The latest NextUp winners were announced by YouTube on Thursday 18 August.
The latest successful creators are Jure Chuk, Eman Kellam, Jaspal Khehra, Casey Ann, Izzie Naylor, Shu-Shi Lin, Darren and Georgie from VeganFamilyTV, Nikolas Omilana, Yasmin Curren, Ella Rose Howlett, Jordan Simons, Charli Prangley, Lucy Moon, WordOnTheCurb, and Layefa Agwosi.
YouTube NextUp, which was first launched in 2011, is a programme designed to provide content creators who have fewer than 100,000 subscribers with funding, equipment, and experience to help grow their channels. Winners receive a £1,750 voucher for production equipment, take part in a week-long creator camp at a YouTube Space, and collaborate with other NextUp winners.
Hey, #YTNextUp London class of 2016*: Cheers! 🇬🇧
*August winners that is! pic.twitter.com/nC797dI0Hz
— YouTube Creators (@YTCreators) August 18, 2016
Previous graduates have included UK YouTubers such as Marcus Butler, Lex Croucher, and Sanne Vliegenthart in 2011, and Jack Howard, Jenny Bingham, and Jamie Spicer-Lewis in 2012.
The contest is restricted to creators based in countries with operating YouTube Spaces. The creator camp for UK contest winners will take place at the UK YouTube Space in London from 22 August. Entries also recently closed for NextUp Mumbai, which will take place at YouTube Space Mumbai from 19 September. Further dates are yet to be announced for Tokyo, Sao Paulo, Berlin, Paris, Toronto, and the US (Los Angeles and New York).
Alright Guys. WANNA KNOW A SECRET?#YTNextUp I won a space. 💃🍾🎉 pic.twitter.com/BrHxJIfmat
— Ella Rose Howlett 🌌 (@EllaRoseHowlett) August 18, 2016
Find out more about YouTube NextUp or see our previous Five of the Best: 2016 NextUp Winners from earlier this year. You can also find all the winners from the round of NextUp in our Twitter List.
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