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The 2019-2020 Contest is now open! 

1st Place:  $1,000          2nd Place: $750          3rd Place:  $500

Eligibility: This contest is open to all 6th - 12th grade students living in Montgomery County. 

• 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. 
• All submissions must address at least one of the following:
  • Physical abuse, emotional/verbal abuse, types of technological abuse, financial abuse or issues around consent). ⇒ learn more here.
  • Examples of healthy behaviors in a relationship. ⇒ learn more here.
  • Bystander intervention (how to step in and help a friend). ⇒ learn more here.
• 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 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.
• Winning students MUST BE PRESENT at RespectFest (March 29th) to claim their prize. 

To Enter: 

Submission Deadline: Friday, February 28, 2020

Need some inspiration? Here are the winners from the past several years: