Our first Fall Video Contest was awesome. Although we only got 6 entries, we got 6 awesome entries. We want to thank everyone that entered and spread the word about our Contest. Especially those followers on Twitter that graciously re-tweeted posts. Also Online Video Contests for posting our contest.
Also a HUGE thank you to Flip Video for giving away a Flip Mino HD, and Seth over at Trek Light Gear for donating one of his awesome Hammocks to our winners. Save 5% off your entire order at TrekLightGear.com. Coupon Code: 4TREKGEAR
The winners were selected on two criteria:
Best Backpacking Video (all around cool video)
Best Trail Vlog (best explanation of a trail or park)
The winner for Best Backpacking Video goes to Sam Haraldson for his video on the “2009 Parcour de Wild endurance race in Northwestern Montana’s Bob Marshall Wilderness“ Sam will win the Flip Mino HD
The the Winner for Best Trail Vlog is Bryan DeLay for his video “Twentymile Trail to Long Hungry Ridge Trail to Gregory Bald Trail“. Bryan will win the 2010 National Park Pass
The other entries will be notified of their prizes.
Thanks everyone for all the support. Have a great 2010. Look forward to our next contest.
I created TheBackpackerTV because of my passion for the outdoors and seeing nature up close and personal. To share my experiences, and the experiences of others for everyone to enjoy. We go watch hundreds of videos each month picking the very best for you. Enjoy!
How is that the rules state:
All video’s must be no more than 6 minutes in length. A few seconds short or long will be ok. But anything longer than 6:15 won’t be judged.
Yet both winning video’s are 9:24 and 8:33 long.
If you going to set rules surely you should abide by them.
Anyway congratulations to the winners
Both asked if it was ok before they entered. And we approved them.
Oh O.K. maybe it would of been better to dispense with the time limit on the films altogether.
Yea, I agree. This was our first contest, definitely will make some changes next time. Guess it came down to didn’t want to turn anyone down. We had over 40 video spams. The Youtube deal was hard to police.
I think that before you have another contest, you have to make a point to have it run by someone else other than yourselves. I trust that everything was on the up and up, but when I see that both winners are on your friends page, I could see how a lesser person could misconstrue this as a bias.
I also agree with Disappointed about the rules changing at the end of the contest. If I had created my film to meet your criteria, instead of for friends and family, I would be upset about the rule change, for two entries with authors from your friend list. This is not sour grapes – I never thought my film would even get this attention, but in the future other might question the fairness of your contests, and your site by association.
Congrats to the winners, and good luck with your contests in the future.
Let me make a few points. First everyone that becomes a Member on our Community Page ends up being on my friends list. That had nothing to do with it. If you want to become a Member, then you also would be on a Friend list. We had another person who is a Member who entered who didn’t win. Second, we had two categories. Best Backpacking Video, and best Trail Vlog. That’s exactly how they were judged. The rules didn’t change at the end of the contest, both had asked if it was ok to still enter. At that time we had only one entry. That is the point of our “networking page”. We had 6 entries. All of the people that submitted videos except for two have been visiting the site for a long time. You were invited to join the contest because I enjoyed your video. Many contest’s change or extend rules to bring more people into the contest. Hope this clears the air. Since we do this site for free, I always want to be flexible enough for others to enjoy everyone’s videos. There are enough videos lost on YouTube that nobody ever gets to see. Thanks for the comments, and I will make some changes for the next contest. Hope you enter at that time.
Have all the prizes been given out? I have not heard if I placed at all.
Just curious.
As an “other,” I’m still waiting to be notified about the contest. There was a GPS and Hammock to be given out, along with other great prizes. Did someone win these? I figured since there were 6 entries and at least 4 prizes, I should have a pretty good shot at getting something.
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Didn’t see any blog for the current contest for Summer 2011, so posting here. Great idea for a contest, my sons were very excited and submitted a video but it hasn’t been posted yet. How long does it take to get posted as there’s not much more time for them to try to get votes… thanks for running with this! Lot’s of great info on this site.
Paul,
I have the video. All the video’s will be posted tomorrow on our Facebook page. Get your friends aboard. The winner will be placed on “Likes”. Thanks for submitting the video. The new summer contest page link is on our front page. http://thebackpacker.tv/2011-summer-video-contest/
Oh okay, I know the summer contest page and was confused because it says “Contest will end on August 1st. ” Thanks for clarifying… you might want to clear up how long it will be before the voting is closed. Great contest and website!