Youth Voice and Vision Video Contest

Students are invited to showcase their creative media talents while promoting the prevention of underage drinking.

The video contest is co-sponsored by the Cobb Alcohol Taskforce, the Cobb County School District Prevention Intervention Center and the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities.

Students in grades 6 through 12 who represent a school or community group based in Cobb County are eligible to submit student-produced video public service announcements. PSAs must be 30, 60, or 90 seconds and address one of two topics:

• The problem of adults providing alcohol to youth under 21, or;
• How youth can use sources of strength to change attitudes about youth using alcohol. 

Contest rules and entry forms can be found at www.cobbat.org. The deadline for submitting entries is March 30 at 5 p.m.

Video entries will be judged by a panel of media experts on originality, creativity, communication of message and overall appeal. Judges will select first, second and third place winners. There will also be a viewer’s choice award. Cash prizes will be awarded; $300 for first place, $200 for second place, $100 for third place and $300 for viewer’s choice. Funding for prizes has been made available through the Cobb County Commission on Children and Youth.

Winning videos will be posted on various websites and air on local broadcast TV channels, Cobb Government TV23 and CobbEd TV24, during National Alcohol Awareness Month in April.

Contest winners will also be recognized, and winning PSAs will be shown at a public event hosted by the Cobb Alcohol Taskforce on April 26. For more information, visit www.cobbat.org.