You are joining us in helping:

• To tell the stories of Asian American contributions both to the Asian American communities and to the mainstream.
• To bring communities together. Promote diversity, racial justice, and equity. Stop the hate.
• To foster informational exchanges amongst ethnic Asian Americans who hardly know each other or have never worked together on a pan-Asian project.
• Your name and brand will reach millions American audiences especially Asians through 15+ Ethnic Medias and Community partners. More are coming.

Asian American Stories Video Competition is not only an annual event, but also daily activity of recording the history of Asian Americans. With the ongoing annual Asian American Stories Video Competition, more and more content will be created and distributed, more and more stories will be told, more and more unsung heroes will be recognized, more and more community partners will join us, and more and more audiences will be reached.

We are creating a movement through video art, music, and other creative works; offering a new sense of self-determination; and raising the political and racial consciousness of Asian Americans.

Organizer: Silicon Valley Community Media

Co-organizers:  Ethnic Media Services, Ding Ding TV,  Philippine News Today, Indian Currents, Phu Nu Vietnamese Women Magazine, National Asian Americans United and more

Committee Members:  Diana Ding, Joel Wong, Liyan Zhao, Christine Ling, Crystal Thompson, Francisco Espiritu, Vandana Kurma, Christine Von Raesfeld, Sheila Mohan, Chris Norwood, Queenie Ngo, Chris Norwood, Angela Zhang, Rosa Kim

Sponsors:

Dr. Ken Fong, Supervisor Otto Lee, Tsang's Family and more

(You and your organization, we'll add after you filled this form)

Each year a theme will be nominated by committee members and vote by the audiences January to March.

Competition will be promoted through social medias and other channels March to May.

Submissions are accepted each year from June until Dec.

The judges will select winners before the end of each March.

The stories videos will be promoted through media channels and social medias continuously.

An award ceremony will be held annually during May, Asian Heritage Month

The Theme of 2023 Asian American Stories is: “All of Us Belong Right Here”

During the recent COVID-19 epidemic, the hate crimes against AAPI have skyrocketed to unprecedented levels.  Because of this, Silicon Valley Community Media (Ding Ding TV) and other organizations have created and published a video “All of Us Belong Right Here” to emphasize the strength of America is our diversity. Thus, the theme of the 2023 Video and Essay Contest will be "All of Us Belong Right Here."

There will be two categories of contestants:

1. Youth Contestants for ages 12 – 18 yrs of age

2. Adult Contestants for 18 years old and above

Asian American Stories Video Essay Contest is open to all independent journalists, ethnic media, video creators, event organizers and civic organization contestants in the United States.

Submit your digital presentation not YouTube link to Google form:  https://shorturl.at/azHU1 

A diverse Panel of Judges will select:

• 1st Prize (2 winner: $5,000),
• 2nd Prize (2 winners: $2,500 each),
• 3rd Prize (2 winners: $1,000 each).
• People’s Choice (2 winners: $1000). 
• Total $19000 award