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Enter the Asian American Stories Video Contest 2026

Storytellers are invited to submit to the 3rd Annual Asian American Stories Video Contest, presented by AAUC (Asian American Unity Coalition) in collaboration with Silicon Valley Community Media and Ding Ding TV. This year, $20,000 in total prizes and grants will be awarded across Youth and Adult categories.

Submissions should be one minute long and must be received by March 31, 2026.
Full details and additional contest information is available here.

The 2026 theme, “Coming to America,” focuses on personal journeys: the motivations, challenges, and aspirations that shaped the decision to build a life in the United States, whether your own story or someone else’s. Click here to view last year’s entries. 

To support participants, two complimentary virtual workshops will be offered:

Session A: March 1, 2026 at 7:00 PM Pacific. Sign up here.
Session B: March 2, 2026 at 4:00 PM Pacific. Sign up here.

Each session cover the following topics:

  • Contest Mastery: A deep dive into the 2026 rules and submission details.
  • Production Training: Practical tips on how to film and edit your 1-minute video.
  • Live Q&A: Get direct answers to your questions from our organizers.

Individuals are encouraged to spread the word to your networks and anyone interested in sharing meaningful stories. Personal narratives help preserve community history and inspire future storytellers.

ELIGIBILITY

Open to individuals entering either the Youth or Adult division. Participants may submit one entry total.

AWARDS

  • A ticket (worth $150) to the award ceremony.
  • $5,000 (total $ 20,000) in grants for your future production.
  • UCA sponsored trip to Las Vegas.
  • First 20 submissions will receive an Asian American Stories T-shirt.

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Enter the Our History Our Voice Video Contest

Submit Entries By March 31, 2025

NAPABA is pleased to announce the “Our History, Our Voice” Video Contest for Middle and High School Students across the United States.

This is a joint project of the Center on Asian Americans and the Law at Fordham Law School, the AAPI Crime Victims and Education Fund, and NAPABA. It seeks to engage young Americans with Asian American history told through certain little-known court cases. We want to challenge young people across the country to learn about the cases and retell them through short videos.

For too long, Asian Americans have been treated as foreigners in a country where we have lived and contributed for hundreds of years. Asian Americans have often been denied basic civil rights based on racial background alone. Most recently, during the pandemic, Asian Americans across the country were victimized as a result of being blamed for a disease associated with China. This perception of foreignness has lingered throughout U.S. history and has resulted in Asian Americans being treated as less than full-fledged citizens of our own country. This contest seeks to surface our community’s hidden history and to highlight the historical civil rights struggle of Asian Americans.

We encourage your children to participate. Please share the link for the contest landing page broadly to all of your circles, most especially those involving middle and high school-aged children. Our stories need to be told, and then passed along and retold, most especially by young people.

Enter Here

ELIGIBILITY

  • Participants need to be between the ages of 13 and 18 and currently enrolled in middle school or high school.
  • There is a limit of one (1) entry per person, per case.
  • Submit by: March 31, 11:59 PM EST

AWARDS

  • One Grand Prize of $5,000
  • 3 Finalists will be awarded $1,000 per Finalist.

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