Browse Genius Prize Leagues
Assemble your team of 3-5 youth, a coach, and a host organization, or join an existing team. Find a league and competition.
Select a community problem to solve. Meet with your team to create a solution and design a performance that illustarates your solution.
Perform your musical or dramatic skit in front of distinguished judges to compete for awards, cash, and community respect.
Genius Prize empowers youth to focus their natural creativity to make positive change in their communities. GP Youth Competitions bring together teams of youth to compete in creative demonstrations of solutions to real-world problems. GP participants cultivate teamwork, public speaking, open-ended problem-solving, and other important skills that will enrich all areas of their lives. By recognizing talent in local youth, we help communities discover genius hidden within neighborhoods, activate untapped potential, and improve neighborhoods from within.
Teams of youth select a problem to solve in one of three competition sections: Live Action Presentation, Video Presentation, or Gizmo Section. Competition includes a typed Solution Form and timed presentation before a panel of judges.