Youth Video OR Essay Contest

The contest is open to all high school students who:

  • will be juniors, seniors, or recently graduated in summer of 2027
  • are at least 16 years of age by the first Friday in January
  • attending a school in MPE’s service territory
  • and living in a household that receives electricity from MPE.
Which grade will you be completing this year?

CONTEST RULES & GUIDELINES

PRIZES – all-expense paid experiences:

  1. Trip to Washington, D.C. (Electric Cooperative Youth Tour), valued at $2,400
  2. Cooperative Youth Leadership Camp, valued at $950

Lights, Camera, Action!

In a short 1- to 3-minute video OR in a 500-word essay, MPE would like to know:

As you're considering future career fields, if you were to choose a path that could land you a job one day at Mountain Parks Electric, which field/area/job would that be, and why? Remember, it takes a wide variety of jobs to run the cooperative, such as accounting, customer service, energy resources/power supply, engineering, grant writing, human resources, line work, management, marketing/communications, risk and strategy, etc. 

If choosing to submit a video entry, we're not asking for a masterpiece, but the video will be judged and scored based on these five factors:

  • Creativity and Originality: How unique and innovative can you get without going overboard?
  • Quality: This covers the overall thought and care that went into your production. 
  • Performance: If the video includes acting, how convincing and impactful are the performances?
  • Impact and Message: Does it leave a lasting impression or provoke thought or change?
  • Audience Engagement: Does it keep viewers interested throughout?

Did You Attach Your Essay or Video Submission?

The max file size accepted within this application is 20MB. If you are unable to upload it here, please upload your video to one of the following platforms, YouTube.com, Vimeo.com, or Google email's DropBox. Once you've uploaded your video, please send your video link/URL to memberrelations@mpei.com with the subject line reading Youth Contest.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: No later than January 15, 2027

MPE will contact you if you win.

Good Luck!

One file only.
20 MB limit.
Allowed types: avi, mov, mp4, ogg, wav, webm.