Call for Entries
The Poetry Projection Project: A WritersCorps Film Event
Entry Deadline: March 1, 2013, 11 p.m. PST
Screening: April 13, 2013 at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
The Poetry Projection Project is an annual video contest held by WritersCorps, an award-winning creative writing program for youth.
WritersCorps calls on filmmakers and video artists of all ages to create work based on youth writing. Videos accepted into the event will be screened during National Poetry Month in April 2013 and online at WritersCorps.org. Out of the films accepted into the event, three will be chosen as winners and awarded cash prizes.
WritersCorps will award three $250 cash prizes:
One prize to the best film made by an adult age 23 and over
One prize to the best film made by a young person age 17-22
One prize to the best film made by a young person age 16 and under
Entries will be juried by special guest juror, filmmaker H.P. Mendoza.
In keeping with WritersCorps’ mission of helping youth through creative expression, the Poetry Projection Project engages filmmakers to explore the power of young people’s words and voices.
Guidelines
For the adult category (age 23 and over), videos must include the entire text or audio of one poem by a WritersCorps student, found here: Poetry Projection Project 2013 Poems.
For both youth categories, videos must include the entire text of one of the WritersCorps poems OR any poem written by a youth (age 22 and under), as long as the filmmakers obtain permission to use the poem. If the poet is under 18, permission must be obtained from the poet’s parent/guardian.
All videos must credit the poet.
If the poem is by a WritersCorps student, the video must also credit San Francisco WritersCorps.
Total Running Time: Videos must not exceed 5 minutes in length, including credits.
Styles: Submissions can be in any style or genre of video, including, but not limited to, narrative, experimental, film art/video art, documentary, and animation.
Family Friendly Content: Videos must be suitable for screening at family venues that are open to all ages. Accordingly, we strongly discourage film contest submissions which contain nudity, sexually explicit imagery, profanity, or graphic depictions of violence.
Screening Format: If your entry is selected for public screenings at the Poetry Projection Project, you agree to provide a copy on a data DVD under an Apple ProRes 422 codec. If you do not have the the option of delivering the film in ProRes 422, please deliver it as a high resolution Quicktime H.264 file. The film must be formatted in 16:9 or 16:9 letterbox (if the original is shot in 4:3, please export it as 16:9). You may send in additional 4:3 files, but for our screening, we will require the 16:9 aspect ratio.
Entry Form: All submissions must include a completed Release And Agreement. If you are under 18, consent from a parent, guardian or teacher is required as well at time of submission. There is no entry fee.
Send completed Release and Agreement forms to WritersCorps, 25 Van Ness Ave Suite 345, San Francisco, CA 94102.
Deadline: Submissions must be uploaded to YouTube by 11 p.m. PST on March 1, 2013.
Evaluation Criteria
Videos will be judged on the basis of creativity, originality, quality, and artistic merit.
Submission via YouTube
All contest submissions must be uploaded via YouTube for judging. The use of YouTube for contest submissions does not imply an endorsement of the site or its parent company by WritersCorps.
Note: You may not see your video on YouTube immediately after uploading. Uploads can take time and all videos will first be reviewed by a site moderator. Be sure your uploads are complete and visible on YouTube by the contest deadline. We recommend allowing time for unforeseen difficulties. All videos posted to YouTube will be subject to YouTube’s privacy policy and may also be subject to applicable public records laws.
Please include the URL of your video in the entry form.
Questions?
Please email events@writerscorps.org or call 415-252-2546.
