High School Video Contest
2023 marks the 11th Annual High School Video Contest competition in which high school students demonstrate their creativity while sharing important messages about water quality and conservation. The contest allows ninth, 10th, 11th and 12th grade students attending schools in Bartow, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall, Henry, Paulding and Rockdale counties to participate.
Participants will create a 30-60 second video PSA focused on the theme “Rep Your Watershed” encourages students to get to know their watersheds and what makes them important from a cultural, historical, geographical, or personal perspective.
This year, the Metro Water District is introducing a new bonus category for a TikTok-style video. We want to see how creative you can be in making a video that matches the topic of the contest. Students can participate in both the main PSA-style contest and bonus TikTok-style contest. See the Contest Guidelines for more details.
All contest submissions are due April 24, 2023.
A Spanish-Language PSA
We are proud to offer the opportunity for students to create a Spanish-language PSA for our contest. Spanish is the second-most commonly spoken language in the 15-county region, and we are hopeful that our PSA messaging through this contest will reach more residents than ever before!
Presentar un PSA en Español
Estamos orgullosos de ofrecer la oportunidad para que los estudiantes creen un PSA en español para nuestro concurso. El español es el segundo idioma más hablado en la región de los 15 condados, y esperamos que nuestros mensajes de PSA a través de este concurso lleguen a mas residentes que nunca!
Contest Details
Contest details can be found in the “Video Contest Guidelines;” more information on home-saving water tips and contest requirements can be found in the “Video Contest Fact Sheet.” Both can be found below in both English and Spanish.
- Video Contest Info Flyer
- Hoja Informativa del Concurso de Videos
- Video Contest Guidelines
- Pautas del Concurso
Additional Resources
- Metro Water District River Basin Profiles
- US EPA WaterSense “Saving Water in Georgia”
- Look for resources focused on specific river basins, such as:
Submissions
All contest submissions are due by April 24, 2023. Each student participating in the contest needs to fill out the online form below.
High School Video Contest
Each student participating in the contest or appearing in the video must fill out a form.Submissions may also be sent to education@northgeorgiawater.com using the form in the “Video Contest Guidelines.”
2022 Contest Winners
Participants in the 2022 contest did an amazing job producing entertaining and creative 30-60 second video PSAs that answered the question, “How Can You Encourage Water Conservation At School?” – exploring all the ways you can encourage or influence a water conservation movement at school. Eighty-five students worked individually or in teams to submit thirty-two entries. Congratulations to our winners!
1st Place Winner – English
Jada Cannon, Sierra Carter, Elisa Goodyear, Alicia Weans – Sprayberry High School, Cobb County
1st Place Winner – Spanish
Anthony Reyes Gonzalez, Sydney Le, Han Tran – Elite Scholars Academy, Clayton County
2nd Place Winner – English
Alexandra Johnson – Walton High School, Cobb County
2nd Place Winner – Spanish
Oscar del Amo, Jada Doss – Elite Scholars Academy, Clayton County
Jaylen Grant, Madison McCray, Mekhi Woods – Elite Scholars Academy, Clayton County
Tyler Brown, Adrina Doherty – Elite Scholars Academy, Clayton County
A Spanish-Language PSA Partnership
We are proud to offer the opportunity for students to create a Spanish-language PSA for our contest. Spanish is the second-most commonly spoken language in the 15-county region, and we are hopeful that our PSA messaging through this contest will reach more residents than ever before!
This year, we were thrilled with TelevisaUnivision to promote the High School Video Contest within the Spanish-speaking community.