Enter the Annual Choose Respect Video Contest!
Deadline: March 13, 2023Earn 10 SSL Hours for entering and following the rules
You could win $1,000!
- All submissions must have a title.
- All submissions must be in either English or Spanish.
- All submissions must be 50-70 seconds in length.
- All submissions must be uploaded to Google Drive, Dropbox, YouTube, or similar program.
- You will then have to provide us with the link via our Online Contest Submission Form below
- All submissions must address at least one of the following as it relates to dating violence between teens:
- Physical abuse, emotional/verbal abuse, types of technological abuse, financial abuse or issues around consent).
- Examples of healthy behaviors in a relationship.
- Bystander intervention (how to step in and help a friend who is being abused).
- All submissions must include the Montgomery County Family Justice Center - 240-773-0444 as the resource where victims of domestic violence and dating abuse can get help.
- Submissions must reflect careful planning, thoughtful insight into the material presented, and accurate and thorough coverage of the content.
- Submissions may NOT include ANY copyrighted music, audio/video clips, characters, logos, or other protected material. Videos may include music only if it is considered “open source” music, or if it is composed and played by a student (or students) in the group.
1st Place: $1,000
2nd Place: $750
3rd Place: $500
Past Winners
1st Place - "Not My Fault" - MLK Jr. Middle School
2nd Place and Fan Favorite - "High School Simulator" - Einstein High School
3rd Place - "Words do Hurt" - Shady Grove Middle School
Honorable Mention - "Dating Shouldn't Hurt" - Julius West Middle School
Honorable Mention - "It's Fine" - Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School
2021
1st Place and Fan Favorite - "Love Should Never Hurt" - Poolesville High School and Takoma Park Middle School
2nd Place - "Boys Will Be Boys" - Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School
3rd Place - "Guys Can Be Victims Too" - Eastern Middle School
Honorable Mention - "I Promise" - Paint Branch High School
Honorable Mention - "False Reflections" - Rockville High School
2020
1st Place and Fan Favorite - "I'm the Victim" - Northwood High School
2nd Place - "He Loves Me" - Roberto Clemente Middle School
3rd Place - "Our Memories" - Richard Montgomery High School
Honorable Mention - "Distraction" - Eastern Middle School
Honorable Mention - "Excuses" - Poolesville High School
2019
1st Place - "Reflection" - Wootton High School
2nd Place - "It Was All Her Fault" - Roberto Clemente Middle School 3rd Place - "Dear Diary" - Roberto Clemente Middle School
Honorable Mention and Fan Favorite - "You are Not Alone!" - Winston Churchill High School
Honorable Mention - "There Is Another Side" - Northwood High School
2018
1st Place - "Text Me Back, K?" - Wootton High School
2nd Place - "Triad" - Tryka Film Coalition
3rd Place - "Isolation" - Sherwood High School
Honorable Mention and Fan Favorite - "I'm Fine." - Richard Montgomery High School
Honorable Mention - "Because He Told Me So" - The Girl Scouts
2017
1st Place and Fan Favorite - "Because He Loves Me" - Northwest High School
Honorable Mention - This is My Story - Hallie Wells Middle School
2016
1st Place - "I Came, I Saw, I Conquered" - Roberto Clemente Middle School
2nd Place - "Abuse Does Not Discriminate" - Sherwood High School
3rd Place - "Don't Be Silenced" - Forrest Oak Middle School
Honorable Mention - "Why Me?" - Gaithersburg High School
Honorable Mention - "Does He Really Like You?" - Wheaton High School
2015
1st Place - "Bruises" - James Hubert Blake High School
2nd Place - "Out of the Dark" - James Hubert Blake High School
3rd Place - "Locked" - James Hubert Blake High School
Honorable Mention - "It Has To End" - James Hubert Blake High School
Honorable Mention - "There's No Excuse" - Sherwood High School