Youth Voice, Vision Video Contest on Underage Drinking

Students in grades six through 12 who represent a school or community group based in are eligible to submit student-produced video public service announcements on underage drinking. 

Cobb Alcohol Taskforce, Cobb County School District Prevention Intervention Center and Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities are sponsoring the contest to showcase student’s creative media talents and to increase the use of effective messaging to prevent underage drinking and promote youth sources of strength.  

PSAs must to be 30, 60 or 90 seconds and address 1 of 2 topics: 1) the problem of adults providing alcohol to youth under 21 or 2) how youth can use sources of strength to change attitudes about youth using alcohol. Contest rules and entry forms can be found at www.cobbat.org.

Deadline for submitting entries is March 30, at 5 p.m.

Video entries will be judged by a panel of media experts on originality, creativity, communication of message and overall appeal. Judges will select 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners. There will also be a viewer’s choice award. Cash prizes will be awarded; $300 for 1st place, $200 for 2nd place, $100 for 3rd place and $300 for viewer’s choice. Funding for prizes has been made available through the Cobb County Commission on Children and Youth.

This is great way for youth organizations to raise funds while creatively sharing their voice and vision and spreading important messages for preventing underage drinking.

Winning videos will be posted on various websites and air on local broadcast TV channels, Cobb Government TV23 and CobbEd TV24 during April, which is National Alcohol Awareness Month.

Contest winners will also be recognized and winning PSAs shown at a public event hosted by Cobb Alcohol Taskforce on April 26. For more information, visit www.cobbat.org.