Eligibility

To participate, you must be a youth or young adult aged 12-25 and:

• Be in grade 9-12 as associated with a California high school, including but not limited to: public, private, charter, alternative, and home schools.
• Be associated with a college, university, club, community-based organization, or other agency or program in California.
• Be a Riverside County resident.

Submitting Your Video

A shareable URL link to your video must be submitted by Midnight PST on June 30. Before you can submit your entry form with your video link attached, the advisor and all team members (cast and crew), will need to complete release forms.

• Submit your video by uploading it to any platform that provides a shareable link (Google Drive, YouTube Unlisted, OneDrive, Dropbox, etc.).
• Make sure the link is viewable and shared with: soarph@ruhealth.org.
• Paste the link into the submission form.

For more details about what your video should or shouldn’t include, check out the Submissions Category page.

Disqualification

Videos may be disqualified for the following reasons:

• Providing false information.
• Not meeting the submission deadline (please contact us if you experience technical difficulty submitting your Entry to us before the deadline).
• Not obtaining proper release forms or copyright permissions.
• Using AI to create any part of the entry (including but not limited to: script, background, editing).
• Violation of the rights of any third party or US, state, or local law.
• Any other violation of the contest rules. The RUHS PH Team reserves the right to disqualify any entry that they believe at their sole discretion to violate these rules.

Safety

Youth and young adult producers: please avoid potentially dangerous production situations that could put crew, actors, or the public at risk. RUHS PH staff and sponsors take no responsibility and assume no liability for any acts or damages that may result from preparing the materials to submit to this contest.

Copyright

We recommend using copyright-free/royalty-free/public domain elements in your video.

Any elements in your video or art, including but without limitation to music, audio, stills, video, supers, or other audiovisual materials used must:

• be entirely original, created and performed by the entrant and/or participants; or
• be in the public domain as creative work not protected by trademark or copyright, which can be used freely by anyone; or
• be purchased or released trademarked or released copyrighted elements, such as music, photographs, or logos.
• not have used AI to create any part of the entry (including but not limited to: script, background, editing, etc.). AI models are based on millions of images, including artists’ work, therefore this is not considered to be original work. As storytellers, artists and videomakers we ask that you act with honesty, integrity and respect as you create your videos for this contest.

Entries that include copyrighted materials or music without the proper permission and signed release forms will be disqualified.

Pictures and video Clips: You may use public domain images and video clips in your video or art if you cite your sources in the credits. Please note: Images found in Google searches or elsewhere on the Internet are protected by copyright laws, even without a copyright symbol.

Music: Original music or music in the public domain (royalty-free) may be used in your video or art if the source is cited in the credits. This means you can’t just download your favorite song.

Logos: While it may not be possible to keep all brands out of view, there are easy ways to avoid them from showing. For example, dress your actors in clothing without logos, cover up laptop brands with a sticker or sticky note, or frame your shots so that recognizable stores are not highlighted. Using a brand may limit the use of your video on television or in movie theaters, due to brand copyright laws.

There is a US Copyright Fair Use Policy that allows teachers and students to use copyright-protected material in the classroom. RUHS PH entries DO NOT fall under Fair Use guidelines. Since RUHS PH-nominated videos and art might be shown publicly, copyright law must be followed. More resources:

• Copyright and Public Domain: A reference site to help identify public domain songs and public domain music, royalty-free music you can use anywhere and any way you choose, performance, sing-along, video, video, advertising, business, or personal.
• Library of Congress’ Taking the Mystery out of Copyright: an interactive site for teens to learn about the many aspects of copyright.

Judging Process

All videos are pre-screened by the RUHS PH Video Contest Team. The strongest videos move to a panel of judges who will select 1st, 2nd, 3rd place.

Prizes

Prizes by Category:

Public Health Heroes

• 1st Place: $250
• 2nd Place: Gift Card
• 3rd Place: Gift Card

100 Years of Public Health: Then & Now

• 1st Place: $250
• 2nd Place: Gift Card
• 3rd Place: Gift Card

Building a Healthier Future

• 1st Place: $250
• 2nd Place: Gift Card
• 3rd Place: Gift Card

How to Enter

Check out the Get Started page to learn everything you need to know to enter the contest.