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Voices of Champions Contests for Youth 2024

Divisions

Mixed gender and female-led teams are highly encouraged.

Grades 4-8

Group or individual submissions accepted. 

High School

Group or individual submissions accepted. 

Categories

Choose a category relating to Coastal Resilience. 

SHORT FILM CONTEST 
Create a Two Minute Video relating to Coastal Resilience in Hawai'i. 
Submissions due Spring 2024. Deadline is April 22nd.

Consider. 

Pick a category and create a two-minute video.  Choose a Champion of Coastal Resilience, a strategy, or a unique story relating to our coastlines and potential solutions.

Create. 

Inspire.

Entertain, educate and energize audiences to take action in the face of climate change-induced threats to our coastal communities. Let your creativity shine.

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Upload your two-minute film into the Voices of Champions Film Competition at the bottom of this page by the deadline. First, second, and third-place will be chosen from each age division and receive a cash and other prizes. 

Submit.

Short Film Contest
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Let us know if you are considering entering the VOC Film Competition!  We would like to stay in touch!

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Winners from Past Contests

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First place winner Nikki Kayes.
Pictured with a cash prize and art from a local female artist, Janet Menke. 

First Place

12-16 Age Division - Nikki Kayes, "Ho'okipa" 

16-21 Age Division - Anh Nguyen,
"Below Surface Level" 

Second Place

12-16 Age Division - Logan-Sophia Koa, "Invasive Species" 

16-21 Age Division - Noelani Mitchell & Everett Gordon, "Puako Coastal Resilience" 

Third Place

12-16 Age Division - Kipukai Denton,
"Rising Sea Levels" 

16-21 Age Division - Nora Goldsmith,
Ava Harris & Parisa Eghbale,
"Puako Adventure" 

Prizes for Short Films

There will be first, second, and third-place cash prizes for the best short film from each age division: Gr 4-8 and Gr 9-12.

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First-Place- $100 cash prize

Second-Place- $75 cash prize

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Third-Place- $50 cash prize

Click the scoring guide image above to download a PDF copy of the rubric to see how judges will be deciding winners. Please abide by copyright and intellectual property laws.

Storymap Contest
ARCGIS STORYMAP CONTEST
Create an ArcGIS StoryMap on
 Coastal Resilience in Hawai'i. 
Submissions due Spring 2024.
April 22nd Deadline.

Consider. 

Investigate one coastal area in Hawai'i.  Engage in further inquiry using ArcGIS Education Bundle tool for K-12.  Create a StoryMap following the National and State Competition Guidelines.  Choose a Champion of Coastal Resilience, a strategy, or a unique story relating to our coastlines and potential solutions to highlight. Leveraging the use of GIS.

Create. 

Inspire.

Entertain, educate and energize audiences to take action in the face of climate change-induced threats to our coastal communities. Let your creativity shine.

Prizes for Storymaps

There will be first, second, and third-place cash prizes for the best StoryMap from each age division: Gr 4-8 and Gr 9-12.

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First-Place- $100 cash prize

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Second-Place- $75 cash prize

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Third-Place- $50 cash prize

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