rules & regulations
Objective:
The objective is for high school students to create local water related public service announcements and thereby increasing their awareness of water issues and enhancing the public's knowledge of water conservation programs in Santa Barbara County.
Eligibility
All High Schools in Santa Barbara County are currently eligible. Only one submission per school is allowed. For schools with multiple video projects, the school is responsible for choosing one video to send to the County Video Contest.
Requirements
1. Your school must in Santa Barbara County.
2. Your public service announcement must be produced according to specific criteria (check the Recording Criteria).
3. You must submit application materials (check the Application Materials List).
4. You must produce a PSA on one of this year's topics (see Topic List).
5. You must make sure no other videos are being submitted from your school.
Work with your advisor.
6. Only one submission per school.
Awards
Participants receive the following prizes:
1st place $1000
2nd place $750
3rd place $500
Highest Honorable Mention $200
All participants are invited along with their families, classmates, teacher, and principal, to the Awards Ceremony, held in May, in Santa Barbara, CA. Winners will be presented with a certificate, and will get their picture taken with local officials from their water district or city. A picture of winners and a press release will go out to the media across Santa Barbara County.
Checks are made out to the school and are intended for use by video classes or high schools, not by individual students.
Application Materials
Follow this checklist to make sure you have all the necessary application materials. Each form can be opened by clicking on its name. Download Adobe Acrobat. Please call 568-3440 if you would like a hard copy of the forms.
Application Form (1 copy per entry)
Copyright Form (1 copy per entry)
Photographic Release Form (1 copy per student; if under 18, a parent must sign Child's Release)
Your public service announcement, recorded on DVD (see Recording Criteria for specifics)
Please print, sign, and mail the above items below by 5pm on March 1st, 2010 to:
Santa Barbara County Water Agency
Attn: High School Video Contest
123 E. Anapamu St #240
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
In order to be eligible for the contest, all forms must be submitted with video by deadline.
Due Date
All application materials must be received by 5 p.m. on March 1, 2010.
Materials can be hand-delivered by the due date or postmarked by the due date.
