Sesame Street/Aniboom Contest. Make an Animation targeted to Preschoolers

Sesame Street Contest
Make a great animation and you could be right in there with The Pinball Animation, Plain White-T's and The Alligator King on Sesame Street. 

Sesame Street recently turned 40 and is still going strong as an edutainment tool for preschoolers and parents. Now Sesame Street is putting a part of the show in your hands. 

AniBoom and Sesame Street have joined together to make a fantastic contest. They want you to make an original animation with original characters aimed at preschool children and you could be one of 5 winners! 

Each winner will get $5000 USD and be eligible for development deals up to $20,000 USD! One of the 5 winners will be the Grand Prize winner and get another $5000 on top of it. 

So how do you win? 

Make an animation and submit it. Your animation must be submitted between March 1st- April 26th. And will continue to be judged until May 17th. 

The winners will be placed into one of 5 categories: 
1. School Readiness Skills
Numbers,

Letters, 
Shapes 


2. Pro-Social, showing the importance of being nice and accepting. 

3. A Pin-Ball Number Count Remake, 
Make the most amazing pinball video ever! You can even remix the song. 

4. misc, This one is a free-for-all. Whatever you make, as long as it's entertaining for kids could win it. 
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5. and community favorite. Vote for your favorite and it could win. 

The Guest judges are Neil Patrick Harris (Dr. Horrible), Sandra Oh (Grey's), JuJu Chang (Good Morning America), Kevin Clash (Elmo's Voice), Dr. Sharon Lynn Kagan, and Jeffrey Hale (Original Animator of Pinball Number Count). 

And remember, don't animate existing sesame street characters or you'll be disqualified. Be Original, get creative! 


To get the rest of the story check it out here.

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