The second installment of the Kindness Is Cool Video Awards is open now! From now until December 31st, 2024, look around you to record kindness and good deeds from individuals, groups, or organizations. Nominate them by submitting videos with the hashtag #KindnessIsCool on GanJingWorld.com. The video creators and featured heroes in the submissions will have the chance to win a $10,000 grand prize together, and be featured on a New York Time Square Billboard.

The Theme of KindnessIsCool 2024 is:

Share Kindness

Gan Jing World invites video creators to capture acts of kindness around them and in their communities through their lenses, inspiring others along the way. The video creators and the individuals, groups, or organizations featured in the submissions have the opportunity to share the $10,000 Gold Award. Additionally, there is one silver award and ten bronze awards, recognizing outstanding videos that promote kindness. 

Special thanks to PURITANG for sponsoring the KindnessIsCool event and offering multiple high-value prizes for participants to win! Simply use the "PURITANG" KindnessIsCool's short effect in your post, and the top 10 participants with the most likes will receive a gift. Keep reading to learn more about these exciting brand prizes! PURITANG is also backing KindnessIsCool by offering discount coupons to the Gan Jing World community. Apply Promo Code: PR01 during any purchase to get free shipping. 

Event Details

The #KindnessIsCool Video Awards is more than a contest. This year’s theme will add an extra layer of encouraging participants to look around them, discover and record kindness and good deeds, whether by individuals or organizations. By recognizing kindness, we can pay it forward and uplift the hearts and minds of many. 

Join us now, let's make kindness the norm, today, tomorrow, and every day thereafter! 

Submit with the hashtag #KindnessIsCool

Event Duration:      March 15, 2024 to December 31, 2024

Announcement of Finalists:   February 15, 2025

Announcement of Winners:    March 15, 2025

How to Participate

1. Sign up on Gan Jing World.

2. Create videos about kindness, then post the content to Gan Jing World with the event hashtags to be automatically entered into the contest.

3. Share your work and spread the message of #KindnessIsCool far and wide to encourage others to share kindness.

4. Participants can submit unlimited entries during the event, however, only one (1) entry per participant (channel) will be considered for one (1) prize in each category.

Prizes

• Gold Award: The winning video creator and the featured individual, group, or organization will share a $10,000 cash prize together. The video creator and the featured party (including individuals, groups, or organizational units) will each receive $5,000. 
• Silver Award: 1 winner, receiving $1,000 and a certificate.
• Bronze Award: 10 winners, receiving $500 and a certificate.

The winning videos have the opportunity to be showcased on the big screen at Times Square, New York.

Also, you can also use the special short effects of “PURITANG” in your posts for another chance at a bonus gift. The top 10 participants with the most likes will receive a gift from PURITANG!

Brand Prizes

• First Prize (1 winner): A box of Puritang Black Ginseng Roots (containing 15 Servings, valued at $600 USD).
• Second Prize (3 winners): A box of Puritang Black Ginseng Extract 20 servings (valued at $168 USD each).
• Third Prize (6 winners): A box of Puritang Green Vegetable OMEGA-3 (valued at $96 USD each).

*For school participants, schools and teachers can register for Gan Jing Campus for a chance to be a verified Gan Jing Campus channel, get free Premium Teacher Channels, and get the opportunity to be featured on a Times Square Billboard. Apply here: https://www.ganjingworld.com/creators/schoolregistration/form

Judging Criteria

For the video awards, entries will be judged on creativity, quality, aesthetic value, storytelling, and popularity. 

Announcement of Winners

Follow our official channel, Gan Jing World Stories, for the winner announcement.

Prize Claiming

Finalists must contact the organizers within one month after the announcement of the shortlist through email at [email protected].

Event Rules

1. Entries must be submitted within the event duration (March 15, 2024 to December 31, 2024).
2. Entries must be original and not infringe on any trademark or copyright claims.
3. Entries must be appropriate and free from offensive or harmful content. Gan Jing World reserves the right to exclude entries that conflict with the principles of GanJingWorld.com and this event.
4. Entry into the #KindnessIsCool Awards constitutes your acceptance of the Event Rules.
5. Contest enrollment is automatic upon posting video content with the hashtags #KindnessIsCool.
6. Entrants must possess the exclusive rights to posted entries and are responsible for having obtained any necessary permission from the subjects shown in the entries and the organization to which it applies, in accordance with applicable law.
7. Finalists will be notified and will need to provide proof of membership in the participating organization (satisfying requirements such as organization email, teacher or staff card, etc.) and other necessary documents.
8. If any prize winners are determined ineligible, the prize will be awarded to the next qualifying participant in place for that category.
9. If a winner is unable to be contacted after reasonable attempts have been made to do so, Gan Jing World reserves the right to select the next best entry.
10. Gan Jing World’s decision will be final. Any attempt by an entrant to influence the result or subvert the contest will lead to immediate disqualification.
11. By participating in this contest, you acknowledge that you have read and agree to be bound by the Official Rules, Terms of Use, Monetization Policies and Privacy Policy without exception.
12. Gan Jing World reserves the right to rule on any issue(s) not covered by these Terms and Rules.
13. Gan Jing World reserves the right to modify or cancel the event or any of the arrangements, schedules, plans or other items directly or indirectly related to the contest, at any time and for any reason.

For any questions, please contact [email protected]