Guidelines to Enter

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​Eligible: All K-12 California Schools, Extracurricular Programs
Cost: FREE
Prizes:
  • Winning projects receive one plaque  
  • Grand Prize and Special Award winners receive additional prizes for the sponsoring school
ENTRY WINDOW: January 17 - April 15 

FOUR STEPS FOR SUCCESS:
  1. Include all credits for copyrighted or original sources  IN your project or in the description text below the video.
  2. Upload your video to YouTube.
  3. Please read through the PRACTICE ENTRY FORM, FESTIVAL RUBRIC, and guidelines BEFORE completing the application.  Once you get started, the online application should take approximately 10 minutes to complete. You cannot save an application in progress.

ENTRY GUIDELINES

  1. All entries must have a valid, public URL. Please double check that your URL is valid before submitting it.
  2. Please be sure you have permission on file for all of the students featured in your project. It will be your responsibility to save all forms releasing student likeness until requested by media festival officials.
  3. Enter a project only once.
  4. Each project may only be submitted to ONE category - either Academic (Humanities or STEM) or Artistic (Fiction or Non-Fiction).
  5. Teachers, parents or program coordinators submit all entries. All communication from the festival will be sent to the adult responsible for the entry.
  6. For teachers, they are is limited to a maximum of THREE total entries per class project. Do not submit an entire class of entries - pick your top, three.
  7. Entries must be received by 11:59 p.m. PST on the day of the submission deadline.
  8. Entries must represent work that was completed after May 17 of the previous year.
  9. Store a complete, high-resolution copy of your project, as this is required for all winning projects.

Please contact castudentmediafest@gmail.com  with submission questions.​