Submissions must be received by midnight PDT March 8, 2013. If you are experiencing technical problems, please call: Jana (858.740.4381), Stan (619.518.2412), or Ron (619.335.8135). If you need to make arrangements to submit your submission via mail, please email us at jana@directingchange.org. (Please note that mailed entries need to be postmarked by March 8, 2013.)
If you are experiencing problems uploading, the following steps will solve 99% of issues:
- Try a different browser (e.g. if you are using Google Chrome, try Internet Explorer)
- Try uploading the video from a different location (e.g. office computer, home computer, coffee shop, etc.)
- Try uploading the video from a different computer (e.g. desktop, laptop, school/office computer)
If technical problems persist, please email: jana@directingchange.org and include your internet browser, the region you are trying to upload to, and a description of the problem you are experiencing. Please be assured that we will not disqualify any entries that did make the deadline as a result of a technical problem with uploading the video.
Be sure that your entry name matches the name on the entry form! Your entry needs to be in one of the acceptable formats listed in the contest rules under submission formats. The entry name must include the category initials (SP for suicide prevention and MI for mental illness stigma reduction), your school’s initials and the name of the county your school is located in. For example:
- SP_MHS_Mono_nameofvideo (MHS for Mammoth High School)
- ES_BSHS_SanDiego_nameofvideo (BSHS for Borrego Springs High School)
By uploading an entry student(s) named on the entry form automatically agree to the contest rules. After the submission is uploaded, print the confirmation page and give it to your school advisor for safe keeping!
Are you ready to upload your entry? Here’s what you need to do:
- Find and click your region below by identifying the county your school is in
- Upload your video to the appropriate category (suicide prevention or eliminating stigma)
- Make sure your school advisor completes the Entry Form and includes the correct title of your video
Find and click your region below
Region 1 – North Coast: Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Lake, Sonoma
Region 2 – Northeastern: Siskiyou,Modoc, Trinity, Shasta, Lassen, Plumas, Tehama,Glenn, Butte
Region 3 – Capital Service Region: Sierra, Nevada, Placer, El Dorado, Alpine, Yuba, Colusa, Sutter, Yolo, Sacramento
Region 4 – Bay: Napa, Solano, Marin, Contra Costa, San Francisco, Alameda, San Mateo
Region 5 – South Bay: Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, San Benito, Monterey
Region 6 – Delta Sierra: Amador, Calaveras, Tuolumne, Stanislaus, San Joaquin
Region 7 – Central Valley: Mariposa, Merced, Madera, Fresno, Kings, Tulare
Region 8 – Costa Del Surf: San Luis Obispo, Kern, Santa Barbara, Ventura
Region 9 – Southern: Orange, San Diego, Imperial
Region 10 – RIMS: Mono, Inyo, San Bernardino, Riverside
Region 11 – Los Angeles: Los Angeles
