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Prairie Winter Studio Jam

Learn to run a game studio as a worker cooperative with other game devs and media artists in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, or Alberta. Learn more.

Applications due:

Application form

Before you start

3 yes or no

Do you live in Manitoba, Saskatchewan or Alberta?⁠*

Are you 18 or older?⁠*

Can you take part between November 18 and January 27?⁠*

Two live sessions with the whole cohort: the kickoff on November 18 and the wrap-up on January 27. In between, your studio meets once a week at a time it picks, somewhere between Wednesday and Sunday. Modules are recorded and there is a self-paced path, so we are asking about intent, not perfect attendance.

When you could meet

Your studio meets once a week at a time it picks. We build the studios out of these answers, so the more you mark, the more groups you could be placed in.

Wed

Drag over a marked block to clear it. A day or an hour heading fills that whole line.

Use the arrow keys to move between times and space to mark or clear one. The day and hour headings fill a whole line.

Saskatchewan: choose CT. Central time matches your clock from November 1 on, which covers the whole program.

Mark everything that could work, not only what suits you best. The more you mark, the more studios you can be placed in. Times are shown in your own time zone.

Your application

5 questions

There are five questions in the application. 200 words is a guideline, but you also have the option to upload audio or video for any question if you'd rather.

Reviewers read your answers without your name, email or pronouns.

Where you are now, alone or with others, and what you are trying to make.

about 200 words

What draws you to worker-led or shared-ownership models, and what you are unsure about.

about 200 words

What would have to be different by the end of January for this to have been worth your time.

about 200 words

Barriers you have run into: money, distance, networks, health, care work, discrimination, anything. Tell us what got in the way and, if you can, whether a cooperative model might help.

You do not have to name identities or share anything you do not want to.

about 200 words

Experience, perspective, a skill, a willingness to show up for people.

about 200 words

About you

6 questions
Used to contact you about your application.
Optional.

Access

optional

Not read in scoring. Seen by program staff only.

Optional. Anything that would help you take part: captioning, materials in advance, breaks, scheduling, anything else. This is not read in scoring. Program staff see it so supports are ready on day one.

Consent

Questions? Contact us at hello@babyghosts.org