Submission Guidelines
Please submit your video under five minutes in length. Criteria for this year's Banned Book Virtual Read-Out have been updated. Check out the criteria page for more information.
- YouTube/Google Account
In order to upload your video, you must have a valid YouTube account. CLICK HERE to create a YouTube account. - Check the sound.
If you have too much background noise, no one will watch it. Film the video in a quiet area. - Don't backlight.
The light should be on your face, not behind it. - Title and tag your video.
The title of your video should include "BBW Virtual Read-Out" or "Banned Books Week Virtual Read-Out." A good example is "BBW Virtual Read-Out: A reading from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" or "A reading from The Perks of Being a Wallflower for the Banned Books Week Virtual Read-out." Use tags to describe your video so that other people can find it — ex: "virtual read-out" or "banned books".