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Share Your Story Video Contest: 2024

The Barstow Family Gift in partnership with Barstow Reads invites the Barstow community and Barstow Community College students to participate in the Share Your Story Video Contest.

Barstow Reads is modeled on the One Book One Community model with the chosen book of There There, a Pulitzer Prize finalist novel written by Tommy Orange.

There There follows a large cast of Native Americans sharing their stories that weave together with a multitude of themes throughout the novel.

As Dene Oxendene, a character in the novel, is an aspiring documentary filmmaker who is seeking people’s stories, we are seeking your story in a 3-5 minute video submission with the opportunity to win cash prizes!

The 2024 Share Your Story Video Contest will accept entries from March 20, 2024, through April 24, 2024 at 5:00 pm PST. 

1st prize: $500, 2nd prize: $250, 3rd prize: $100

    

There There Novel Cover

 

The Brown Family Gift would like to thank Barstow Reads for giving us the opportunity to sponsor this contest in honor of our parents, LeRoy (Buster) and Laura Brown who both passed away unexpectedly in the summer of 2022.

Buster and Laura supported education, lifelong learning, literature, and Laura’s passion for reading. 

Thank you Barstow Reads for allowing us this opportunity to honor our parents and give back to the Barstow community that they loved so much.