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Lead Poisoning Prevention Video Contest
Note: EPA no longer updates this information but it may be useful as a reference or resource.
More than 40 videos were submitted for the 2009 Lead Poisoning Prevention Lead Video Contest. Read about the contest and view the top three winners and honorable mention entries.
Contest Rules
Privacy Policy
Frequent Questions
Contest Rules
- Your video must be uploaded and posted to the Lead Poisoning Prevention
Video Contest on YouTube.
- Your video must be either a 30-60 second educational or instructional video.
- The video must end with the following websites for a minimum of three seconds:
- The video MUST NOT use the EPA, CDC, or HUD logos or seals. Your video must not promote any company or product.
- You must be a U.S. citizen or legal resident to enter and win. EPA, CDC and HUD employees, contractors, or grantees and their immediate family members may enter, but are not eligible to win.
- Entrants must complete and submit the contest entry form and provide valid contact information. On your form, ensure that your unique video title is the same as the YouTube file upload name. Any entrant under the age of 18 must also submit the contest permission form (PDF) (1 pp, 62K, about PDF) with their parent/guardian's signature and fax the entry form to (202) 566-0471. If entrants do not have access to a fax machine, entrants may sign and scan the permission form and e-mail it to Christina Wadlington at wadlington.christina@epa.gov.
- You must ensure that everyone appearing in your video agrees that you can use their image as part of this contest. For minors under age 18 appearing in your video, you must provide a contest permission form (PDF) (1 pp, 62K, about PDF).
- If your video is chosen, EPA and HUD will need to have copies of a signed release form. Provided is an example of the release form (PDF) (1 pp, 14K, about PDF).
- If you have trouble with any of the forms please contact Christina Wadlington at wadlington.christina@epa.gov.
- Entries will be judged by an expert panel with representatives from each Federal agency on the basis of creativity and originality, quality, technical accuracy, and content of the message. EPA, CDC and HUD reserve the right not to select a winner if none of the entries received are judged to be sufficiently high quality based on the above criteria.
- The video must be your own original creation. No copyrighted music, video, or images or other material may be used in the video.
- Your video must not infringe on any third-party rights.
- Videos previously produced for compensation and videos already posted on EPA, CDC or HUD Web pages are not eligible.
- The first and second place winners must provide a copy of the original video files and release forms to EPA to receive the $2,500 first place award and $1,500 second place award. You will be contacted if you are the winner.
- The third place winner must provide a copy of the original video file and release form to HUD to receive the $1,000 third place award. You will be contacted if you are the winner.
- By submitting a video to this contest, you grant to EPA, CDC or HUD an irrevocable, royalty-free license to copy, distribute, modify, display and perform publicly and otherwise use, as well as authorize others to use, your video for any educational or public health purpose throughout the world and in any media format.
- EPA, CDC and HUD reserve the right to make your video available to the general public from their Web sites and to distribute it to any other organizations interested in showing it for educational and public health purposes, including, but not limited to, on Internet sites, at conferences and events, on television, and other media outlets.
- EPA, CDC and HUD will disqualify any entries they deem to contain offensive material.
- Entries must be received by October 1, 2009, at 12 noon EDT. The winner will be notified via e-mail and announced on the contest Web site in October 2009 during Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, October 18-24, 2009.
- The contest is void where prohibited or restricted by law. No purchase or payment of money is necessary to enter or win.
- The entrant should note that there may be tax liabilities associated with winning a cash prize. The entrant is responsible for satisfying all such tax liabilities in accordance with applicable federal and state tax laws and regulations.
- The agreement of a legal parent and/or guardian must be obtained if the entrant is a minor.
- Entrants must agree to these terms and conditions.
Privacy Policy
Personal information collected from video submitters to the EPA, CDC and HUD Lead Poisoning Prevention Video Contest will never be sold. The information collected for this contest will only be used to contact video submitters in direct relation to the contest.
The contest winners' names (and the names of any honorable mentions selected) will be announced publicly, after consultation with the winner and any honorable mentions, as a part of the EPA, CDC and HUD Lead Poisoning Prevention Video Contest award recognition process.
All personal information collected through the Contest Web site will be destroyed within six months of the conclusion of the Lead Poisoning Prevention Video Contest. Any videos posted to YouTube will be subject to YouTube's privacy policy.
Also see EPA's Privacy and Security Notice.
Frequent Questions
Q: What constitutes "immediate family"?
A: "Immediate family members" shall include spouses, siblings, parents, children, grandparents, and grandchildren, whether as "in-laws," or by current or past marriage, remarriage, adoption, co-habitation or other familial extension, and any other persons residing at the same household location, whether or not related.
Q: Can videos be submitted that have already been released to news organizations and other groups?
A: Yes, although we seek to have the development of new videos. The rules exclude videos that have been previously been published for compensation, ones that are already featured in the EPA, CDC or HUD Web pages or any video that would infringe on third-party rights. All videos, regardless of when published, must meet all the technical criteria specified in the Contest Rules to be eligible (e.g., length, ending with Web sites).
Q: Are EPA, CDC and HUD employees, contractors, or grantees allowed to assist in the development of the videos (e.g., provide narration, man the camera, act in the video, etc.)?
A: No, any video in which EPA, CDC or HUD employees, contractors or grantees assist will not be eligible to win.