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⭐ The 2021 Emoti-Con Competition: Archive ⭐
Emoti-Con is NYC's Annual Youth Digital Media & Tech Challenge- a project fair for students who believe in digital innovation as a tool for positive change in the world around them.
Congratulations👏 to our 5 Emoti-Con Award Winners and 10 Honorable mentions! Scroll down to check out each winning project, and all 145 amazing student submissions.
DIIT & Mouse Design League schools: Here are the winners of the separate DIIT competition! 👏
🏆 2021 Award Ceremony!🏆
📺 Meet Ari Melenciano: Creative Technologist 📺
The Emoti-Con Aluminati interviewed this year's Keynote Speaker: Ari Melenciano. Ari answered questions from students on a Miro Board about her creative technology work, including digital photography projects, sound sculptures that celebrate Black culture, and Afrotectopia. Watch on YouTube.
Project Browser
“#TheCyberMadness”
by High School Students
from Education Video Center
![EVC NMA 2021](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/prod-emoticon/projects/_800x467_crop_top-center_75_none/EVC_NMA_2021.png)
“A New Lens”
by a Middle School Student
from Mouse & DIIT Design League @ MS 582
![New Lens](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/prod-emoticon/projects/_800x467_crop_top-center_75_none/New-Lens.png)
“A Teen’s Diary about Mental and Emotional Health”
🏆 Most Entertaining🏆
by a High School Student
from Mouse & DIIT Design League @ Bronx International HS
![Screen Shot 2021 05 19 at 10 47 22 AM](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/prod-emoticon/projects/_800x467_crop_top-center_75_none/Screen-Shot-2021-05-19-at-10.47.22-AM.png)
“A!ert Me”
Honorable Mention 👏
by a Middle School Student
from Mouse & DIIT Design League @ MS 301
![Featured Project Image Decoran](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/prod-emoticon/projects/_800x467_crop_top-center_75_none/Featured-Project-Image-Decoran.png)
“Ad-Blocker Stick”
by a Middle School Student
from CAMBA Tech Titans
![Screen Shot 2021 05 18 at 8 10 44 PM](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/prod-emoticon/projects/_800x467_crop_top-center_75_none/Screen-Shot-2021-05-18-at-8.10.44-PM.png)
“Admirers of Life”
Honorable Mention 👏
by Middle School Students
from Mouse @ Stephen A Halsey JHS 157 Q
![Screen Shot 2021 05 17 at 3 40 06 PM](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/prod-emoticon/projects/_800x467_crop_top-center_75_none/Screen-Shot-2021-05-17-at-3.40.06-PM.png)
“Animal Adoption Game”
Honorable Mention 👏
by High School Students
from Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Education High School
![Screen Shot 2021 05 13 at 8 25 59 PM](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/prod-emoticon/projects/_800x467_crop_top-center_75_none/Screen-Shot-2021-05-13-at-8.25.59-PM.png)
“Animal Rescue”
by a High School Student
from Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical High School
![Animal Rescue Start page](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/prod-emoticon/projects/_800x467_crop_top-center_75_none/Animal-Rescue-Start-page.png)
“Animal Rights Not Wrongs”
by Middle School Students
from Mouse @ Stephen A Halsey JHS 157 Q
![Screen Shot 2021 05 18 at 9 42 00 PM](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/prod-emoticon/projects/_800x467_crop_top-center_75_none/Screen-Shot-2021-05-18-at-9.42.00-PM.png)