Teen Stop Motion Video Contest

Submissions Accepted: October 1-15, 2025

CONTEST RULES

Videos may be created and submitted by individuals or groups.
- A teen may submit up to two videos, either as an individual or as part of a group.
- Names of individuals or group members submitting video must NOT appear anywhere in the video.
- Video must be appropriate for viewing by a general public audience (if it were a movie, it would be rated “G”).
- All videos will be accepted contingent on being reviewed by a submission committee. The library reserves the right to refuse any submission.
The contest is open to teens in grades 6-12 who live in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Westmoreland, or any teen with a CRRL library card.
All portions of the video must be original creations of the individual or group submitting the video.
- Maximum video length: 30 seconds.
- Video must be submitted via upload to the online submission form, October 1-15
- At least 75% of the video must employ stop-motion animation. See explanation below.
Winners will be selected anonymously by a panel of judges.
- Winners will be selected from participants in two categories: grades 6-8 and grades 9-12. For group submissions, the video will be entered into the grade category of the oldest group member.
- Creators will be contacted by library staff once judging is finished. Winning videos and a selection of other submissions will be posted on this page.

Questions? Please contact Sarah Smethurst at Howell Branch Youth Services (sarah.smethurst@crrl.org, opens a new window).

Stop motion is a film making technique that makes inanimate objects appear to move on their own. This is accomplished by taking an image of a still object, moving the object a tiny bit, then taking another image. Repeat this process, play back the sequence in rapid progression, and the object appears to move fluidly across the screen.