Hi! The IvyPanda team is happy to welcome everyone who decided to check out the announcement of the 2024 Video Contest Scholarship winners.
Let’s do a quick recap of how this year’s contest went.
The editorial team collected a total of 184 videos. Unfortunately, there were 46 submissions that we couldn’t accept. Some had various technical issues (poor sound or video quality), and others included copyrighted content without attribution. Additionally, some videos were disqualified during the voting process due to cheating attempts. Our team is thankful to everyone who pointed that out and helped to make the contest as fair as possible.
We also wanted to address the situation that happened during the submissions collection stage. YouTube introduced changes to its platform on October 15, 2024. All the videos that are less than three minutes long and have a square or vertical aspect ratio that were uploaded after the mentioned date were automatically categorized as Shorts. Sadly, this was overlooked by our team. The timeframe to introduce changes to our requirements was too tight, and it would be unfair to the rest of the participants to alter the rules after they’ve already uploaded their videos. The IvyPanda editorial team apologizes for the inconvenience. We’ll make sure that the next contests go as smoothly as possible.
Despite the difficulties, 138 submissions were accepted, and 104 of them reached the second evaluation stage.
The videos that took part in the voting managed to generate 29534 views, 7867 likes, and a total of 291 hours of viewing time. Impressive, as always!
Now, let’s announce the winners.
- The 1st place and the $1,000 prize goes to Ainara Kurmash and her video “Productivity in Motion”. It collected 5145 views and received 1519 votes. Congratulations!
- The 2nd place and the $500 prize goes to Yuriy Baranenko and his video “Work Hard, Have Fun, and Crush Every Study Spot!”. It collected 2573 views and received 658 votes. Good job!
We want to express our gratitude to all the participants and those who took part in the voting process. In case you didn’t win this year, there will be more opportunities in the future. Follow our blog as well as the IvyPanda and IvyPanda Study Hub YouTube channels for updates and new contest announcements.
Cheers!
