5 Video Contests for Amateurs Win Prizes and Merchandise and Cash

If you want to try your hand at entering some video contests, then these 5 video competitions may be worth entering!

1. Cuisinart Culinary Cook-Off Video Recipe Contest

There are 6 different entry periods for this video contest with the last entry date ending December in the year 2010. Submit a video 10 minutes or less showing yourself preparing your own original recipe and using a Cuisinart product. Various Cuisinart products are up for grabs as prizes. You have to be 18 or older to enter and this is the link to enter. Read the official rules for this video contest at the link below.

http://www.cuisinart.com/videos/contest.html

2. Kellogg's and Target Flip Video Contest

Grand Prize winner gets a Flip Ultra camcorder and $5,000 Target Gift Card ! The video contest requires you upload a 1 to 3 minute video demonstrating how you Flip for Kellogg's products. Entries must be received by November 30, 2009. For complete official rules visit this link: http://www2.kelloggs.com/Flip/Rules.aspx

to submit your entry visit this link

http://www2.kelloggs.com/flip/

3. Black Box Wines Black Box Video Contest

Grand prize winner wins $10,000 cash! SIX monthly winners will win $2000 cash! Simply upload a 2 minutes or less a video showing how you "boxed" your friends or family by surprising with your wine choice to serve at a party which is Black Box wine.

Entrants for this for this video contest Must be 21 or older to enter and this is void in California and Tennessee. This contest is in part based on friends voting. To read more about the official rules read this link

http://contest.blackboxwines.com/box/

4. HP You on You Contest

This video contest has lots and lots of prizes and you can enter up to 5 times! Last entry must be received by September 21, 2009. The prizes are as follows:

Grand Prize: $40,000 check.
Second Prize: $20,000.
Third Prize: $15,000.
Semi-Finalist Prizes (up to 100 winners): HP Artist Edition Notebook Computer (ARV $750).
Finalist Prizes (up to 20 winners): $2,500.
Community Award First Prize: $15,000.
Community Award Second Prize: $7,500.
Community Award Third Prize: $2,500.
Community Award Top 100 Prizes (up to 100 winners): HP Artist Edition Notebook Computer (ARV $750).

You can enter one of three ways:
Create Your own video or webcam quick capture, or remix using the assets on the site.

The topic of the contest is to Create a video that defines who you are and give a glimpse into your self expressed creative life, without showing your actual face.

For complete official rules visit this link

http://hpyouonyou.realitydigital.net/terms/en-terms.aspx

5. eBay - Stellar Seller Sweepstakes
winner will get $5,000 cash deposited into the winner's PayPal account.

To enter, submit a 100-word or less essay and one-minute or less video or photograph that tells an inspirational story of your experience selling/using eBay. Deadline for this contest is September 30, 2009. You can enter daily! Entry form is here at this link http://success.ebay.com/ns/sweepstakes.html

Official rules for this video contest are here

http://ebay.promotionexpert.com/stellarseller/officialrules.html

Good luck!