Sparky Awards & video contest announcement

Ever thought you might be able to make the world a better place by making a YouTube video? The Sparky Award celebrates young filmmakers who "creatively illustrate a short video on the value of sharing ideas".

This year’s winners are:

GRAND PRIZE WINNER:
To Infinity and Beyond
By Danaya Panya, Sebastian Rivera, Hemanth Sirandas, Uriel Rotstein, and Jaymeni Patel, University of Illinois at Chicago Honors College
http://urliek.blogspot.com/2009/01/sparky-awards-entry.html

FIRST RUNNER UP:
How to Make Things Easier
By Taejin Kim, Savannah College of Art and Design
http://blip.tv/file/1493053

SECOND RUNNER UP:
Brighter
By Christopher Wetzel, Ohio Northern University
http://www.vimeo.com/2373573

SPECIAL MERIT AWARD:
GrowUp
By Cécile Iran, Laurie Glassmann, Christophe Zidler, Aldric de Villartay, University of Versailles-Saint Quentin, France
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7kaif_growup_creation

While that contest is over for now, you can start working on your entry for Sno-Isle's Teen Tech Month Book Trailer Contest! Winner gets a cool, personalized Flip Mino video camera. Entries are due by April 15, 2009 so start working on yours today!