In honor of all the Tour de Turtles competitors, Caribbean Conservation Corporation and MeGotta, Inc. are sponsoring a contest to see who can create the best Public Service Announcement (PSA)! Using the TurtlePlayer interactive game in the Tour de Turtles Community, you are invited to create and record your own PSA to help spread the word about sea turtle conservation. Contest participants will have until November 1st to produce and upload their informative animations. The winning video will be published on the CCC and Tour de Turtles websites.
"The message of the PSA will be the most important factor in judging the contest," said Rocio Johnson, CCC's communication coordinator. "Creativity also will help score points. We want the public to have fun with sea turtle conservation."
PSA submissions should help encourage anyone watching the video to learn more about sea turtles. With this goal in mind, audiences participating in the contest can really get creative. The TurtlePlayer has many interactive features that will help people design a great PSA.
So what is a PSA? A public service announcement is usually a short radio or television advertisement for a good cause, in this case sea turtles. PSAs work to raise awareness and direct people to learn more about an issue. With these tips in mind, people can choose a variety of issues related to sea turtle conservation as the focus of their PSAs.
Here are the rules:
- Use TurtlePlayer in the Tour de Turtles Community;
- No more than 30 seconds in length;
- Focus on sea turtle conservation;
- Must ask viewers to "take action" on the chosen topic;
- Include music and text;
- Include CCC's website (www.cccturtle.org) and the Tour de Turtles website (www.tourdeturtles.org);
- The saved link must be e-mailed to newsletter@cccturtle.org by November 1st, 2008.
A panel of CCC and MeGotta judges will vote on their top three finalists. The final three videos will be uploaded to the Tour de Turtles Community to give everyone an opportunity to vote on their favorite PSA. The winner will be featured on the CCC and Tour de Turtles website. For more information, please visit www.tourdeturtles.org. Good luck!