How to Enter · Arts Club of Washington Scholarship Competition

Your documentary

10 to 20 minutes including credits, 1080p or better. Upload to YouTube as unlisted or public (judges can’t open a private video), and keep it active through judging and the April 11 reception. English subtitles if the dialogue is not in English.
A written statement

Up to 250 words: your background, how you found your subject, and how you approached telling the story.
A faculty recommendation

One letter, as a PDF, from a faculty member familiar with your work. Upload it with your entry, or your recommender can email it directly to committee@artsclubscholarships.org. Faculty: guidance for your letter is here.
The application form

Completed online, on this page, while entries are open.

Application form

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Entries close February 28, 2027

Application form

Enter the competition

Every field is required unless it says optional. Have your YouTube link (unlisted or public), your statement and your recommendation letter as a PDF ready. It takes about ten minutes. Entries close February 28, 2027 at 11:59 PM Eastern.

You can submit again; for the same film, your latest complete entry counts and earlier ones are set aside.

About you

Title (optional)

First name

Middle initial (optional)

Last name

Suffix (optional)

Preferred name or nickname (optional)

What should we call you when we write to you?

Email

Confirm email

Phone (optional)

College or university

Type a name or initials, such as GWU or VCU, then pick your school. Not listed? Type it in.

I am a

Undergraduate student Graduate student

Major or program

Expected graduation (optional)

Your film

Film title

YouTube link

Set the video to unlisted or public; judges can’t open a private video. Keep it active through judging and the April 11 reception.

Running time in minutes, including credits

Year completed

Team members and their roles (if you made the film as a team)

Teams of any size may enter. The person submitting this form is the team’s designate and the sole payee of any award; the team decides how to share it.

Your statement

Up to 250 words: your background, how you found your subject, and how you approached telling the story

0 / 250 words

Faculty recommendation

Title (optional)

First name

Middle initial (optional)

Last name

Suffix (optional)

Degrees or credentials (optional)

As your recommender writes them after their name, such as MFA or PhD.

Recommender’s email

Faculty title

Also serves as (optional, tick any)

Department chair Program director Dean or associate dean Thesis or film advisor

Department or program

How do they know your work? (optional)

Letter of recommendation (PDF, up to 10 MB)

Faculty: guidance for the letter is here.

If you tick this, the upload is optional. Ask your recommender to include your name and film title in the email, and to send it by the deadline.

Confirm

How we handle your entry

Your film, statement, and letter are read only by the scholarship committee and the judges. We use your contact details for this competition alone and never sell or share them. We may contact your recommender to confirm the letter. Winners’ names, schools, and films are announced publicly. Entries that do not win are deleted twelve months after the April reception. Need to correct something after you submit? Write to committee@artsclubscholarships.org with your reference number.

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The committee reads its own inbox: committee@artsclubscholarships.org

Four things. That’s the whole application.

Your documentary

A written statement

A faculty recommendation

The application form

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