The New Haven Civic Innovation Prize awards up to $10,000 to the best student- or community-led venture or project focused on benefiting the City of New Haven. The Prize aims to catalyze student and community-led innovations that address, and are informed by, community priorities. Community members, students, or teams of students and community members who are working on projects in key areas of community development, particularly related to recovery from the health and economic crises caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, are welcome to apply. The competition provides participants with constructive feedback from experienced professionals, mentorship from relevant experts, and chances to meet social entrepreneurs and civic leaders. The judges will award a total of $10,000 in prizes and may elect to allocate the prize amount to a single winner, or between two teams. The well-deserved winner for this grand prize was The Key Bookstore (Khamani Harrison, Rochelle Williams, Mario Salazar), an AfroFuturistic bookstore app for book lovers to connect, curate & engage beyond the singular trip to the bookstore. The audience choice award went to YEP! (Ashley Kwak YC '24, Stella Gray YC '24, Cole Kaufmann YC '24), a free entrepreneurship program for New Haven public school students that aims to create the next generation of changemakers. For more information visit city.yale.edu/