DEADLINE:            Award & Organization:

winter

• January            C-SPAN StudentCam Documentary Competition (using archival footage from C-SPAN)
• Jan & Feb         3MinuteMedia Social Issues Media Festival -- 3MM@Facebook
  
• May                   Media That Matters

spring

• May/June          MKE Film Festival Youth Show
  
• June                  5 Minutes to Change Your World
• Fall                    Imagine Science Films - accepts film that present science concepts or people in "compelling,

 narrative-driven ways" (past submissions)

• Nov - Jan          White House Student Film Festival
• December        Be the Change -- Youth Media Competition, composing 2 minute videos about global issues
• -----------          PBS Independent Lens
•  ongoing           WGBH Lab Open Call  ongoing calls to submit videos according to specific themes

festivals and organizations:

• Youth Media Festivals -- list of festivals and competitions in Bay Area, CA
• LOcAl MN FilM FeSTs & ORgs