Student video contest
The Sparky Awards is a contest that recognizes the best new short videos on the value of sharing and aims to broaden the discussion of access to scholarly research by inviting students to express their views creatively. The 2008 contest theme is "MindMashup: The value of information sharing."
The Sparky Awards invite contestants (students from outside the US are eligible to apply) to submit videos of two minutes or less that imaginatively portray the benefits of the open, legal exchange of information. Mashup is an expression referring to a song, video, website, or software application that combines content from more than one source. To be eligible, submissions must be publicly available on the internet – on a website or in a digital repository – and available for use under a creative commons license.
The winner will receive a cash prize of $1,000 and two runners-up will each receive $500.
Entries must be received by November 30, 2008.
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