[FC-discuss] Sparky Awards—Make a Video for Open Access and Win Fame+Prizes!

[FreeCulture.org - Students for Free Culture]

Writes ben on our blog:

It's that time of the year again—the third annual [Sparky Awards
][1]invite contestants to submit videos under two minutes that
imaginatively portray the benefits of open access.

The Grand Prize winner will receive a cash prize of $1,000 along with a
Sparky Award statuette, a copy of Final Cut Studio, and an iPod Nano.
The Runner Up and People’s Choice Award winners will each receive $500
cool ones.

Check out some previous years' winners:

[GrowUp][2] from [SPARC][3] on [Vimeo][4].

[Brighter][5] from [SPARC][3] on [Vimeo][4].

**Entries in the international Sparky Awards competition must be
received before December 6, 2009. To be eligible, videos must be freely
available on the Internet and available for use under a Creative Commons
License.**

The 2009 Sparky Awards are sponsored by the [Association of College and
Research Libraries][6], the [Association of Research Libraries][7],
[Campus MovieFest][8], [Penn Libraries][9], [Students for Free
Culture][10], and the [Student PIRGs][11], and organized by SPARC. For
details on the contest and tips on organizing a local competition, visit
the Sparky Awards Web site at [http://www.sparkyawards.org][1] . For
details on the contest and tips on organizing a local competition, visit
the Sparky Awards Web site at [http://www.sparkyawards.org][1] .

   [1]: http://www.sparkyawards.org/

   [2]: http://vimeo.com/6496026

   [3]: http://vimeo.com/sparcdc

   [4]: http://vimeo.com

   [5]: http://vimeo.com/6495855

   [6]: http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/index.cfm

   [7]: http://www.arl.org/

   [8]: http://www.campusmoviefest.com/

   [9]: http://library.upenn.edu/

   [10]: http://freeculture.org/

   [11]: http://www.studentpirgs.org/

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