Monami to host “Monami 15s Video Awards,” a video contest enjoyed by everyone

- 15-second smartphone-filmed video contents produced with “Monami” as keyword

- 33 nominees initially chosen before the 11 final winners were selected... 7 mil. KRW in total prizes including 2 mil. KRW for the 1^st place

- Final winners to be uploaded on the Monami official YouTube channel... prizes await those who participate in the 1^st voting

- Submission ends on June 30, winners to be announced on August 5

Stationery maker Monami will host the “Monami 15s Video Awards,” a project participated in by its users, from May 18 to June 30.

The “Monami 15s Video Awards” is a video contest wherein users fill in the blank in the sentence “I ________ with Monami” to decide the theme and submit video contents about 15 seconds long filmed with their mobile phones. By making sentences such as “I make my dream come true with Monami,” “I deliver my heart with Monami,” or “I draw memories with Monami,” participants are free to choose any topic and produce boundless contents to talk about how to utilize a Monami product―something that every Korean citizen has probably used at least once in his or her life―or what Monami means to him or her.

This event has been organized by Monami to build sustainable, trust-filled relationships with its customers and is solely centered on user participation from the production of videos all the way to the selection of award-winning works.

You may apply by submitting a 15-second video you have filmed with your mobile phone and send the video file with resolution of at least 1920x1080 or 1080x1920 to the specified email address (mktadmin@monami.com). Anyone, individuals or teams, can participate regardless of the number of people.

The screening will be conducted in two stages. The first round of screening, which will be held from July 6 to 19 in the form of an online popular vote, will count the number of likes and comments posted on the Monami 15s Video Awards YouTube channel and choose 33 nominees, which is thrice the number of final winners. Then, a total of 11 award-winning works will be selected through the second internal review to be held from the 20th to the 26th of the same month. The final outcome will be announced on August 5.

The total prize money is worth 7 million KRW, 2 million KRW of which will be given to the first place winner and 500,000 KRW to each of the 10 winning teams. The works of the 11 final winners will be uploaded on the official Monami YouTube channel, and an interview and an explanation of the work will be added to the beginning of each artist’s video as well.

Meanwhile, Monami plans to hold its own event to encourage participation in the first round of voting. If you vote for your favorite video on the Awards YouTube channel with a like and/or a comment and enter your personal information on the event participation Google Form as instructed, prizes including premium pens (10 people) and 24-color plus pen sets (50 people) will be given via lottery.

“We planned this short-form video contest to provide a pleasant brand experience that anyone can participate in by utilizing Monami products that are widely and popularly used in our daily lives. We hope that the Monami 15s Video Awards can be an opportunity to promote the various uses of Monami products and to increase the affection between our customers and our brand,” a representative from Monami said.

For more information, visit Monami’s official YouTube or social media channels.