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By Natalie Pujet & Elie Musfeldt, Southern Hills Middle School
2nd Place--Junior Group Documentary, 2019 National Contest
 
By Spencer Henry, Will Young & George Bowdouris, Denver School of the Arts
3rd Place--State Contest--Junior Group Documentary, 2018 State Contest
 
by Jordan Appel and Marina Ortega, Boulder High School and Victory Prep Academy
National Qualifiers--Senior Group Documentary, 2017 National Contest
 
 
 
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Disqualification

A project may be disqualified on three grounds:

  1. Plagiarizing all or part of an NHD project. Please note that failing to give proper credit is plagiarism.
  2. Reusing, individually or as a group, a project (or research from a project) from a previous year, or entering a project in multiple contests or entry categories within a contest year.
  3. Tampering with any part of the project of another student.
  4. Use of AI in any capacity is strictly forbidden and any project using AI will be immediately disqualified. See NHD-AI page here.
  5. Word Count rules and captioning could result in disqualification if done incorrectly. See NHD page here. 

Note about NHDC contest attendance: 

ALL NHDC Regional Contests are IN PERSON contests, therefore students are required to be in person for their interviews.

We do not offer a Zoom option at Regional Contests outside of the VIRTUAL contest. 

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