Washington, DC: The NORML Foundation launched a series of videoblog contests during the fall of 2005, featuring cash prizes that asked supporters to submit a video against the general policy of marijuana prohibition to mark the 68th anniversary of the arrest of America’s first victim in the federal government’s war against marijuana consumers, Samuel Caldwell of Colorado.
The videos are featured on (the search tag words are “norml” and “prohibitioncontest”):
http://www.youtube.com
http://www.veoh.com
http://www.current.tv
http://video.google.com/
There were numerous entries and the winners, chosen by NORML’s Washington DC staff, for the first NORML videoblog contest are:
First Prize ($250):
Legalize It
Second Prize ($150):
Drug Warriors
Third Prize ($100):
NORML PSA
New NORML Foundation Videoblog Contest Announced for 2006
The NORML Foundation announces another $500 cash award contest starting January 4, 2006 and ending February 28, 2006. Three notable celebrities have volunteered to review, judge and award the winners of the NORML Foundation’s next videoblog contest:
*Ron Mann, Canadian documentary filmmaker of popular documentaries such as Grass and Go Further. Ron serves on NORML’s Advisory Board.
*Filmmaker Sara Driver
*R. Keith Stroup, Esq., NORML’s founder, member of the Board of Directors of NORML and the NORML Foundation, and currently Of Counsel
The requested theme and tag words for this beta phase of NORML’s videoblog contest are:
Theme = Parody of the US government’s infamous Partnership for a Drug Free America commercials.
Tag Words = “norml”, “normlvideoblogcontest”, “pdfacontest”, “pdfaparody”, “partnershipforadrugfreeamericacontest”
For more information about NORML’s videoblog contest checkout:
http://www.normltv.blogspot.com/
http://normltv.blogspot.com/2005/10/clickpress-norml-launches-first-video.html