New contest for the Fall of 2009.
Video Contest
Make a video (not more than 3 minutes) on the preservation of traditional family (i.e. 1 dad 1 mom and children) showing the following points:
1. Why traditional marriage should be treasured over other forms of marriage, namely same sex marriage?
2. Why children fair better under a biological father and a biological mother in the family?
3. How does same sex marriage in Europe affect the moral, cultural and social health of the countries?
4. Other ideas.
The top three videos will be awarded:
1st Place $1000
2nd Place $800
3rd Place $500
Who can participate:
High school: 9th to 12th grade student (public, private, parochial or home-school) in the United States can participate.
College: Freshman and Sophmore student in an US college can participate. (Students entering junior level in the Fall of 2009 can also enter the contest). Students must do their own research and filming. Only one video per student is accepted.
How should I make the video?
The video should be no more than 3 minutes. It can be made from still pictures, animations, and life persons. We prefer the "wmv" or "mpeg" format. Send in the video through email. Open an account with YouTube. Post your video on YouTube and send us the link via email.
When sending in your video, send along a word file (id page) stating the video title with your name, age, grade level, school name, home address, phone number, email address and the YouTube link of your video.
Where should I send it?
When is the deadline?
November 30, 2009
Awards:
The video will be graded according to the content, filming skill, creativity, and quality of the research. The decisions of the judges are final. Other than the video awards listed above, awards will be given out to the top 3 "most-viewed videos" on YouTube. The awards are:
1st Place: $500
2nd Place: $300
3rd Place: $150
Publicity:
The copyright of the videos will become that of Traditional Family Coalition. The videos will be published on our website or other media.
Winners:
Announcements will be made online and by mail.
Links to help you
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Scholarships for 2008:
Theme:The Preservation of Traditional Family
We had 232 essay entries.
The states with the most entries are:
California 23
Florida 19
Maryland 10
Tennessee 10
Judges:
Dr. Bill Tam, Dr. James Lau and Professor Lawrence Chan
Meet the winners for 2008:
3rd place: Rebecca Pickel $ 800
Award checks have been sent out to the winners.
There are many thoughtful and well researched articles. Here are some of them (To protect their privacy, we removed the names of the author):
Why traditional marriage matters? Click
Failure and melfunctions.... Click
The right to choose. Click
Preserving traditional marriage. Click
The meaning of love. Click
Trash and treasure... Click
Protecting marriage to protect children. Click
Read quotes from other authors. (click)
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Meet the Winners of TFC 2007 Essay Contest
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(Questions? Call: 408-636-0037, email: tfccal@yahoo.com)
