Submit Your Video "Audition" to the Create® Crafts Challenge 2020

Public television's premier lifestyle channel to showcase America's up-and-coming artisans

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Mar 02, 2020, 07:01 ET

BOSTON, March 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Create TV today announces the launch of the Create Crafts Challenge 2020, the fourth year of a national video contest. This year the Create Challenge will focus upon home crafters and professional artisans interested in winning the Grand Prize of hosting a web series on CreateTV.com. Create is one of the nation's most-watched multicast channels, airing on 239 public TV stations and reaching 44 million viewers annually.

Sponsored by American Public Television (APT), the Create Crafts Challenge runs March 2 – March 30, 2020. Entrants must submit online a short (three minutes or less), original video featuring their craft project, idea or tip. The contest will be judged by Create staff and a panel of public television hosts covering a broad range of crafts: Julia Fei-Fan Balzer (Make It Artsy), Eric Gorges (A Craftsman's Legacy), Scott Phillips (American Woodshop), Peggy Sagers (Fit2Stitch), and Lena Skvagerson (Knit and Crochet Now!).

The panel will judge submissions based on demonstrated knowledge, skills and familiarity with the entrant's chosen craft, ability to present ideas succinctly, overall telegenic appeal, uniqueness, and, production values. The Grand Prize includes $4,000 and production equipment valued at approximately $1,000 to finance and produce a web series of 10 or more additional three-minute videos to appear on CreateTV.com. Winners will be announced on or about May 4, 2020. An additional 17 prizes will be awarded, ranging from Create merchandise to the Second Prize of $1,000 cash plus production equipment valued at approximately $1,000 to finance and produce a three-episode web series for CreateTV.com. The contest is open to entrants 18 years and older.

Sponsored by American Public Television. NO PURCHASE REQUIRED TO ENTER OR WIN. Open to legal residents of the U.S., District of Columbia and U. S. Territories at least 18 years old only. Begins 3/2/20 12 a.m. ET; ends 3/30/20 at 11:59 p.m. ET. For the complete Official Rules and submission form, visit www.CreateTV.com/challenge. Void where prohibited by law.

About Create: For 15 years, Create® has been the premier lifestyle channel featuring public television's most popular how-to series, now focused on food, travel, home & garden, arts & crafts, fitness, and lifestyle. Create is produced and distributed by American Public Television (APT); WNET, New York; and WGBH, Boston in association with National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA) and PBS. Create TV is carried by 239 local public television stations nationwide, reaching more than 86% of USTVHH, and is seen in 21 of the top 25 U.S. television markets. Create's companion website CreateTV.com features extensive video, the Create TV schedule, program and host information.

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