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NOW IT'S YOUR TURN to make radio!!
WINNERS ANNOUNCED!
For the 2012 ShortDocs Challenge we teamed up with EveryBlock, a Chicago-based website and online forum for neighborhood and community solidarity, and SoundCloud, the excellent social sound platform.
With EveryBlock's mission in mind and with their help, we established a set of challening/fun rules for this year's Challenge: Stories had to feature at least two neighbors, involve three seconds of narrative silence, and include a color in the title.
Then we issued an open call far and wide, inviting anyone and everyone to "make radio" - short audio stories (up to three minutes) that followed these rules.
One hundred and eighty ShortDocs were submitted (a record!) from 21 countries (another record!). Four were chosen as the 2012 ShortDocs winners, and will be presented, with producers and Team EveryBlock on-hand, during the opening session of the 2012 Third Coast Conference.
Additionally, winners received a free, one-year, SoundCloud Pro Plus account (worth ~$650). And by the way: the first 20 ShortDocs submitters received a free, one-year, SoundCloud Solo account (worth ~$90).
Now, on to the exciting stuff:
Announcing the 2012 ShortDocs winners!
The Red, White, and Blue Bus, by Luke Eldridge
Crown the King: Red Takes Black, by Adam Kampe
Red, White, and Bruised, by John Musto & Brian Barnhart Jr.
Glass, Not Glitter, by Abby Wendle
(Yes, we're also suprised that 3 of 4 winners have "red" in the title.)
2012 ShortDocs Submissions
And here are links to the rest of this year's submissions, listed alphabetically by producer within their color groupings, according to titles. We think you should listen to ALL of them, but if you're the type that likes guidance in such matters, you might start with some of our favorites, designated below with asterisks. Happy listening!
Red Beeps, by Aaron Arreguin
The Red Cardigan, by Milos Balac
Caught Red Handed, by Chris Berube
Romance at the Red Line Tap, by Tricia Bobeda
We Do Know There's a Red Shelf in Their Living Room, by Alison Broverman
Hearing Red, by Andy Cox
The Red That's Left Behind, by Zac Cranko, Paul Exarhos, and Lynne Segal
Crimson Cries, Blue Echoes, by Mary T. Diorio-Schilling
The Red House on Maple, by Josh Freund
Faded Red Valentines, by Bianca Giaever
Romantic Red Love, But Not in Sweden, by Leni Günther *
I Still Dream of My Grandfather's Red Roses, by Phoebe Hart
Fwd: Have You Red the 'Welcome Back to the D' E-mail?, by Laura Herberg
Strawberry Margaritas, by Kerry Klein
Redbricks and Weatherboards, by Jaye Kranz *
Red, White, and Black With Some Gold, by Gehad Mahmoud
Seeing Red, by Tori Marlan *
Murder at the Abanoned Red Paint Factory, by Laura Mayer
Threat Level: Red Light, by Jefferson Mok
Red Envelope Fairy, by Jonah Newman
Fire Engine Red, by Veronica Simmonds
Red Brick Houses, by Carol Spindel
Red Van Refuge, by Tennessee Watson
Roses are Red, Sandwiches are Yellow, by Sejan Yun
Pink Pong, by Daniel Martin-Borret
Behind Pink Walls: In Search of a Sound, by Laine Kaplan Levenson
A Coral Chain, by Zak Rosen *
Pretty in Pink, by Jessica Speer
Unobstructed Pink and Blue, by Jennifer Swann
Orange You Glad I Didn't Say Lutheran?, by Bradley Campbell
Orangey Brown Meets Yellow and Black, by Emily Eagle
Orange Pigeons at the Legion Post, by Sam Fuqua
The Tyranny of the Orange Ticket, by Elizabeth Harball
Orange Blossom and the Continuous Cut, by John Lietzau
On the Orange Dusty Streets, by Helene Thomas
Bee a Good Neighbor - They'll Give You Gold, by Tom Allan *
That Mill House Yellow, by Nick Andersen *
Yellow Beaks, Black Feathers, Red Blood, by Mollie Bloudoff-Indelicato
Yellow Short Pants, by Julien Clancy
Yellow Bellied White Woman Fights the Blues (Sat 11-5), by Jane Cramer *
(Gold)en Age of the Newspaper Business, by Charles Ketchabaw & Lisa Marie DiLiberto
If Bob Was a Fruit, He'd Be a Yellow Quince, by Helen Kost
The Yellow Living Room, by Dennis Conrow & Adrianne Mathiowetz
That Banana Is Yellow, by Aleis Murphy
White Gold: Fridge Politics of a Student House, by Chris Pearson
A Golden Summer, by James Vyver
Gold Dust, by Lawrence Yeung
Anthony and the Green Goats, by Jenny Ament
From Green to Gone, by Hannah Ayers
The Commons Green, by Katharine Broida
Green Slime and Dark Days: Neighbors in 4D, by Marnie Chesterton
The Green Door to the Future, by Will Coley
Being Green is Easy, by George Drake, Jr.
Ernie's Green Free Tree, by Nancy Camden *
Greens at Gloria's, by Laura Coiffee & Annie Gilbertson
Greenness Envy, by Eileen Heyes
Green Pilings, by Emily Liner
72 Steps Above the Green, by Geoff McQueen *
The Green Controller, by Alejandro Remigio
Green Convenience Store, by Rosy Rickett
Green Fingers Gather, by Vaska Trajkovska
Who's Sleeping on the Green Couch Tonight?, by Becky Vevea
The Green Tree Dervish, by Abby Wendle
And The Dumpster is Blue, by Michael Abramczyk
Man With a Blue Truck, by Eve Abrams *
On the Day I Died it Was Mostly Blues, by Alix Blair *
Blue Blood in the Boulevard, by Michael Boland
Look Toward the Blue, by Laura Candler
Bye Bye Blue Bird, by Jean-Paul Davidson
True Blue Light, by David Engen & Robert Jersak *
Blue Radio Day, by Chuse Fernandez
Coach Class it Up in the Wild Blue Yonder, by Melissa Gerr
Out of the Blue, by Bianca Giaever
Forget Me Not Suburban St. Louis, For You Are the Site of my Sexual Liberation, by Mary R. Gould and Daniel Makagon
Bing Fu is Not Blue, by Julia Grant
Shades of Blue, by Sara Harris
East Oakland (in Blue), by Dash Hay
Doggie House Blues, by Zena Kells
Control the Blue, by Stephen Key
Oh, Where Have You Been, My Blue-Eyed Son?, by Belinda Lopez *
Duke's Street Corner Blues, by Kristina Loring
(Blue) Locker Partners, by Linda Lutton
Dancing Away the Teaching Blues, by Julie Ma
New Neighbor Blues, by Joseph Molinelli & Susan Kemp
False Teeth, True Love, and Blueberry Pie, by Emily Newton
Sweet Blue Wren, by Anthea Patrick
#0000FF is Blue, by Chris Pollard
Midnight Blues, by Justin Perleoni & Chris Savell
Blue Skies, Black Fence, by Catie Talarkski
Peacock Blues, by Ellen Stewart
Whistler in Blue (Sweater), by Ramona Stout & Kevin Speck
True Blue - The Story of ANZAC Day, by David Stephenson
My Blue Bucket, by Helene Thomas *
Mother Nature's Blues, by Djinnie Timolean & Alexandros Zervos
Recollections Dream in Blue, by Matthew Wilmott
All Grown Up Blues, by Eric Winick
Ray, White, and Blue, by Marisa Wong
Purple Purpose, by Zachary Baiel
Mike Schmidt on a Purple Bike, by Amanda Culkowski & Andrew Trimbach
At First Blush: The Case of the Girl in the Purple Hoodie, by Erin Davis
The Purple and the White: What's Up With Talley's Alley?, by David Green
The Wine Dark Sea, by Whitney Jones
If Wisteria Could Speak, by Aileen Lian
She's Hearing Mauve, by Shaun D. Wilson & Kate Norquay
Drawing the Purple Line, by Natalie Rothfels
The Purple-Spotted Sock, by Sigrid Saabye *
The Internet in Sepia, by Helena de Groot
Ordinary Brown Frogs, by Maartje Duin
If My Cream Walls Could Talk, by Louisa Fearnley
How to Realize That Far-Off, Povery-Stricken, Deathly Ill Brown People Are Your Neighbors Too, by Mateo Hinojosa
Coffee and Cream, by David Hovar
Eight Beige Floors, by Abbigail Keel
Her Beautiful Brown Burden, by Ashley Kim
The Color of Somebody's Skin, by Andy Mills
Logan Square's Brown Bread Underground, by Annie Minoff *
Ten Daughters One Dairy, The Brown Family Farm, by Emily Newton
Through the Perforated Tan Walls, by Kim Peterson
Past the Brown Rice on Aisle 6, by Audrey Quinn
Sunset Ridge Brown, by Bill Ratner
Sepia Elsie, by Aaron Sand
Revived Ivory: A Musical Instrument Lending Library, by Chris Trimmer
The White House, by Daniel Baker
Missing White Cat, by Sarah Bromer
Whitey's Rules, by Gideon Brower & Eric Drachman *
Game, Set and Tennis Whites, by Jo Coleman
Random Ghost Behavior: The Center is Always White, by Jacob Gigler-Caro
Coloring the Great White North, by Brad Delzer & Erika Lorentzsen
Neighborhood Crimes: When Black and White is Gray, by Brad Delzer & Erika Lorentzsen
Some White Noise, by Kim Fox
Meeting in a White Stairs, by Pedro Garbellini da Silva
White Noise, by Shannon Geis & Pamela Schwartz
White Picket Pretense, by Christy & Cameron Hughes
The Invisible Neighborhood: The Making and Unmaking of Home, by Caroline Losneck
The Man with the Long White Beard, by Scott Pham *
Rudy's Gray Area, by Jennifer Brandel *
Gray Day Gin and Juice, by Will Davis & Carol Narigon
Everyone Forgets the Grey Horizon, by Jack Gobillot
Shadows of Grey in the Corner of Your Eye: Your Universe is Not My Universe, by Kimberly Haas
Miracle in Gray and White, by Katie Klocksin *
The Gray Area, by Luke & Quinlan Kyp-Johnson
A Dash of Eastern Grey, by Mara Maracinescu
Battleship Grey, by Danielle Nerman
The Gray Wisteria of Gilman Terrace, by Katherine Perry
Grey Areas, by Dave Pickering
Flecks of Grey, by Pidgey
How Chicago Hip Hop Went Platinum, by Sophia Posnock
Scaredy Cats (In Grey Scale), by Michael Savic
Loving Charcoal, by Eric Winick *
Grey Skies and Packed Basements, by Britt Wray
Black Box, by Pascalle Burton
Rear Window, Black and White, 1954, by Caterina Clerici
Duck. Duck? (Black) Goose!, by Colm Coyne
The Black Dog: If You're Going Through Hell, Keep Going, by Mairéad Cullen & Michael McNamara
Behind Black Bars, by Kyle Greufe
Black, White, and Green, by Frank Karall
Black and Blue, Not Pink, by Lindsey Kratochwill
Black Coffee, by Joanne Lam
A Silent Tornado, A Long, Black Night, by Mary Helen Miller *
Barmy Banff Bingo Blackout!, by Alyssa Moxley
Paint the Amish Horse Black and White, by Emily Newton
We Thought He Had a Black Heart, by Clemence Petit-Perrot *
Happy in Black and White, by Nancy Previs
Black Paris Spleen, American Mouths, by Ajai Raj
Afro-dite's Black and Blues, by Diedra Roesijadi
Black and White and Read All Over, by Julie Shapiro
A Black Tie Affair, by softirishrain
Our Blacktop, by Noah Vandercook
Black Cat in the Room, by Mike Williams
Soft Footsteps Fade to Black, by Matthew Wilmott
Sorry, submissions are no longer being accepted. But you can listen to nearly ~180 neighbor stories on this page and also here.
Remember! each shortdocs submission must:
- Feature at least two neighbors
- Include a color in your title
- Include three consecutive seconds of narrative silence
ALSO...
Follow ShortDocs you-know-where: #TCshortdocs
Check out past ShortDocs Challenges.
Questions? We may have answers. If not, ask away.
Thanks to our Collaborator:
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EveryBlock is a Chicago-based website and online forum that encourages neighbors to connect and share information about their neighborhoods. EB exists in 16 cities across the US, with tens of thousands of active members who regularly engage in lively discussions and storytelling about where they live, from debates about local issues to notices about lost pets, parades, local businesses, and community concerns. Find out more and join the conversation in your neighborhood.
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