2020 Census Video Prize Challenge: Orgs could win up to $30k in prizes!

2020 Census Video Prize Challenge

The Census Open Innovation Labs at the U.S. Census Bureau has launched a first-of-its-kind Video Prize Challenge to help get the word out about the 2020 Census with a total of $50,000 in prize awards.

The goal of the competition is to accelerate the creation of shareable content that speaks to hard-to-count communities, through engaging and informative short-form videos. This open call for content is designed to help educate and motivate individuals to communicate why it’s critical to complete the 2020 Census — from getting the funding their community needs, to representation in congress.

This effort is aligned to the ‘reminder phase’ of the 2020 Census campaign to crowd source user-generated content that drives home the key message that “It’s not too late to respond either online, via phone, or by mail”. Submissions are open until April 11th at 2:59am EST, winners will be announced early to mid May.

Three prizes will be awarded: a $30,000 grand prize, $10,000 runner up, and $10,000 student prize.

This is an excellent opportunity to engage your audiences, networks and partner organizations working on GOTC efforts, as well as individuals, students, content makers and influencers.

GOTC Video Prize Challenge details and guidelines on challenge.gov

Please see the below FAQ and contacts census.accelerate@census.gov if you have any questions!