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Have you ever designed a shirt?  Do you like free prizes?  Have I got your attention yet?  BOM411.com has just launched its Design Not Drama campaign.  The campaign is a T-shirt contest that helps get the word out about domestic violence.  What a cool way to tell people about dating abuse!  The purpose of the campaign is to emphasize that “relationships come in all shapes and sizes… and they will involve some sort of drama.  How you decide to deal with that drama is up to you.”  

The contest is open to all California residents ages 15-19, and all entries are due December 5^, at 11:30 p.m. (for all you procrastinators, I recommend starting on your design before 11:29).  If you are not a resident of California, you should check out the T-shirt design anyway. 

CAUTION: The T-shirt design is highly addictive.  You may lose track of time while making your T-shirt, so make sure to have a clock nearby (in case you have to go to school, or in my case, get back to work).  

The winner of the contest receives a $1000 Apple gift card, 20 prints of his/her winning design, and a posting on the BOM411 website!  In other words, you could get a lot of cool stuff for expressing yourself.  We always have posted ways and tips for you to express your creativity to tell people about dating abuse, and we are ecstatic to hear that BOM411 knows that you guys are as creative as we have been saying!  (Also, free stuff never hurts.)  Below is a link to the contest.  Good luck to all participants… design your hearts out. 

Contest Link: http://www.designnotdrama.com/

If you’re a high school student living in Tennessee, take note. The Somebody Say Something! Video Contest, sponsored by the Tennessee Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, has extended their entry deadline to August 15.

Videos should challenge others to get involved in ending dating abuse issues in their community and can be up to two minutes long. Check out their website for more information and the complete rules. Winners to be announced in Fall 2008. We can’t wait to see them!

Jennifer Ann’s Group recently named the winners in it’s 2008 Life. Love. Game Design Challenge. Please check out these games, designed to help prevent dating abuse - they’re the first we’ve ever seen.

Jennifer Ann’s Group is an organization started by Drew Crecente in honor of his daughter, Jennifer. Jennifer was murdered by her ex-boyfriend on February 15, 2006. 

Ashley Hoyle, the winner of our Teen Dating Bill of Rights video contest, met with Tim Gunn and Jaslene Gonzalez during her trip to NYC (the first place prize) last week. We heard she had a great time, and we’re so glad she helped kick off Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week.

Her hometown newspaper, the Wichita Eagle, ran a nice story about Ashley and the story behind her winning video. We’d like to thank Ashley again for her time and efforts. We hope her story will reach others experiencing dating abuse in their relationship.

We’d also really like to thank her teacher, Brian Latta, who generated the interest in our video contest within his classroom.

 We’re so excited to announce the winners of our dating bill of rights video contest. Ashley Hoyle of Wichita, Kansas won first place for her very cool video (below). Second and third places went to groups of students in Buffalo, New York for their videos, We Have the Right and Don’t Become a Statistic.

We really appreciate the effort everyone took in creating in their videos. Also, much thanks to those who took the time to watch the videos and vote.

Today we posted the five finalists for our Dating Bill of Rights Video Contest. Please take the time to watch these videos and vote for your favorite. Voting will close on the 21st - and then we’ll announce our three winners.

We really appreciate the time and effort every entrant put into their video. Also, we want to say thanks to our wonderful celebrity judges (Tim Gunn, Jaslene Gonzalez, and Ann Shoket) for narrowing it down to five finalists for us.

Hey, thanks to everyone who sent in entries to our video contest. We really enjoyed watching every single one of them! Check back to vote on your favorite starting December 10th.

The deadline for our video contest is almost here - and we’re still receiving great videos (like the one below). If you’ve got an entry, get them to us by December 1st. And remember to check back with us - voting begins as soon as we’ve picked the finalists.

• * Surviving victims from a tragic incident in Colorado Springs concerning dating violence are still in the hospital . Our number is given as one referral in this article.
• * loveisrespect has a new way to connect with you - our Facebook Page.
• * New entries have arrived for our video contest - and you can still enter too. The deadline is December 1st. Voting will begin in December.

We’re so excited about the newest entries to the loveisrespect video contest. Thanks to all who have entered and please keep them coming! Remember: top prize is a trip to NYC and judges include Tim Gunn and Jaslene Gonzalez.