Project Ed Summer Reading Challenge

This Summer, Project Ed is launching a new series of video contests that hopes to inspire young filmmakers to read classic novels and make them come to life in short videos. These seven, brand-new contests will challenge creators to reimagine books from genres like Adventure, SciFi, and Monsters and Mysteries. In addition to the opportunity to have your videos featured, Project Ed is giving away over $20,000 in cash prizes for great videos. Contests are open now and run through July.

Learn more and enter at https://www.projected.com/SummerReading.

Turn this Poe classic into a music video worthy of YouTube!
Take Edgar Allan Poe’s poem, “Annabel Lee” and use its original verses to recite, sing, or rap in your own catchy rhythm.
Deadline: June 15, 2015

Tempt someone to read one of our three books in a one minute trailer!
Use one of the three listed books to make a book trailer, similar to a movie preview, that excites and engages readers into reading the book.
Deadline: July 13, 2015

Create a 30-second video that defines one of five words for obsessed readers!
Turn one of these five fun terms that convey an obsession with reading into a short, fun video that creatively teaches the definition of the word you choose.
Deadline: July 13, 2015

Capture the suspense and fright of a classic novel in a short video!
Using one of the four books listed, create a one-minute video that is either a book trailer, a 60-second scene, or a dramatic reading of an excerpt from the book.
Deadline: July 20, 2015

Show us your adventurous side with an adaptation of these four novels!
Select one of these four books and make a one-minute video that is either a book trailer, a 60-second scene, or a dramatic reading of a passage from the book.
Deadline: July 30, 2015

Bring a classic to life in your own video!
Take one of these classic novels and create a book trailer, a 60-second scene, or a dramatic reading.
Deadline: July 30, 2015

Take your imagination to the future in a video on one of these SciFi classics.
Use your imagination and create a short video that is either a book trailer, a 60-second scene, or a dramatic reading of an excerpt based on one of the listed science-fiction classics.
Deadline: July 30, 2015

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