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2007 Annual Video Contest

Updated on Tuesday 03 June 2008

Rules and Regulations

  1. All applications must be on video. Each applicant must also submit a signed entryform. The entry form and more information on the video application is available here.

  2. The deadline for applications is 1 November 2007. NO EXCEPTIONS!!!

  3. You must be 18 or older and enrolled or planning to enroll in college or university outside of your home country.

  4. If you are currently studying outside of your home country, your video can describe any trip you would like. If you are not currently studying outside of your home country, your entry must describe your proposed study abroad.

  5. The winner will book all his or her own flights and other travel arrangements. You can enter and use the prize for a trip that you have already planned or booked!

  6. The winner for the InternationalStudent.com Travel Video Contest will be announced on our site the week of November 12-16, International Education Week. The winners will also be notified by email and telephone.

  7. The winner will be expected to maintain a blog documenting the trip. This blog will start immediately after the winner is announced, and will continue through the trip until return to school. Contributions are expected at least once a week during the preparation for the trip and daily during the trip.

  8. Your video entry and the blog will be the property of InternationalStudent.com.

  9. A little less than 4 minutes or a little more than 8 minutes is fine if important to your video.

  10. Originality and interest level in the trip, and creativity and quality of the video, are the main criteria. Click here to see last year’s winning video and some of the other entries.

  11. If you have any questions or comments, please email us. Do not send your videos via email, please use the addresses provided below.

Entry Form and Video Application Information
Your submission to the InternationalStudent.com Holiday Travel Adventure contest must have two components:

  1. A signed entry form.

  2. A video application. The exact content of the video is up to you, but the best one, in our subjective opinion, will win. Some of the criteria we will use for judging can be found here. The best possible format for your entry is on a Mini DV in NTSC format. If you must, you can burn the file onto a DVD or even a CD in either .MOV or .AVI format. All footage must have reasonably high resolution. Do not send files compressed for web use. PLEASE KEEP A BACKUP OF YOUR ENTRY.

PLEASE KEEP A BACKUP OF YOUR ENTRY.


All entries must be submitted to:


Standard delivery:
InternationalStudent.com
2007 Travel Video Contest
P.O. Box 51352
Jacksonville Beach, FL 32240-1352


Expedited delivery:
InternationalStudent.com
2007 Travel Video Contest
804 3rd Street. Suite A
Neptune Beach , FL 32266

Online upload Alternative:
If you absolutely cannot get your contest submission to one of the addresses listed above by the deadline, you may upload your video file to one of the free online storage services and then email us a link to the file. Here is a short list of free online file storage sites:


We still require a completed and signed entry form, but we will accept a scanned copy that can be emailed to us.

 

All entries must be received on or before 1 November 2007.