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2012 Secret Gardens Tour® Video Contest
©2004/5 Eugenia Uhl
Call for Submissions!
$700 Cash Grand Prize
Deadline: February 24, 2012
Contest Description: Use your creativity to create and submit a video up to 3 minutes long to showcase brain injury and/or brain injury recovery. The prizes are $700 for first place, $200 for second place, and $100 for third place. A media release announcing the winners will be sent out to local media and other interest groups. The top three prize winners will also have their videos linked to The Secret Gardens Tour ® (SGT) website. Winners will be chosen by a panel of local film and medical professionals and announced prior to the 2012 SGT tour of gardens on March 23 and 24, 2012.
Theme: Anything relating to brain injury and/or brain injury recovery. Suggestions include: “a day in the life” of a brain injury survivor, caregiver, or health care provider; causes of brain injury; brain injury prevention; brain injury statistics; brain injuries in sports; new technologies in brain injury recovery; the healing power of nature in brain injury recovery. Look at the SGT Greater New Orleans Local Resource Guide to Brain Injury Recovery on www.SecretGardensTour.org for resources and ideas.
Eligibility: The contest is open to anyone currently enrolled in high school or college. Professional filmmakers may not enter. No limit on the number of people per team. One entry per contestant or team. If you are under 18 years of age you must provide written permission from a parent or guardian to enter this contest. Failure to submit the written permission will be grounds for disqualification from the contest. The permission letter should be sent to The Secret Gardens Tour -- Video Contest, 5500 Prytania Street, #640, New Orleans, LA 70115.
How to Enter: After you have created your video, post it on YouTube.com and send the link to SecretGardensNOLA@ gmail.com. By submitting your video for consideration you agree to allow your name and/or the name of your video to be published and/or mentioned in media releases by the SGT. Contestants retain ownership of their videos.
Deadline: Videos must be submitted no later than February 24, 2012 in order to be considered in the contest.
The Secret Gardens Tour® is a 501(c)3 nonprofit dedicated to raising awarenessss and funds for brain injury recovery needs in the greater New Orleans area.
