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Lead Poisoning Prevention Video Contest
Contest Information
Getting Started - Basic Information
Contest Rules
Privacy Policy
Frequent Questions
Contest Information
Prevent Lead Poisoning!
We need your help to prevent lead poisoning by getting the word out about the hazards of lead. To educate people on lead poisoning prevention and the danger of lead exposure, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) are holding a video contest.
- Create a 30- to 60-second video that will inform and motivate people to take steps that will help prevent lead poisoning. Tell your own story, or show how to take steps to prevent lead poisoning in older homes and schools.
Your goal is to illustrate ways that target audiences, such as parents, teachers, renovators and others, can prevent lead poisoning by changing simple behaviors.
The goal of the video contest is to educate the public about lead poisoning prevention.
Three winning videos will be chosen. The winners will receive a $2,500 award for first place, $1,500 for second place, and $1,000 for third place. The videos will be featured on EPA's, CDC's and HUD's Web sites. Winners will also be invited by CDC to Atlanta, Georgia, to receive their prizes and be recognized during CDC's National Environmental Public Health Conference. CDC will cover the winners' travel to Atlanta. Entries must be received by October 1, 2009, at 12 noon EDT. The contest winners will be notified during Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, October 25-31, 2009, via e-mail.
We seek videos that:
- Convey easy, low-cost steps that can be taken to prevent lead poisoning and inspire key audiences (including individuals and communities) to change their behavior to prevent exposure to this harmful chemical.
- Examples of possible video topics include educating the public about:
- the dangers of lead poisoning in children,
- steps you can take to protect children from lead dust poisoning during renovations in older homes,
- the importance of hiring a certified professional to conduct lead-safe work,
- simple lead-safe work practices to follow when renovating a home, and
- the importance of testing your child if you live in an older home.
You may wish to review some lead poisoning prevention facts to learn more information about these topics. Here is a one-page flyer (PDF) (1 pp, 234K, about PDF) that you are welcome to post to advertise the contest.
Getting Started - Basic Information
Follow these four steps to enter the Lead Poisoning Prevention Video Contest:
Step 1: Get the Details
- Videos must be within the time limit category –- 30 to 60 seconds -- or will not be judged.
- 30- to 60-second educational or instructional video
- Videos will be judged by an expert panel (with representatives from each federal agency) on the basis of:
- Creativity and originality
- Quality
- Technical accuracy
- Content of message
- Keep it clean. No violence, profanity, sex, or direct attacks on individuals or organizations.
- Your video must not infringe on any third party rights.
- Videos previously produced for compensation and videos already posted on EPA, CDC and HUD Web pages are not eligible.
- By submitting a video to this contest, you grant to EPA, CDC or HUD an irrevocable, royalty-free license to copy, distribute, modify, display and perform publicly and otherwise use, as well as authorize others to use, your video for any educational or public health purpose and in any media format.
Step 2: Make your Video
Your video should meet the following requirements:
- Your video must be uploaded as a video response and posted to the EPA Lead Poisoning Prevention Video Contest on YouTube.
- Your video must be a 30- to 60-second educational or instructional video.
- You must have a video or photograph release form signed by each person appearing in the video, and his/her parent and/or guardian if she/he is a minor. If your video is chosen, EPA or HUD will need to have copies of these releases. Each winner will receive a sample release form.
- The videos MUST NOT use the EPA, CDC, or HUD logos or seals. Your video must not promote any company or product.
- The video must end with text that directs the viewers to the following Web sites for a minimum of three seconds:
- Winners must provide copies of their original videos to EPA or HUD, respectively, to win their awards.
- You must follow all of the contest rules.
Videos can be funny or serious, as long as they focus on the contest theme and show how to educate people on steps to prevent lead poisoning and/or the hazards of lead exposure. Here is a great resource on making videos:
Step 3: Post your video to YouTube by October 1, 2009, at 12 noon EDT.
- Log in to YouTube.
- If you have a YouTube account, join the EPA Lead Poisoning Prevention
Video Contest on YouTube.
- If you don't have an account already, go to YouTube.com and create your own account. The use of YouTube.com to accept contest entries does not imply an endorsement of the site or its parent company by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the DHHS, or the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
- Create a unique title for your video (also to be used on your entry form), then post your video on YouTube by the October 1, 2009, 12 noon EDT deadline. If you have trouble posting your video, visit YouTube: Making
and Posting a Video Response.
- Once you've submitted your video for the contest, you will not see your video right away. This is either because it is still processing or is yet to be approved by the group moderator. Please wait at least three days for your video to appear before resubmitting.
Still need help or have questions? Contact Christina Wadlington at (202) 566-1859.
NOTE: Videos must be uploaded by October 1, 2009, at 12 noon EDT.
Step 4: Make it Official -- Complete the Entry Form
Your entry is not complete until you complete and submit the contest entry form. If you are under the age of 18 you must also complete the contest permission form (PDF) (1 pp, 62K, about PDF) with your parent/guardian's signature and fax the entry form to (202) 566-0471. If you do not have access to a fax machine, you may sign and scan the permission form and e-mail it to Christina Wadlington at wadlington.christina@epa.gov.
Contest Rules
- Your video must be uploaded and posted to the Lead Poisoning Prevention
Video Contest on YouTube.
- Your video must be either a 30-60 second educational or instructional video.
- The video must end with the following websites for a minimum of three seconds:
- The video MUST NOT use the EPA, CDC, or HUD logos or seals. Your video must not promote any company or product.
- You must be a U.S. citizen or legal resident to enter and win. EPA, CDC and HUD employees, contractors, or grantees and their immediate family members may enter, but are not eligible to win.
- Entrants must complete and submit the contest entry form and provide valid contact information. On your form, ensure that your unique video title is the same as the YouTube file upload name. Any entrant under the age of 18 must also submit the contest permission form (PDF) (1 pp, 62K, about PDF) with their parent/guardian's signature and fax the entry form to (202) 566-0471. If entrants do not have access to a fax machine, entrants may sign and scan the permission form and e-mail it to Christina Wadlington at wadlington.christina@epa.gov.
- You must ensure that everyone appearing in your video agrees that you can use their image as part of this contest. For minors under age 18 appearing in your video, you must provide a contest permission form (PDF) (1 pp, 62K, about PDF).
- If your video is chosen, EPA and HUD will need to have copies of a signed release form. Provided is an example of the release form (PDF) (1 pp, 14K, about PDF).
- If you have trouble with any of the forms please contact Christina Wadlington at wadlington.christina@epa.gov.
- Entries will be judged by an expert panel with representatives from each Federal agency on the basis of creativity and originality, quality, technical accuracy, and content of the message. EPA, CDC and HUD reserve the right not to select a winner if none of the entries received are judged to be sufficiently high quality based on the above criteria.
- The video must be your own original creation. No copyrighted music, video, or images or other material may be used in the video.
- Your video must not infringe on any third-party rights.
- Videos previously produced for compensation and videos already posted on EPA, CDC or HUD Web pages are not eligible.
- The first and second place winners must provide a copy of the original video files and release forms to EPA to receive the $2,500 first place award and $1,500 second place award. You will be contacted if you are the winner.
- The third place winner must provide a copy of the original video file and release form to HUD to receive the $1,000 third place award. You will be contacted if you are the winner.
- By submitting a video to this contest, you grant to EPA, CDC or HUD an irrevocable, royalty-free license to copy, distribute, modify, display and perform publicly and otherwise use, as well as authorize others to use, your video for any educational or public health purpose throughout the world and in any media format.
- EPA, CDC and HUD reserve the right to make your video available to the general public from their Web sites and to distribute it to any other organizations interested in showing it for educational and public health purposes, including, but not limited to, on Internet sites, at conferences and events, on television, and other media outlets.
- EPA, CDC and HUD will disqualify any entries they deem to contain offensive material.
- Entries must be received by October 1, 2009, at 12 noon EDT. The winner will be notified via e-mail and announced on the contest Web site in October 2009 during Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, October 25-30, 2009.
- The contest is void where prohibited or restricted by law. No purchase or payment of money is necessary to enter or win.
- The entrant should note that there may be tax liabilities associated with winning a cash prize. The entrant is responsible for satisfying all such tax liabilities in accordance with applicable federal and state tax laws and regulations.
- The agreement of a legal parent and/or guardian must be obtained if the entrant is a minor.
- Entrants must agree to these terms and conditions.
Privacy Policy
Personal information collected from video submitters to the EPA, CDC and HUD Lead Poisoning Prevention Video Contest will never be sold. The information collected for this contest will only be used to contact video submitters in direct relation to the contest.
The contest winners' names (and the names of any honorable mentions selected) will be announced publicly, after consultation with the winner and any honorable mentions, as a part of the EPA, CDC and HUD Lead Poisoning Prevention Video Contest award recognition process.
All personal information collected through the Contest Web site will be destroyed within six months of the conclusion of the Lead Poisoning Prevention Video Contest. Any videos posted to YouTube will be subject to YouTube's privacy policy.
Also see EPA's Privacy and Security Notice.
Frequent Questions
Q: What constitutes "immediate family"?
A: "Immediate family members" shall include spouses, siblings, parents, children, grandparents, and grandchildren, whether as "in-laws," or by current or past marriage, remarriage, adoption, co-habitation or other familial extension, and any other persons residing at the same household location, whether or not related.
Q: Can videos be submitted that have already been released to news organizations and other groups?
A: Yes, although we seek to have the development of new videos. The rules exclude videos that have been previously been published for compensation, ones that are already featured in the EPA, CDC or HUD Web pages or any video that would infringe on third-party rights. All videos, regardless of when published, must meet all the technical criteria specified in the Contest Rules to be eligible (e.g., length, ending with Web sites).
Q: Are EPA, CDC and HUD employees, contractors, or grantees allowed to assist in the development of the videos (e.g., provide narration, man the camera, act in the video, etc.)?
A: No, any video in which EPA, CDC or HUD employees, contractors or grantees assist will not be eligible to win.