Video Contests

Get in on the action, make some quick cash,
build a name for yourself!

Video contests can be an excellent way to hone your visual storytelling skills, help finance your documentary project and get great publicity.

There are several places online that have ON-GOING video contests.

The list below is by no means a comprehensive collection of sites. There are new sites popping up every day!

In fact, if you know of a great place to sign up for contests, please add it to the list below and/or leave a comment in the Facebook section at the bottom of this page.

On Going Contests

TONGAL
You can get paid for submitting ideas, producing videos and even voting!

MOFILM
A leading crowd-sourcing agency connecting filmmakers with big brands around the globe. If you win, you get big prize money and a chance to hobnob with some big players in the filmmaking industry.

How To Succeed on Tongal

Submit Your Video Contest

Do you have a video contest you'd like to promote? Create your own page right here! It's easy and it's free. Please make sure to include plenty of details. All entrees must be original content (written in your own words, not cut & pasted from another site) and must be at least 300 words to be accepted.

Enter the title of your video contest here

Click here to see the rest of the form and complete your submission.

Video Contests

Make some extra cash or win prizes! Click on the links below to view all the video contest postings.

You Can Win US $10,000 Presidential Campaign Video Contest
The 2024 Presidential race has begun and it’s shaping up to be the same OLD candidates. Surely you can come up with better candidates, which is why we …

Film Your Faith | Video Contest
Submission Range: July 19-September 19 Faith moves mountains. Faith builds homes. Faith is a powerful tool that can change lives in unimaginable ways. …

C-SPAN's StudentCam | Student Documentary Competition
Submission deadline: January 20, 2020 Cash Prizes: $100,000 USD What Is StudentCam? StudentCam is C-SPAN's annual national video documentary …

Make It In The USA | Video Contest
Four (4) $5000 prizes... BuildBuyUSA is launching a video contest called “Make it in the USA” to recognize creative takes on how our economy can work …

Global Dialogues Video Challenge Contest
This quarter's Global Dialogues video contest title: Sex, Partying, Peer Pressure . The Premise: A young man feels pressured to bring drugs to a party …

Asia Europe Short Films Contest
Asia-Europe Short Films Contest is looking for young creative filmmakers! Submit your short, up to 3 min long film of any type to express your views …

Focus Forward Films | $100,000 Filmmaker Challenge
Focus Forward Films is a new documentary series of 3-minute films focusing on today's innovators. An impressive roster of documentary filmmakers are already …

Doritos Crash the Super Bowl | Video Contest
ARCHIVED Make the winning Doritos commercial for the 2012 Super Bowl and win $1-million! Imagine the documentary or documentaries you could make …

TripTV Best-of-the-Best Video Contest
TripTV is launching a worldwide contest to find the Best-of-the-Best destination/location videos! We are specifically looking for videos highlighting …

Online Coupon Site to Award $30,000 to Schools in Need
ARCHIVED Aug. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- With a new school year right around the corner, loads of new expenses are looming. Many of the financial …

Hayward Announces $10,000 prize for Video Contest
ARCHIVED Aug. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Hayward® Pool Products is challenging its Facebook Fans to make a splash for cash this summer by entering …

49 Seconds of My SF Video Contest
Show us what you love about San Francisco in a 49 second video and enter to win a trip to explore the city you love! The San Francisco Travel Association …

iPhone Film Festival | Video Contest
Do you have an iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad2? Then there's a film studio in your pocket! That's why we created this unique film festival - to showcase the …

Cannibal Animals | Video Contest
Are you worried about dioxin in your and your family's diet? So are we. That's why we have launched our Cannibal Animals Video Contest. Dioxin is the name …

Share Your Adventure | Video Contest
Are you an amateur videographer? Think you've got what it takes? Submit your adventure video today, and you could be our next winner! Here's a sweet video …

Giving Greyhounds A Voice | Video Contest
Why not educate the public about the cruelty of dog racing with some humor? Enter your dog in our YouTube video contest now. Grab your video camera, …

"Forever Yours" Video Contest
Have you ever met someone you want to spend FOREVER with? Can you think of someone that you want to confess your love to FOREVER? Thought of what it would …

xtranormal Trekkie SciFi Movie Contest
Put your galactic movie making skills to the test with xtranormal's new Trekkiez; submit your shorts for a chance to be saluted with an iPad® 2 or other …

Sony Launches Video Contest To Benefit U.S. State Parks
Sony Creative Software and America's State Parks have teamed up to introduce America's State Parks Filmmaker Challenge, a video competition created to …

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