community gallery
rules
Please read before submitting. Full guidelines also appear on the submit page.
NextGen Strathcona is a youth-focused creative space for poetry, visual art, and short stories from Strathcona County and surrounding areas. All submissions are reviewed before they appear publicly.
By submitting work, you agree to follow these rules. We may decline or remove content that breaks them.
who can submit
- Submitters must be 13 years of age or older, confirmed on the submission form.
- Younger creators may participate through a school or teacher who submits classroom work with proper permission.
- We welcome work from Strathcona County and surrounding areas.
what we accept
- Poetry
- Visual art / images
- Short stories (text for now; PDF upload may come later)
content that is not allowed
- Provocative or inappropriate images
- Hateful or harmful content
- Excessive profanity
- Political or religious slander
- Plagiarism — submit only original work you created
- Misuse of AI-generated work (do not present AI output as your own original art)
- Repeated spam submissions
moderation
Submitted work does not appear automatically. An admin reviews each piece before it is published. We may request changes, decline a submission, or remove published work if it later violates these rules.
Open comments are not enabled. You can leave a simple heart reaction on a piece; the gallery is for sharing creative work, not public discussion threads.