A couple of months ago, www.parkcitygreen.org asked the community to submit videos for its inaugural video contest. The theme was “How Do YOU Keep Park City Green?”

The website’s outreach and marketing coordinator Maddy Shear said she was surprised at how many video makers heeded the call.

“We ended up with 31 entries,” Shear told The Park Record. “We pulled some stats on comparable environmental video contests and found we had more entries than some in California. So we feel great about how much the community here got involved.”

The contest was open to all ages.

“We selected a grand prize, a special jury prize and a group prize, as well as prizes in different age categories,” Shear said.

Here is the list of winners for the “How Do You Keep Park City Green?” video contest:

Grand Prize: “Recycle PC,” by Ian Quill and Cole Sax

Special Jury Prize: “Keeping Park City Green, One Ride at a Time,” by Kayla Guillory

Ages 19 and older: “A Great Green Recipe for Conserving Water,” by J.F. Lanvers

Ages 12-18: “Composting: a Wonder to Behold,” by Anders Nilsson

Ages 11 and under: “Go Green, Save Water,” by Mrs. Solum and Mrs. McInerney’s Third Grade Classes at Trailside Elementary

Group Award: “Going Green, Troop 397,” by Jackie Buckman, Melissa Taylor, Abi Adams and Abby Powell.

Grand prize was a cruiser bike donated by Silver Star Ski and Sport.

Special jury prize was four lift tickets from Park City Mountain Resort

The 19 and older prize was a Solio battery charger and Scott goggles

The 12-18 prize was Scott goggles and Oakley sunglasses

And the 11 and under and group prize were pizza parties at Maxwell’s East Coast Eatery.

“That was a popular prize,” Shear said with a laugh. “It was popular especially for that age group.”

Shear said she was surprised at how professional some of the videos looked.

“It didn’t really matter if the video was finished or not,” she said. “We just wanted to get people involved. But some of the winning videos are really professional, and some were just fun. There was every level of quality, which was good because it felt like the contest was open to the community and for everyone.”

When organizing and planning the contest, Shear said www.parkcitygreen.org wanted to get people involved with the environment.

“The website is a very interactive website to begin with, and the video contest was a way to get people to be involved and be interactive and to have them think about their environmental practices,” she said. “And we are planning to have another contest next year.”

The winning videos will be screened during the 5th Annual Filmmakers Showcase at the Park City Library on Thursday, Dec. 9. Admission is free.

“The showcase is allowing us to screen the videos,” Shear said. “But if people want to see them before, they can visit www.parkcitygreen.org .” Scott Iwasaki