7707, a digital public diplomacy YouTube channel, is looking for YouTube Shorts videos promoting Korea.

● Contest Field: Short video promoting Korea (choose one of the two categories below)

● Video Topics

- Free Topic: Video showcasing Korea’s charms (Feel free to choose a topic and subject.)

- Designated Topic: Activities or global contributions related to environmental issues.

These activities or contributions must be performed by Korea (or Koreans) or in cooperation between Korea (or Koreans) and other countries (or citizens of other countries).

Examples of videos that would be accepted under this year's designated topics

- Video introducing South Korean animals and plants endangered by climate change (eg. the Abies koreana of Mt. Halla)

- ASMR video introducing and utilizing creative recycled products in Korea

- Vegan Korean recipe video using seasonal vegetables

- Plogging/beachcombing campaign vlog involving Korean citizens

● Contest Timeline

- Submission Period: October 6 to November 6, 2023

- Announcement of Winners: November 24, 2023

- Award Ceremony: December 1, 2023

● Screening Process

- 1st screening of all entries to determine award-winning entries

- 2nd screening of award-winning entries to determine main and participation prize winners

- Internal and external judges will evaluate entries’ subjectivity, originality, creativity, and completeness.

● Prizes

- A total of 27 videos will be selected in 2 fields. Prizes include money and an award certificate.*

*Certificates (entitled “Korea Foundation Presidential Award”) will only be provided to main prize winners.

● Eligible Participants

- All individuals and teams are welcome to participate, without restrictions on nationality.

● How to Participate

- Upload your video after filling out the form here: www.2023youtube7707.com

- You may submit multiple entries, but prizes are limited to one per person/team.

● Video Details

- Genre: Feel free to choose dance, song, an ad, campaign, vlog, ASMR, parody, animation, etc.

- Language: All languages are welcome. You must submit a Korean and English script, as well as a foreign language script if your video is in a third language.

- Length: less than 60 seconds

- Standard: 1080*1920 px or greater (vertical format) / 9:16 (vertical format)

- File Type: MP4, AVI, MPEG, WMV

- File Size: 300 MB or less.

*All 27 prize winners are required to submit their original high-definition video file.

*All sound sources, images, fonts, etc. in your video must not have any copyright issues.

● Contact Us

7707 YouTube Shorts Video Contest Secretariat

Tel: 02-6278-3135 | Email: ljy@thinkcontest.com

Business Hours: Mon-Fri, 09:00–18:00