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Alcohol Awareness Week PSA Winner

Public Service Announcement Contest
Winner Selected!

The Health Promotion Committee is pleased to announce TV-R major Don Spacht '10 as the 2008 National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week public service announcement (PSA) contest winner. Congratulations Don!

Don's winning PSA can be heard on WICB radio or by clicking the icon to the right.

The winning submission was based on the following rules and guidelines:

The Health Promotion Committee invites Ithaca College students to develop a public service announcement for the Ithaca College community in honor of National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week (NCAAW), September 21-26, 2008.

The theme for the 2008 NCAAW is “Have Fun…Stay Safe!”
All entries should represent safe and legal uses of alcohol and should clearly and creatively represent the theme.

Eligibility:

All students are eligible to submit an entry.
Students may only submit one entry per category (for a total of two entries). Categories are Radio or Television.

Judging Criteria:

Entries will be judged in one of two categories: PSAs for radio or PSAs for television.
Entries must be exactly 30 or 60 seconds in length. Submissions not meeting the time requirement will not be reviewed.

Entries will be judged on the following criteria:

• Creativity
• Adherence to theme
• Clarity of message
• Public Appeal

Entries must be in good taste. Entries deemed vulgar or inappropriate for the general audience will be disqualified. The judging committee’s decision concerning this standard is final.

Entries must meet format requirements as described below.

Radio-

• Must be of good audio quality
• 30 or 60 seconds exactly
• Preferred submission type: wave file or cd

Television-

• 30 or 60 seconds exactly
• Provide slate information
• Title and type (PSA)
• Length
• Production information (names)
• Countdown into actual PSA
• Submitted on DVD or DV-Tape

Entries will be screened by judges from the campus community. The top ten entries in each category will be posted on line to be voted on by the Ithaca College community. The top 20 entries will be screened on September 23rd at 7pm in the Park Auditorium. Winners will be announced at this event.

Submission:

Submissions must be received by contest coordinators no later than 5:00 pm on September 10. Submissions should be sent via email to Tiffani Ziemann or delivered to her office at 2102 West Tower. All submissions must include the submission title; names and email addresses of all participants; and the name, phone number and email address of the coordinating participant. All contact with the group will be done through the coordinating presenter.

Prizes:

Prizes will be awarded to the first place entry in each category. Winners can select from the following prize list:

• Flip camera
• Equivalent dollar amount (approximately $150) of Best Buy gift cards
• Equivalent dollar amount (approximately $150) of I-Tunes gift cards

Though entries may be submitted by groups, only one prize will be awarded. Groups may choose to divide the prize as they see fit.

Important Dates:

September 10, 2008: All submissions due

September 23, 2008: Park Auditorium, 7:00 p.m.
Top entries screened, audience members vote, and winners are announced.

For more information, please visit the Health Promotion website (www.ithaca.edu/healthpromotion/specialproj/) or contact Tiffani Ziemann or Doreen Hettich-Atkins.