Got College Tuition Blues? Enter the Video Contest!

Hey college students! Have you ever suspected that your hard-luck tuition story is so pathetic it could win some twisted kind of contest? Well, the National Education Association and the Huffington Post blog have launched the first-ever “Got Tuition?” video contest to solicit the most compelling and sad tuition-related story.

The producer of the winning two-minute video will win $1,000 in prize money and get the opportunity to blog on the front page of Huffington Post about their own rough road to college affordability.

Videos will be judged by a panel that will include Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington and other Huffington Post contributors, who will select five finalists on which the public can vote.

“Every year NEA members see talented students whose potential is not realized because they can’t afford to go to college, and our elected officials are not recognizing just how serious an issue this is for families,” said Shilpa Reddy, a spokeswoman for the NEA. “With almost 200 small lenders suspending their student loan programs this year, this has become a serious national economic issue. We’re providing a platform to the people who are bearing the brunt of this problem.”