence of your distribution channels and audience, which means a creator with a real following on a platform that never talks about democracy is exactly the point rather than a disadvantage. Submissions are open from 14 July to 14 September 2026, and previously published work is allowed.

What you get:

  • USD 1,000 for each of four winning entries
  • USD 500 for each of five honorable mentions
  • Amplification across Democracy Narratives Alliance and People Powered channels
  • Featuring in a global screening webinar
  • Access to the Alliance's narrative research on how to talk about democracy

What you'll do:

  • Submit up to two finished pieces of visual content: short videos under three minutes in vertical format, illustrations, or graphics
  • Engage with the Democracy Narratives Alliance research frameworks on how to talk about democracy
  • Write a description of up to 300 words covering the narrative type, the story, the change you expect, and your creative process
  • Provide a creator bio of up to 150 words and evidence of your distribution channels and audience

Who can apply

  • No age restriction stated
  • Open to individual creators and small teams anywhere in the world
  • Priority for creators who reach audiences outside democracy circles
  • Priority for creators from communities historically less represented in public discourse
  • Work may be original or previously published
  • Up to two pieces per entry
  • No application fees

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Good to know

  • +Low barrier. You can submit work you have already made and published.
  • +Nine paid slots in total across winners and honorable mentions, which is better odds than most open calls
  • +Explicitly wants creators who reach non-political audiences, so a large following on an unrelated platform is an asset
  • +Nonpartisan. People Powered works on participatory budgeting and citizens' assemblies, not parties or campaigns.

Worth checking yourself

  • !The prize money is modest at USD 1,000 per winner
  • !You need to show evidence of your distribution channels and audience size, which favours creators who already have a following
  • !No deadline time or timezone is published, only the date
  • !Submissions go through a Google Form rather than a portal on the People Powered site, though the form is linked directly from the official page

What we could not confirm

  • ?No deadline time or timezone is stated, only 14 September 2026. The Democracy Stories Lab page carries only a title graphic and no photograph, so the banner is a real photograph taken from People Powered's own site showing their participatory budgeting work in Scotland, not an image from the Democracy Stories Lab page itself
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Democracy Stories Lab Open Call
Sep 14, 2026 23:59:00 UTC