The Live Wire Digital Storytelling Contest aims to promote digital media literacy among Boston youth while celebrating the project's "community learning" mission. How and where does learning happen in your community? What inspires you to learn? Share your inspiration with Live Wire using live action vide, animation, or a digital photo story for a chance to win amazing prizes! Entries will be judged by a celebrity panel and showcased at Boston R.O.C.K It!!! at The Strand Theatre on February 23rd. The submission deadline has been extended to February 18th!

The City of Boston's Live Wire Learning Community Project has announced its 1st Annual Live Wire Video Contest, which will recognize student and teacher-created digital storytelling that promotes the concept of "community learning."  The Live Wire project and contest are part of Mayor Thomas Menino's Community Learning Initiative (CLI), a multi-departmental effort between Boston Centers for Youth & Families, Boston Public Schools, and the Boston Public Library to create a “high-voltage” physical and virtual community network that supports youth in reaching their full potential.   Details of the contest will be announced in November, but there will be multiple winning categories (youth and adults), celebrity judges and a gala award ceremony at Boston’s Strand Theater early next year.