After a few days of judging, I am happy to announce the winners of the "Local Video" contest that we were running from June 1st - June 23rd. 

Here's the original announcement in case you missed it:

How To Get Some Easy Bonus Points on ActiveRain - Local Video Contest Announcement

We had a great turnout, with about 40 entries overall.  Frankly, this was one of the most difficult contests to judge that I have been a part of on AR.  Thanks very much to the other judges:

 

Without further ado, here are the winners!


Irene Kennedy - 1st Place - 5000 Bonus Points!

Fascinating, FREE Family Fun - FOSSILS in Hamburg, NJ

Irene was one of the only contestants to appear in front of the camera in her entry, which went a long way with the judges.  I felt like I got to know her better, and she wasn't afraid to be a little silly, too, which always helps.  Kudos to Irene for her winning entry!

 

 

 

 

Steve with Amazing Video Tours - 2nd Place - 3000 Bonus Points

Entry for the ActiveRain Localism Video Contest

Steve's video is definitely the slickest with regard to its production quality.  I would highly recommend contacting him if you are in the general Charlotte area!  Great job, Steve!

 

 

 

Christine Donovan - 3rd Place - 2000 Bonus Points

Fun Things for Kids in the Newport Mesa Area: The Balboa Fun Zone

Christine's personal touches made this worthy of placing in this contest.  I want to visit her town!  Thanks for providing multiple good entries, Christine!

 

 

As a small aside, there were a good number of entries that were never actually posted to Localism, so they were not able to win.  However, we will award the 500 bonus points to those entries as well, just for the effort.

Thanks for reading!  I look forward to our next contest!

 


 

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JUL
01
2009
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This is a good post. I enjoyed getting ideas on how to showcase my areas.
5:44pm • #8
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Hi Jason!  Great job 'hosting' this competition and I agree, it was difficult to judge.  Congratulations to the winners and I can't wait for the next one!

Debe in Charlotte
6:51pm • #9
1,241,121 Points 158 Featured Posts Outside Blog Called Shot Master

Jason, I learned quite a bit about video doing this one. Next one will be a winner... Thanks
7:04pm • #10
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Great job and congratulations to the winners of the local video contest.

 
7:38pm • #11
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Jason - Thanks so much for coming up with this idea.  My family and I had fun going out and making the videos.  Thanks too to you and the other judges for taking time out of your schedules to do this.
7:41pm • #12
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40 entries is awesome turnout! Congrats to all the winners.
7:47pm • #13
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Jason - congrats to all the winners. Really great vids and a tough job to judge a winner from all of them. Thanks for running this contest and I'm sure I speak for everyone else here that we all cant wait for the next contest! Wow 40 Entries! Thanks to all the judges as well! Great job! And thanks for taking the time out to do this. We all appreciate it. :-)
8:10pm • #14
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Jason...

I had a blast judging the contest, and I enjoyed the conversations that we had. I would like for all of the contestants to know that we took every entry very seriously, and there was a lot of discussion and careful scrutiny!

Thanks to all that entered, we hope that you will continue to use video to enhance your positions as "local experts!"
8:21pm • #15
970,243 Points 245 Featured Posts Localism Sponsor Outside Blog Called Shot Master

Congratulatios to the winners! What a turnout!  I'll have to go check some out now...
8:25pm • #16
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Congrats to all the winners, and a big thank you to the judges putting so much time in!  OH, and a big YEE-HAW to Jason for coming up with the contest idea!!  It was loads of fun....can't wait for the next one!
8:26pm • #17
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Jason, I have enjoyed all of the winners and a number of the other entries in this contest! Looking forward to another in the near future!
8:47pm • #18
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Loved the videos - Congrats to the winners you did a great job!
9:08pm • #19
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Congratulations to Irene, Christine, and Steve and all the others...
9:08pm • #20
186,516 Points 19 Featured Posts Outside Blog

How fun... and some great videos.  Well done......
9:21pm • #21
JUL
02
2009
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I also just wanted to say thanks to the judges.  When you consider the time it took to come up with the contest, clear it through AR for points, watch (and respond to) the comment stream, watch all the entries, then have to coordinate the judging ........ wow, I'm exhausted just thinking about it.  Thanks also for all the kind comments and DM's. 
8:44am • #22
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What fun these videos were to watch... CONGRAT'S to hard winners and entries!
9:27am • #23

I am so impressed and also inspired by these videos. Congrats Winners!  And great contest Jason.
7:05pm • #24
JUL
04
2009
Localism Sponsor

Congrats to the winners. Did you say all contestants will be awarded the 500 points? Didn't see them yet.

Next time, let's separate the amateurs and the professionals. Justsayin in Twitterease.
7:02am • #25

Kathy,

As THE only person who can safely point this out, I'm highjacking!

Given the totally amateurish quality of the 1st place video, I think it is really clear that the "non-quality" focus was upheld.  No way did you think some pro won...

Jason told me it might take a week before the points appear.
2:10pm • #26
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Jason, this was so great. I can't wait to go see the videos. Looks like a fun lazy Sunday thing to do!
6:15pm • #27

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