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This event page is your go-to hub for details on upcoming programs, game jams, and student competitions—featuring schedules, registration info, and more!
Next Event
November 10, 2025
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March 30, 2026
2025-26 Student Challenge Competition
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Young creators aged 10-25 are invited to submit social impact games, character artwork, and game trailers to this year's competition.
Join us July 21-22 at The Glasshouse in NYC! This year, we're exploring "Reimagining Play." As new technologies, communities, and storytelling formats reshape how we play, we'll bring together creators, researchers, educators, and innovators to examine play as a dynamic space for experimentation, collaboration, and creative exploration.
International UEFN Student Challenge Game Jam (US, Full Sail University, Middle & High School)
Are you under 25? Join one of our international game jam sites and start creating powerful experiences in Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN). With guidance from Epic Games teams and industry experts, you’ll learn UEFN hands-on and develop a project to submit to the G4C Student Challenge. Find the site closest to you and apply today!
At the Next-Gen Summit, youth ages 13-18 will come together to learn, create, and shape the future of video games for impact across education, civics, health, science, and more.
GGJ Next + G4C Student Challenge International Webinar
The Global Game Jam has partnered with Games for Change to help take the G4C Student Challenge global. Join us to learn about GGJ Next, a jam for kids ages 10-18. Experienced GGJ Next organizers will share their jam stories, including how to run your own jam site anywhere in the world.