Yle Text, those ever-present legends of the modern teletext art scene, have once again agreed to host our teletext art over the festive period!
Please note that we are collecting submissions much earlier this year as I will be on hiatus some time after April. I will keep you updated if anything changes.
-- Dan
Guidelines
TL;DR – send me teletext web editor links to your Christmas art
1. Your entry can be anything seasonal! See some of our previous Advent calendars for inspiration. Your art can be as strongly or vaguely linked to Christmas as you wish.
2. We will accept these formats:
3. You can also enter as many artworks as you like, but bear in mind that they are shown at Yle’s discretion.
4. Be aware that when pages are broadcast on teletext services, the page header (row 0) and fastext labels (row 24) are overwritten, so try not to use them in your art. Here‘s a diagram of where you can find these.
5. Level 1/1.5 Teletext only for this project – Yle does not support Level 2.5 (the one with the extra colours and shapes), however you can use black as a foreground colour (graphics or text) if you like.
6. No copyrighted characters, please!
If you have a question about anything at all, I’ll be happy to help. The hotline is hello [at] teletextart *dot* co _dot_ uk
Deadline: April 2026 (TBC)
Send your entries to me:
hello [at] teletextart [dot] co [dot] uk
@illarterate on Bluesky or Twitter/X
Teletext Discord – Teletext Art channel
Resources
Carlos has created this handy video to show you how teletext art is made.
Further links
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