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Six Sounds in Search of an Author Contest

Audio Introduction  ( transcript )

Don't Miss the Foley Art contest that starts October 26th. Click here to learn more about the contest. Voting is open through 10/29

Submissions are no longer being accepted for this contest.  You can still participate in the Foley Art Contest

For this project you are going to create a one-minute story with the following sound effects.

To download sound effects right click sound image and select Save Targer As...

Click here to dowload all files (zipped) 

If you are new to audio editing, here is a step-by-step tutorial designed for this contest that uses the free, multitrack audio editing software Audacity.

Rules:

• You must use all of the sounds.
• You may use a sound more than once.
• You cannot use any other sound effects.
• You can manipulate the six sounds—i.e. trim them, add effects such as changing the pitch or speed.
• Your story must be a minute or less.
• It can be true life, drama, comedy, detective, romance, adventure, action, fantasy, horror, scifi...any genre you want.
• No profanity or use of personal information
• It can have characters and a narrator, just characters, or just a narrator.
• File must be sumbitted as a mp3.

Examples:

Good luck with your stories!

Audio submissions

Teachers:
Submit your mp3 audio file via e-mail to Megan at mdolman@iste.org. In the email, please include a title for your story and your name as you wish it to be posted online.

Students:
Submit your mp3 audio file via e-mail to Megan at mdolman@iste.org. Please include a title for your story, your first name, age and your teacher's name and email address.

Six Sounds in Search of an Author Prizes

After all submissions are reviewed, ISTE will announce prizes for the following categories:

1. Most unusual setting
2. Best use of the "splash" sound effect
3. Best character voice
4. Best use of a 3 second dramatic pause
5. Participants' Choice – You vote!

Teacher Prizes

On October 26, 2009, a winner will be selected for each of five prize categories. The winner will receive an ISTE book of their choice. The prize value is up to $44.95.

Student Prizes

On October 26, 2009, a winner will be selected for each of five prize categories. The winners will each receive a $10 iTunes gift card. The prize value is $10.00.

Official Rules and Regulations

All sounds for this contest came from Soungle.com, a source of royalty-free sound effects.

The sounds for the examples came from CS272 at FreeSound.org

Christopher Shamburg, an associate professor in the graduate program in educational technology at New Jersey City University put this contest together. He is the author of Student-Powered Podcasting: Teaching for 21st-Century Literacy and English Language Arts Units for Grades 9–12.