In cooperation with the Wright Museum of World War II History (Wolfeboro, NH), Big Y Foods (Springfield, MA), Market Basket (Tewksbury, MA), the Manchester City Library (Manchester, NH), and other New England businesses, nonprofits and community groups, the U.S. Navy Leadership Challenge invites you to use your creative video force to produce a short film about your “Hometown Hero.”
eligibility: New England high school students between 15 and 18
prize: two-day, all-expenses-paid trip to a Navy installation on the East Coast in June 2008.
Falcon Productions announces its first ever Instant Video Contest.
Content: “What would it look like if presidential candidates McCain, Clinton, and Obama were contestants on American Idol?”Impersonations are fine, as are standup routines. Videos can concentrate on one, two, or all three candidates.
Prize: $500 for the funniest video, and every video properly submitted will receive a press release.
where to publish? vids should be posted to a universally accessible site, such as Break.com, Metacafe.com, or YouTube. The link to the site must be sent to Falcon Productions by email by April 22, 2008 at midnight. All decisions of the judges are final.
Once in a while most of us give in and buy something irresistibly silly, useless, expensive, whatever. No matter how strong resistance you could show for a couple of days/ weeks/ months. Here’s your chance to share your shopping confession in a video contest organized by eBillme.
Content: Create a video of your shopping confession. Your video will show the world what you bought, who it was for, and why you hid it. Tell us how your secret was finally revealed (or maybe this is the first time it will be). If you got caught in the act, we want to know what happened and how you tried to get out of it.
Deadline: the vid competition runs throughout 2008, until Dec 26!
Prize: eBillme is giving away $1,500 in cash or prizes EVERY month for the entire year in 2008, and a GRAND PRIZE of $15,000 (unlike their Prize page, the official rule says $1000 per month!)
Here’s the winner in February from Christine Kearcher (it’s about her embarrassing Valentine’s Day shopping confession)
and the video contest winner in January from Craig Kerfoot (about his embarrassing Xmas present to is parents)
So as you can see, both users used a very simple video shot and narrative to win $1,500!
Last time I wrote about SAS internal video contest, and this time it’s another major corporate internal video competition – for IBMers.
The topic of the video contest is how green IBM employees are, what they do to live a more eco-friendly life.
In an effort to inspire IBMers to learn how to shoot, edit and publish audio and video, and in an effort to get them using our internal Media Library (for publishing, tracking, subscribing etc), our team has launched a few media contests over the years. Nothing like an opportunity to create fun content mixed with the promise of cool prizes to get people worked up and participating. These contests work here at IBM, and accomplish all of the above while also getting employees thinking about the particular issues buried in the themes of these seemingly innocent games.
If you are a high school student who happens to have a favorite teacher, take your camcorder and feature her/ him.
Content: show how your high school teacher affects your life in a positive way.
Eligibility: high school students from Lawrence, Scioto, and Gallia counties in Ohio, Cabell, Wayne and Putnam counties in West Virginia and Boyd, Greenup, Carter, Lewis, Elliot, Fleming, Lawrence, Rowan and Mason counties in Kentucky.
Deadline: April 29 2008
Prize: the winning teacher will receive an amazing prize, & his or her classes will also be treated to a pizza party.
Student lender Access Group has launched its video contest. The Access Group a nonprofit student loan company “helping law students like you achieve your hopes and dreams with no worries.
Content: share what worries you in a video (4 min) uploaded on youtube!
Eligibility: Contest is open to legal US residents 18 years of age or older who are law students (enrolled or matriculated as of August 1, 2008) and candidates for law degrees (JD or LLM) at tax exempt law schools in the United States (includes the 50 states, District of Columbia and Puerto Rico).
Nestlé Baby Ruth is organizing the video contest to make you sing, if you are over 18 and are a legal resident in the USA. See the video at the bottom on Babe Ruth and the history of Baseball!
content: sing the song Take Me Out To The Ballgame and record it on video
Keep the original lyrics:
Take me out to the ballgame,
Take me out with the crowd
Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack,
I don’t care if I ever get back,
’cause its root, root, root for the home team,
If they don’t win it’s a shame.
For it’s one, two, three strikes you’re out,
At the old ball game.
Grand Prize (1)
One finalist will be chosen to lead the singing of “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” during the 7th inning stretch of the 2008 MLB All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium.
Finalists (3)
Three finalists receive a trip to the 2008 MLB All-Star Week ™ for themselves and one guest. Trip includes transportation to the MLB® All Star Weekend in New York, 2 tickets to the 2008 MLB All Star Game, and ground transportation to/from hotel/airport and 4 days/3 nights hotel accommodations.
More info:http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/fan_forum/babyruth/index.jsp
If you wonder which the most popular (most viewed) version of Take Me Out To The Ballgame, which is one of the most performed songs in the USA, check out these two teens (one singing, the other burping):
And here’s a footage on the history of Babe Ruth and Baseball:
Segment 1: Former CIA agent Robert Baer talks to guest host Brian Ross of ABC News about politics in the middle east and his new book, “Blow The House Down: A Novel”.
Segment 2: Guest host Frank Deford of Sports Illustrated and HBO talks to former MLB Commissioner Fay Vincent and author Leigh Montville about Babe Ruth and the history of baseball.
Are you bonafide in any way? Popeyes thinks you can show it by participating in their video contest. eligibility: for over 18 US residents content: showcase your Bonafide talent in 30 seconds deadline May 23 official website: http://www.bonafidechicken.com/ aim: to strengthen the brand’s new positioning of being “bonafide.”
Example
‘Dance. Don’t Chance’ Video Contest aims to push safe and sober driving in Massachusetts – in the prom and graduation season.
Eligibility: registered high school juniors and seniors across the state of Massachusetts
Deadline: April 17 2008
Content: make a 1 minute video to promote safe driving and discourage underage drinking
Prizes: dream prom and getting their video aired across the state as a public service announcement, from AAA of Southern New England, non-alcoholic beverages provided by Glacéau Smartwater®, free transportation on prom night from Boston Limo, and free tuxedo rental from MW Tux.
Statistics: according to the Registry of Motor Vehicles, 180 junior operators are suspended every week due to reckless driving under the new junior operator’s license law. Teenagers, aged 16 to 19 years old, account for the largest number of motor vehicle injuries overall, and motor vehicle injuries among teens in Massachusetts tend to be highest in the months of May and June.
official website: www.mass.gov/safety/ddc
This music video contest is primarily targeting teens as it’s based on the new teen novel, Audrey, Wait! by Robin Benway (Razorbill Books, on sale April 10) published by Penguin Young Readers Group.
Content: In the contest, readers are encouraged to take the lyrics to the song “Audrey, Wait” and make music videos of their versions of the song.
California high school student Audrey Cuttler dumps self-involved Evan, the lead singer of a little band called The Do-Gooders. Evan writes, “Audrey, Wait!,” a break-up song that’s so good it rockets up the billboard charts. And Audrey is suddenly famous!
Now rabid fans are invading her school. People is running articles about her arm-warmers. The lead singer of the Lolitas wants her as his muse. (And the Internet is documenting her every move!) Audrey can’t hang out with her best friend or get with her new crush without being mobbed by fans and paparazzi.
Take a wild ride with Audrey as she makes headlines, has outrageous amounts of fun, confronts her ex on MTV, and gets the chance to show the world who she really is.
Video Contests that Rock 