2010 Contest Rules:

Digital Shorts podcast contest entries may be received between November 15, 2010, and February 28, 2011.

Employees of the Old State House Museum, the Department of Arkansas Heritage, their immediate families, and members of their households are not permitted to enter.

Winners will be chosen by April 25, 2011, and notified no later than April 30, 2011. Prizes will be awarded for 1st and 2nd place in both student and adult divisions of the audio and video categories. Prizes include gift cards in the amounts of $250, $150, $100 and $75. An event to air the winning entries, honor the winners and distribute prizes will take place at the Old State House Museum on Tuesday, May 3, 2011.

How to Enter:

1. Submit as many entries as you wish; however, you can only win once.

2. All entries must be submitted by mail. Record your webcast to a CD or DVD, and mail your CD or DVD, and the signed original copies of the Official Contest Rules, the Contest Entry Form, and Talent Release Forms for EACH identifiable person in your webcast to:

Old State House Museum Webcast Contest
c/o Old State House Museum
300 West Markham Street
Little Rock, AR 72201

3. All entries must be postmarked no later than Monday, February 28, 2011.

4. The Old State House Museum will not be held liable for lost mail. Be sure to package your webcast CD/DVD’s securely, as OSHM will not accept responsibility for loss or damage.

5. Please name the file using the following format (Video/Audio_First and Last name_Age)

6. Video webcasts must be 10 minutes or less and in MP4, WAV or MOV format.

7. Audio webcasts must be 10 minutes or less and in MP3 format.

8. The webcast must be an original work and a signed Talent Release Form for each identifiable individual in the audio/video clip must accompany the submission.

9. Click here to obtain the 2010 Entry Form and Talent Release Form.

10. Winning entrants will be selected by April 25, 2011, and posted on the Winner's Page on April 30, 2011.
 
11. All submissions become the sole property of the Old State House Museum and will not be returned to the entrants.

12. The Old State House Museum reserves the right to publish all webcasts and to use them in any website and/or promotional material without compensation to the creator. Production credit will be noted. Talent releases are the responsibility of the entrant and must be provided for identifiable people upon submission.

13. Contest is open to all U.S. Residents.

14. Entries will be judged on a six-point scale, on the basis of Creativity, Content/Subject Matter, Technical Aspects, Clarity, Historical Accuracy, and Overall Impression.

15. If the contest receives less than 3 entries from 3 separate individuals/groups in any category, the museum reserves the right not to judge or award that category.

16. Decisions of the judges are final.

For questions about how to enter the Old State House Museum Webcast Competition, please call Daniel Cockrell at (501) 324-8643 or email him at daniel@arkansasheritage.org