About the awards

The ETITO Bright Sparks Awards

The 2011 ETITO Bright Sparks Awards have finished for another year. Thank you to everyone who entered - the standard of projects was high, and the judging was tough.  The winners were announced on 1 November, and you can find them here.

The ETITO Bright Sparks Awards are New Zealand's premier hi-tech competition for school students.  It's also an exciting opportunity for young people to get hands-on experience while developing an electronics invention.

The competition inspires young people to create an electronics, electrical engineering or programming prototype and enter it to be judged by our panel of industry experts.  At stake: great prizes, opportunities to go to international technology competitions, and experience that will lead to rewarding careers.

We will be sending out entry packs and posters out to schools in early 2012, you'll also be able to download entry packs from this website.

Bright Sparks is also an online club for electronics enthusiasts.  If that sounds like you, check out our forum and sign-up!