From Taruja Deshmukh:

Last Call for all Writers, Photographers, Videographers
This Friday August 15th is the deadline for First Person Impressions
national competition for documentary and memoir writers, photographers,
and videographers.

Looking for short films (up to 5 minutes), essays (up to 1500 words), or
photographs (up to 5 related images) that tell a real life story or
experience in a unique way.  Winners will be judged by experts in each
category.  Winners will receive cash prizes up to $500, present work at
First Person Festival of Memoir and Documentary Art in November, and have
work pubished in a number of locations.  There is a $10 entry fee.  All
entries must be works that have not previously been published, exhibited,
or screened in the U.S.  Visit for www.impressions.firstpersonarts.org for
details and submissions.