Central European Cross-Border
Map & Time Travel Competition
Open call
Take part in the Central European Map & Time Travel Competition!
Showcase shared landscapes, histories, and regional transformations through maps, diagrams, and visual storytelling.
The Central European Cross-Border Map & Time Travel Competition is an open call inviting everyone to communicate the stories of cross-border regions through maps, diagrams, historical photographs, and visual storytelling. The competition welcomes creative, informative, and engaging works that reveal the shared landscapes, histories, connections, and transformations of the Central European border. The competition is open to individuals and teams, including students, researchers, professionals, artists and interested members of the public.
Entries should be sent to the following email address:
borderlabs@cesci-net.eu
Entries are accepted until 10 November 2026, 8:00 PM, CET
A category exploring how cross-border areas and connections change over time. Entries may take the form of before-and-after photographs or any type of visual comparisons of past and present, even creative visualisations of possible futures. Submissions might show how a border, cross-border settlement pair, transport connection, landscape, or shared place has changed – or imagine how it could look, function, or connect people in the years to come.
Original maps or diagrams presenting cross-border territories, mobility, environment, heritage, or any other spatial aspect of Central Europe. Creative visual works – including illustrated maps, infographics, and other graphic narratives – that explain cross-border relationships, places, or regional phenomena in an engaging and accessible way.
Entries will be shortlisted by the Organiser, then let to be evaluated by the BorderLabs CE community on the project’s social media platforms.
The Organiser is under no obligation to verify the originality of submitted entries.
Applicants may use their own original material as well as third-party, archival or historical material where they have the right to do so. All third-party material must be appropriately credited and its source indicated. By submitting an entry, applicants confirm that they have obtained any permissions necessary for its use and that the submission does not infringe the copyright, privacy, personality or other rights of third parties. The use of generative AI tools is permitted provided that it is clearly disclosed in the submission.
Should a submitted entry violate the intellectual property or personal rights of any third party, the applicant shall bear full legal responsibility for any claims, damages, or other legal consequences arising from such infringement. The Organiser accepts no liability in this regard.
As part of the prize, the winner will receive a 3-month Skillshare membership, offering access to a wide range of online classes, creative courses, and learning resources. The membership provides an opportunity to explore new skills, deepen existing knowledge, and develop creative ideas with guidance from experienced professionals and practitioners.
The winning piece will receive visibility through the project’s platforms and communication channels in the following way:
This platform has been developed within the BorderLabs CE project, supported by the Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE Programme with co-financing from the European Union. Its content, including any analyses, interpretations, opinions, forecasts and recommendations, is the sole responsibility of the authors and the project partnership and does not necessarily reflect the views or positions of the Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE Programme, its programme bodies or the European Union.
This platform has been developed within the BorderLabs CE project, supported by the Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE Programme with co-financing from the European Union. Its content, including any analyses, interpretations, opinions, forecasts and recommendations, is the sole responsibility of the authors and the project partnership and does not necessarily reflect the views or positions of the Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE Programme, its programme bodies or the European Union.