Enter the Live Action Video Competition
It’s time to grab your camera, gather your friends and family, and get filming! We cannot wait to see how you use your film skills to bring a scene from Chuck Black’s books to life onscreen!
You can use as many family and friends in the production process as you like, including in the script writing process, the filming process, as actors, or in the film editing stages. Your short film can be up to 15 minutes in length.
Everyone involved in the production of your film in any way will need to sign the consent form below. Also, a parent or guardian of any minors (under 18) involved in the production process will need to sign the consent form.
Please adhere to the following rules:
Strictly no use of AI software (including using AI to brainstorm ideas or using AI to generate any part of the video) is allowed in this category.
This category is for live action films only. All stop motion films will be judged under a different category.
Your film must be 15 minutes or under in length.
Your film must be based on a scene from one of Chuck Black’s book series, including The Starlore Legacy, The Wars of the Realm, The Kingdom Series, and The Knights of Arrethtrae.
Only one submission per person is allowed for this category. You may submit for more than one category. You may participate in multiple films, provided you are not the submission name for multiple films.
Only the submitting participant from the winning videos will receive the prize.
Submissions will be judged based on the following criteria: acting, storytelling and theme, visual effects and cinematography, creativity and flair, costuming and sets, and sound and music.
You may use any of Perfect Praise Publishing’s published music in the video.
You may include as many family and friends in the film production process as you like. Please note that anyone involved in the creation of the film in any way must sign the submission form below.
For any minors (under 18) involved in the film production process, a parent or guardian must also sign the submission form below as consent.
Film entries must be uploaded to the submission form as a YouTube link. (If you do not want your video to be viewable by the public, you may publish the video as “unlisted” and share the link with us so we can view it.)
Submissions close on 31 August, 2026.
Winners will be notified by email in October 2026.