MonkeySee.com Puts Students in the Spotlight With First-Ever College Filmmaker Contest

MonkeySee.com Puts Students in the Spotlight With First-Ever College Filmmaker Contest

MonkeySee U How-To Video Contest Gives Students Real-world Experience and Chance to Win Cool Prizes

GREAT FALLS, Va., March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- MonkeySee.com, the Web's hottest destination for how-to expert videos, today launched MonkeySee U, their first-ever student filmmaker contest. College students across the country will have the opportunity to show off their video skills and win cool prizes.

"College students are among the highest consumers of online video. Why not let them help shape the content on MonkeySee.com?" said MonkeySee Co-founder and COO Will Jerro. "In addition to creating videos that highlight topics relevant to them and their peers, MonkeySee U is a great way to gain real resume-building production experience before graduation."

The contest kicks off on March 10, 2008, and submissions are due by April 30, 2008. MonkeySee U will accept video submissions from any undergraduate student enrolled in a U.S. two or four-year college or university. Both the Grand Prize winner and his or her school stand to win big if their video is chosen.

The Grand Prize winner and his or her school will each receive a Sony Prosumer HDV video camera. The runner-up will be awarded $250 and an Apple iPod Touch, and five third-place winners will receive Apple iPod Video Nanos.

"College students learn new things every day, but they also have plenty to teach," said COO Will Jerro, who developed the site with CEO Greg Letourneau. "MonkeySee U is designed to promote and reward knowledge and creativity. I'm excited to see topics and videos MonkeySee U participants will submit."

Videos submitted for the first-ever MonkeySee U Contest will be evaluated on creativity, quality, number of views, and peer ratings. After uploading a video, students can showcase and share their work through their own video channel. Videos are easily embedded and can also be shared on blogs and popular social networking sites. Students may enter as many videos as they wish, but videos must meet the MonkeySee.com UGV (User Generated Video) standards outlined in the contest rules, available online at www.MonkeySeeU.com .

MonkeySee.com is the go-to site where savvy consumers find out how to do almost anything from real experts. See How the Experts Do It at www.MonkeySee.com.

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