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YXC 2019
Welcome to the official website of the 16th Annual Youth Xchange Student Video Competition! This year’s contest includes the following general and expert categories:
- Mini Documentary: In-depth program of an event, issue, place, individual or group. (10 minute maximum)
- Public Service Announcement (PSA): A commercial length, informative but concise video about an issue. (30 second maximum, production credit or acknowledgement graphics do not count as part of the 30 second maximum)
- Short: A creative look at an issue using comedy, drama, music or a cultural setting. (5 minute maximum)
- Junior Expert: This category allows students K through Middle school with extensive video production skills to compete in a category that recognizes technical expertise using video. Youth Xchange winners who have won two or more times, students who have worked (for hire) professionally creating video, and/or students participating in or receiving help from other students in an advance video or digital media program must enter this category. (10 minute maximum)
- Expert: This category allows high school and college students with extensive video production skills to compete in a category that recognizes technical expertise using video. Youth Xchange winners who have won two or more times, students who have worked (for hire) professionally creating video, and/or students participating in or receiving help from other students in an advance video or digital media program must enter this category. (10 minute maximum)
In addition to the above five (5) general and expert categories, we are also pleased to have eleven (12) sponsored categories, as follows (click on hyperlinks to view flyers):
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- 808 No Vape, sponsored by Hawaiʿi Public Health Institute and the Coalition for a Tobacco Free Hawaiʿi
- Clean Energy Future, sponsored by Hawaiian Electric
- Creating Peace, sponsored by Rotary Club of Honolulu
- Eat Local, Eat Fresh, sponsored by State of Hawaiʿi DOH Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Division
- Forest Inspired, sponsored by State of Hawaii DLNR Division of Forestry & Wildlife
- Pathways for a Better Life, sponsored by Aloha United Way
- Prepare NOW, sponsored by Hawaiʿi DOH Office of Public Health Preparedness
- School Breakfast Promotion, sponsored by State of Hawaiʿi DOE and Hawaiʿi Appleseed Center for Law & Economic Justice
- Speak Up for Justice, sponsored by Hawaiʿi State Bar Association Civic Education Committee
- Storm Water Hero, sponsored by City & County of Honolulu Department of Facility Maintenance
- The Value of Water, sponsored by Honolulu Board of Water Supply
- Traffic Safety, sponsored by GEICO Hawaiʿi and State of Hawaiʿi DOH EMS & Injury Prevention System Branch