Rotary video contest

I nteractors, here's your chance to be a director. Enter the first Interact video contest for a chance to have your video highlighted in Interactive .

Simply create a video, three minutes or less, about what Interact means to you. Join the 2009 Interact Video Contest group, and follow the instructions to upload and submit your video. Then complete the entry form , and e-mail it to RI. (Entrants under 18 years of age will need to indicate parental consent on the form.)

The deadline for submitting a video is 1 October.

Entries will be judged by a panel of Interact staff. The grand-prize-winning video will be featured in the November issue of Interactive to coincide with World Interact Week. Two first-place videos will be featured on YouTube . Winning videos may be used in other RI publications.

All Interact club and sponsor Rotary club members are eligible to enter.

Videos can be of any style -- fiction, documentary, animated, experimental, or live action -- and must be in English or have English subtitles. They must be at least 30 seconds long but no longer than three minutes. Read the complete contest rules.

"The contest is a great way for Interactors to showcase the great work that they do locally as well as internationally, and to show the world how Interact impacts their lives and those around them," says Annahita Ghaboussi, RI Youth Activities coordinator. "Interactors are a young, energetic, and technologically advanced group who will have fun making these videos. We are confident they will prove their creativity while expressing what Interact means to them."

So grab your camera and start filming today. Show the world what Interact means to you!

Interact is Rotary International's service club for young people ages 14-18. Interact clubs are self-governing and self-supporting but are sponsored by individual Rotary clubs, which provide support and guidance. There are more than 250,000 Interactors in more than 130 countries and geographical areas.