Turn Around America Video Contest

This video contest is pretty serious about asking you ‘What’s wrong with America?” and is trying to seek ways to turn around bad trends.

Here’s the video to urge you for participation in the contest:

To quote from the organizers:

Our goal is to start a new kind of national conversation through this video contest. This contest is not about winning iPods™ or flat-screen TVs, the stakes are much higher. This is about making your voice heard and earning a platform in our national conversation on the future, the upcoming election and beyond.

But there is a cash award too of $2000, and in certain cities $1,000 and more.

I like this video contest and the intended message.

Official website: http://www.turnaroundvideocontest.com/

Bike Video Contest – Bike Emory

Have a favorite ‘two wheel’ movie? Breaking Away? Easy Rider? E.T.? Wild Hogs? Now it’s time to film your own flick.

• Bike Emory wants you to put your bike and your cameras to creative use. We are holding a contest for the best bike videos (we’ll post the winners and best videos on the iTunes University and Bike Emory sites).
• Our theme: Get Out The Bike
• Our start date and deadline: We will start accepting submissions on Monday, March 24th and the deadline is Friday, April 18th.
• ELIGIBILITY: This contest is open only to individuals/teams who are current Emory,
  Oxford or Emory Healthcare staff, faculty or students.
• Our prizes: Winners will receive fame, fortune and a free Fuji bike, with lock, light and helmet and iPods (plus, all contestants get a prize). Runners up will win iPod Nanos!
• Basic contest criteria: videos must be 4 minutes or less; winners will be judged on: relevance to the theme (Get Out the Bike); overall creativity, world wide audience appeal and positive message.
• official website: http://bike.emory.edu/video-contest

JVC Everio Mother’s Day Video Contest

Mother’s Day and video contest – sounds pretty natural.

“Here’s Looking at Me, Mom” is the slogan of JVC Everio Mother’s Day Video Contest. JVC offers participants a chance to win new Everio GZ-MG330 hard disk camcorders, one for the contestant and one for the wonderful mother.

Content: show mum how much you appreciate her in a 2 min video

Deadline: May 7th 2008

Basis of judgment: entertainment, creativity, originality.

Prize winners announced on May 12, 2008.

Official website: http://www.videocontest.jvc.com/

Current Online Video Contests

There’s a natural abundance of web video contests – most of them are limited to US legal citizens, but a couple of them are open to all over a certain age (usually 18).

Take a look at the current video contests on the web in the Video Contest Calendar, and pick the one that suits your style and fires your inspiration. Prizes are great (up to $25,000), but entering a video contest in itself is simply a great learning experience and fun!