PSA Contest Now Open FY12

Children’s Hospital of Illinois is hosting a public service announcement (PSA) contest for Illinois College and university students. Individual students or teams of up to four will submit fully produced radio or television PSA’s to Children’s Hospital of Illinois by Friday March 23, 2012 for judging. PSA’s will be judged on script quality, cohesion with the Be A Buckle Buddy! message, production quality, talent performance, and overall impression. Radio and television PSA’s will compete for the same prizes. The Illinois Department of Transportation – Division of Traffic Safety has provided a single financial award of $1,000.00 for first place, a single financial award of $500.00 for second place, and a single financial award of $250.00 for third place. In addition to the financial award provided by the Illinois Department of Transportation – Division of Traffic Safety, the winning PSA, if production is of professional broadcast quality, will be distributed to Illinois media outlets for rotation for up to 1 year. 
 Click here to download the application.

PSA Contest Winner FY11

The winner of the 4th annual PSA Contest sponsored by Children's Hospital of Illinois and Illinois Department of Transportation Traffic Safety Division is David Sutton of Illinois State University.  To learn more about the winner and listen to the entry, click here.

To listen to this year's winning entry, click here