Middle and High School Documentary Competition and $100,000 Prizes from StudentCam

StudentCam invites middle and high school students to participate in the 2022 Documentary Competition that aims to encourage students to think critically about issues affecting society. This year's theme is “How does the federal government impact your life?”

• 150 student prizes and 53 teacher prizes totaling $100,000.
• Prizes are awarded in two separate categories: Middle School & High School.

GRAND PRIZE: 1 award - the best overall entry in either the High School or Middle School category

• Student(s): $5,000 cash prize award
• Teacher/School: $750 cash prize award

1ST PRIZE: 4 awards total - 3 in the High School category, and 1 in the Middle School category.

• Student(s): $3,000 cash prize award per entry
• Teachers/Schools: $500 cash prize award

2nd PRIZE: 16 awards total - 12 in the High School category, and 4 in the Middle School category.

• Student(s): $1,500 cash prize award per entry
• Teachers/Schools: $250 cash prize award

3rd PRIZE: 32 awards total - 24 in the High School category, and 8 in the Middle School category.

• Student(s): $750 cash prize award per entry
• Teachers/Schools: $125 cash prize award

HONORABLE MENTION: 97 awards total - awarded to entries from either the High School or Middle School category.

• Student(s): $250 cash prize award per entry
• Grand, 1st, and 2nd Prize videos may be aired on the C-SPAN Networks.
• All students with winning videos will receive a certificate of recognition and may be placed on C-SPAN's StudentCam Winners page.

• The entry must be the original work of the student(s).
• The competition is open to international students in middle or high school who are under the age of 18. Students may be enrolled in public or private schools, or be home-schooled.
• The employees and officers of the National Cable Satellite Corporation and their immediate family members, and the Trustees of the C-SPAN Education Foundation and their immediate family members are not eligible to participate in the contest.
• The documentary must be between 5 and 6 minutes in length. End credits, if applicable, must begin after the 5-minute mark but are permitted to run longer than the allotted 6-minute time frame.
• Clips of topically-related C-SPAN programming must be used to enhance the video documentary. You may choose to use multiple C-SPAN clips throughout your documentary, but the use of C-SPAN video need not be excessive to the point that it detracts from your original production.
• Limited use of copyrighted material will be permitted in the entry so long as it is a lawful or "fair" use, and so long as such use does not overwhelm the contribution of the student(s).
• Entrants must credit all sources used to create the video documentary in the end credits of the documentary, or in a separately submitted works-cited list. Your works cited list may be in the format of your choice and uploaded along with your Entry Form, or submitted via email to educate@c-span.org
• Individuals or a team of up to 3 students may create and submit an entry.
• A student may submit only one entry, whether they are participating as an individual or in a group.
• Students are not required to have a teacher adviser in order to participate. If a teacher acts as an adviser, his or her name must be listed on the student's Entry Form in order for them to be eligible for the StudentCam adviser cash prize.

Selection Criteria:

Entries will be judged on the following criteria:

• Complete exploration of the chosen topic, and its relation to the contest's theme
• Quality of expression and creativity
• Inclusion of topically relevant C-SPAN programming
• Thorough exploration of the varying points related to your chosen topic (inlcuding opposing viewpoints, where applicable)

About StudentCam:

StudentCam is C-SPAN's annual documentary competition that encourages students to think critically about issues that affect our communities and our nation.C-SPAN is a non-profit created in 1979, to provide C-SPAN's audience access to the live gavel-to-gavel proceedings of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, and to other forums where public policy is discussed, debated and decided––all without editing, commentary or analysis and with a balanced presentation of points of view.

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