Amplify Program

Amplify is an initiative that offers you an opportunity to gain the skills, coaching and platform you need to share your knowledge and perspectives with a public audience. It’s a forum where you can take what you’re learning in an academic setting and use it to develop a public voice by experimenting with different media, including public writing, public speaking, multimedia and public art. Through events, workshops and one-on-one coaching and feedback, you’ll develop work that you’re proud to share with the world. The program culminates with a chance to submit your work to the Amplify Competition.

Amplify Competition

The Amplify Competition is an opportunity for Smith College students to share their knowledge, stories and perspectives in a public forum and a set of events designed to honor their efforts towards raising their voices to bring about positive change. The competition seeks to amplify students’ voices as they speak out about the issues that matter to them. The competition is open to all Smith students, and entries can be drawn from assignments completed for a course taken for credit, or a piece developed outside of a student’s coursework. 

Learn About the Competition

Prizes

Students may enter submissions in three categories: Public Speaking, Public Writing, and Public Art. All submissions will be published on a consolidated Amplify website, which will be accessible only within the Smith College community. Submissions will be entered to compete for prizes in each of the three categories plus a “People’s Choice” Award in each category. Prize winners will be announced in early February at an event on campus.

  • Public Speaking
    Three prizes of $500

  • Public Writing
    Three prizes of $500

  • Wild Card: Zines
    Three prizes of $500

  • People’s Choice
    $200 prize to one entry in each category