Siberian schoolchildren were invited to become the authors of the "Encyclopedia of the Future"

Young writers and artists from the regions of Siberia were called to become authors and illustrators of a book about the world of the future. They will be able to take part in the competition "Future time of generation m".

MTS, AST Publishing House (Avanta editors) and the system of the Sistema, announced the launch of the federal competition “Future time of the generation M,” the press service of the Novosibirsk branch of the mobile operator on November 26 said. Children from 11 to 18 years old will be able to take part.

“It is necessary to create a short story or illustration on any of the competitive topics and upload your work to the project website - Pokolenie.mts.ru - until April 12, 2020,” MTS said. - Young writers and artists are invited to fantasize one or several of the six directions: the “city of the future”, “medicine of the future”, “science and technology of the future”, “entertainment of the future”, “Education of the future”, “Fashion of the future”. Of the best works, the editors of the Avanta publishing house “AST” will create an illustrated encyclopedia, which will enter the shelves of Russian bookstores in 2020. The cover of the publication will also be decorated with one of the children's competitive work, which will be chosen by the jury and “lively” using augmented reality tools. ”

A free educational program is open on the project website for the competition participants.

“The competition“ Future time of the generation M ”is unique because it is addressed to young writers and artists with the potential of a futurologist,” said Alexander Solovyenchuk, director of the MTS branch in the Novosibirsk Region. -I am sure that it is the visise guys with fresh ideas that will become new names in Russian science fiction in the future. The experience and resources of the Generation M project in the Union with the Expertise of the AST publishing house and the system of the System charitable foundation will allow children to become a co -author of the “Encyclopedia of the Future” at school age. Since among the winners of the Generation M project there are traditionally many guys from our region, we are waiting for vivid works in this creative competition. ”

According to Olga Muravyeva, director of the AST Children's Literature Department, the organizers plan to involve the “widest possible audience” in the creation of a popular science book: “We hope that the educational program online from the project masters will inspire the participants and set the tone for their work, and according to the results of the Internet, we will receive a large number of work that will make "Encyclopedia of the future" truly exciting. "

The experts of the competition will be the cosmonaut Fedor Yurchikhin, the illustrator and chairman of the Russian Children's Book Council Viktor Chizhikov, the chairman of the guild of the Verbenters Anton Skulachev, the scientific journalist Andrei Konstantinov, the psychologist, the author of popular psychology books for schoolchildren, Irina Chesnova, designer Igor Gilyaev and Yulia D -lak, the main artistic editor of “Avanta” Ekaterina Gordeeva, Ekaterina Gordeeva, Ekaterina Gordeeva, Ekaterina Gordeeva, Ekaterina Gordeeva, Ekaterina Gordeeva, Ekaterina Gordeeva, as well as experts on digital technologies of MTS: head of the MTS Innovation Center Vladimir Khrenkov, head of the MTS artificial intelligence center Arkady Sandler and others.