Scholarship of the Week: Youth Free Expression Film Contest
Books get pulled from library shelves and school curricula all the time because someone complains about the language they contain or the topics they address. Tell us about a time when parents, a teacher or some other adult was distressed at what you or someone you know were reading...and wanted to take it away. You can also submit a film about or inspired by a book censorship incident from the news that involves students or other young people.
Film your response in four minutes or less. Entries can be videos of any kind, including documentary, animation, experimental, satire, fictional narrative or music video. Applications must be submitted (and films uploaded to YouTube) no later than October 31st. All films must be produced during the current calendar year and address the contest theme.
Contestants must be either living in the U.S. or its territories (but need not be citizens) and must be age 19 or younger on the day the film is submitted. Films will be judged on content, artistic and technical merit and creativity. Judges will be drawn from a panel of renowned writers, actors and filmmakers.
The top three winners receive:
- Cash prizes of $1,000, $500 and $250
- A trip with a guest to New York City to attend the Youth Voices Uncensored event in the spring
- A one-year complimentary student membership to the Rubin Museum of Art
- The first place winner will received a $5,000 scholarship to the New York Film Academy
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