PVN uses this space to keep students informed of the many contests and projects sent to us from participating channels and sponsors.

Students who wish to participate in any of these contests should contact the organizers directly through website or email links in the contest details, as PVN does not act as a representative for either students or contest organizers, unless otherwise noted.

AHECTA 2009 Student Production Awards
http://www.ahecta.org/students/index.php
http://www.youtube.com/ahecta

Enter your video productions - get exposure, become the envy of your friends and win valuable cash prizes!

Deadline for submission: April 30, 2009

The Association of Higher Education Campus Television Administrators is conducting the 2009 AHECTA Student Production Awards. This video production contest is open to all students currently enrolled in a community college, college or university. Students can submit productions produced for course work, student television stations, classes or their own original productions.

Visit the 2009 AHECTA SPA YouTube site at http://www.youtube.com/ahecta
You must have a valid YouTube account. To create a YouTube account, go to http://www.youtube.com/signup?next=/

Upload your video entry (no longer than 10 minutes) as a “Video Response” to the primary video, the "SPA Welcome Video." If you're not sure how to submit a Video Response, see our instructions here.

Prizes will be awarded June 15, 2009:
Grand Prize: $1000
Second Prize: $750
Third Prize: $500

For entry details, see the AHECTA 2009 Student Production Awards website at
http://www.ahecta.org/students/index.php

mtvU Grants
www.mtvU.com

On mtvU it pays to be good. Every week throughout the school year, mtvU will help fund a new student run community service organization or a new project being undertaken by an existing organization. If you've got an original idea about how to make the world or your campus a better place, mtvU Grants can help you make it happen.

College 500
www.college500.mtvu.com

mtvU and Ford have sent two teams of college students off on a competitive road trip across the country. The students will be driving from New Jersey to California, competing in challenges at universities along the way for a prize of $15,000. Follow their journey and vote for your favorite team.

Engine Room
www.mtvengineroom.com/languages/choose

mtvU and HP are teaming up for a new series to air on MTV worldwide. This brand new show will pit creative minds from around the planet against each other in a battle of digital art skills that will include animation, mixing sounds, filmmaking and more with a prize worth $400,000 going to the winning team.

Take a look at one of Engine Room's How-To Videos: How To Make A Stop-Motion Film.

Ultimate College Bowl
www.myspace.com/ultimatecollegebowl

MySpace and five of the leading voter registration and civic groups in the US announced a partnership to launch the Ultimate College Bowl, a contest that will award scholarships and a free concert with Death Cab for Cutie to the students and school that register the most students to vote. This is the first time America's four largest non-partisan voter registration groups -- Declare Yourself, HeadCount, Student PIRGs, and Rock the Vote -- as well as Why Tuesday?, a leading voter education organization, have joined forces to register voters. MTV's Emmy award-winning "Choose or Lose" campaign, which aims to engage, inform and empower young voters on the political issues that matter to them most, is also on board to help spread the word about this contest to young people across the country. Heroes TV-star Hayden Panettiere launched the contest on MTV's Total Request Live program. Additionally, MTV will promote the contest on multiple MTV platforms, including on its 24-hour college network, mtvU, which currently broadcasts to over 750 college campuses. This nationwide effort constitutes the largest voter registration drive ever devised using viral online technology and grassroots organizing coupled with incentives, all in an attempt to get schools and students competing to register the most voters. The contest will be run via an application and widget available to all college students.

2008 Insomnia Film Festival: Turn 24 hours into a 3-minute masterpiece.
Register Now!

On November 15 at 9:00 a.m. EST, the clock starts ticking.

Apple will post the list of required elements for entries in the 2008 Insomnia Film Festival. Then you and your team will have the next 24 hours to make and upload your 3-minute movie. That's the easy part.

Once your movie's up, you'll need to get everyone you know—and then some—to watch and rate it online. If your movie makes the top 25, you can host a showing at the Apple Retail Store. Your adoring fans can download it from the iTunes Store. And it'll be screened by some big-time industry players: John August, Doug Ellin, Jody Hill, Masi Oka, Jason Bateman, Paul Haggis, Greg Mottola, Barry Sonnenfeld.

Earn the #1 rating from either the public or the pros, and you'll land one of two grand prizes. Everyone on your team will get a MacBook Pro, Final Cut Studio 2, Logic Studio, Shake, and a year's worth of One to One personal training to help you use them. Not a bad trade for one night's sleep. Register your team now!