Guidelines to Enter

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Eligible: All K-12 California Schools, Extracurricular Programs

Cost: FREE

Prizes: Cash for your school, tools for classroom media creation and more! 

ENTRY WINDOW: February - March

​NOTES
  • Please read through the rubric, requirements and directions BEFORE completing the application.  Once you get started, the online application should take approximately 10 minutes to complete.
  • Because you cannot save an application in progress, please read through the instructions below BEFORE starting.

ENTRY GUIDELINES

  1. All entries must have a valid, public YouTube URL. Please double check that your URL is valid before submitting it.
  2. Enter a project only once.
  3. Each project may only be submitted to ONE category - either Curricular (Humanities or STEM) or Craft (Fiction or Non-Fiction).
  4. Teachers or program coordinators submit all entries. All communication from the festival will be sent to the teacher responsible for the entry.
  5. Each teacher is limited to a maximum of THREE total entries.
  6. Entries must be received by 11:59 p.m. PST on the day of the submission deadline.
  7. Entries must represent work that was completed after March 15 of the previous year.
  8. Store a complete, high-resolution copy of your project, as this is required for all winning projects.
  9. 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.

Please contact castudentmediafest@gmail.com  with submission questions.​
ENTRY WINDOW:   February - March