Let Me Draw You A Story

LAST DATE OF SUBMISSION: 31st MARCH 2026!

Stories don’t just live in words—they can be drawn too! With Let Me Draw You A Story, children aged 9–12 in India and Bhutan respond to prompts from Swiss children’s books through their own drawings. These artworks will inspire illustrators from India, Bhutan, and Switzerland to create new pieces, weaving a creative exchange across cultures.

Let Me Draw You A Story is presented by ThinkArts with support from Pro Helvetia Swiss Arts Council.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILLING THE FORM 1. Please upload clear, well-lit images. 2. Your drawing may be published on the ThinkArts website. 3. Each line given here is just a beginning. Follow your imagination wherever it takes you! 4. We are looking for original thoughts, characters, and images.

For any queries regarding the form please reach out to: connect@thinkarts.co.in

Please submit one drawing per child using the form.

Which prompt is your drawing a response to?

A

I'm upset that I'm little because I want to do something big.

B

They all waited eagerly to see what the sparrow would do.

C

I must tell you everything. From start to finish.

D

A fresh breeze rustled through the fir trees and set their ancient branches waving to and fro.

E

The child sat without moving, her eyes taking in the whole scene, and all around was a great stillness...

F

In the meadow, early one morning, Petunia, the silly goose, went strolling.

G

He moved quickly, seeming to have no time to notice the cliffs or even the trout that were leaping in the river.

H

But look here, the beautiful fossilized shell from ancient times when there was a large sea here where we are walking.

I

It must have been a beautiful dream for he was very much absorbed in it; so absorbed, in fact, that he did not see...

J

As he had never before left his father's home in the Jura Mountains, the world outside seemed to him like a wonderful picture book.

I confirm that this is an original drawing that has been created by my child/ward as a response to one of the prompts given by ThinkArts as part of its project 'Let Me Draw You A Story'.

Yes

I give my consent for my child/ward's drawing to be published on the ThinkArts website and be used to create an illustration, with due credit given to all contributors.

Yes

Upload your drawing here.

Size limit: 10 MB

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Which country are you applying from?

Location

Name of Guardian

Child's Age

A

9 years

B

10 years

C

11 years

D

12 years

Let Me Draw You A Story

Story prompts and submission guidelines