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2025 "OT Movie Trailer Challenge" Student Video Contest 

Official Contest Details: OT Movie Trailer Challenge

Calling all OT & OTA programs across the state! It’s time to showcase your creativity and passion for OT in the most EPIC way possible—with a movie trailer!

Theme: "OT Movie Trailer Challenge" – Create a short Instagram Reel (90 seconds max) that feels like a movie trailer about occupational therapy. Make it dramatic, action-packed, heartfelt, hilarious—whatever fits your creative vision!

Contest Rules:

  • Must be in Instagram Reel/TikTok/vertical video format (90 sec max)
  • Have a title & movie trailer vibes
  • Be creative, engaging, and showcase OT!
  • Only ONE submission per SOTA program
  • Send your video to [email protected]
  • EXTENDED Submission Deadline: April 13th, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. Central
  • Public voting on TNOTA website will determine winners!

 Prizes!

  • Pizza party to the winning SOTA organization sponsored by TNOTA
  • Winning video will also be shown at TNOTA conference.

Mark your calendars and start filming! Let’s make OT Month legen…dary!

All video submissions will be showcased throughout OT Month in April! Let’s celebrate the amazing work of OT students all month long!

Submit Your Video Here!

 

 

 

 

 

2022 "What is OT?" Student Video Contest 

Winner: Congratulations to the UTHSC Classes of 2023 & 2024! View their winning video below! 

 

 
  

Student Social Media Takeovers

If your school has an upcoming fun event, project, or if you would like to post about a day in the life of your occupational therapy program, please complete the "Student Social Media Takeover Submission Form" below to schedule a social media takeover of TNOTA’s Facebook and Instagram for 24 hours! Programs can take over these social media platforms monthly. Don’t miss this opportunity to promote your program and the occupational therapy profession! 

Student Social Media Takeover Submission Form
 
 

"A Day in the Life of a _______ OT Practitioner" Social Media Takeovers

If you would like to share a day in the life of your occupational therapy practice area (practitioners) or fieldwork experience(s) (students) as part of the Student Involvement Committee's "Student Sunday" posts, please complete the "A Day in the Life of a ______ OT Practitioner Submission Form" below! You have the option to submit your content to the TNOTA Social Media team or take over the TNOTA Social Media platforms directly. Don't miss this opportunity to promote our profession! 

"A Day in the Life of a ________ OT Practitioner" Submission Form
 
 

Quarterly Student Spotlight Nominations

Do you have a fellow classmate or TNOTA Student Member you would like to recognize and nominate for the quarterly Student Spotlight? Nominees must be TNOTA student members. Chosen nominees will be featured on TNOTA’s Facebook page and Instagram as well as highlighted in TNOTA’s email Newsletter. To nominate a TNOTA Student Member, complete the Student Spotlight Nomination Form below.

 Quarterly Student Spotlight Nomination Form
Quarterly Student Spotlight Questionnaire 
 

Student Research Requests

Do you have a research survey you'd like to post to TNOTA membership? See instructions on our Research page!

 
 

Student Involvement Committee

If you'd like to learn more about these initiatives, or have ideas of your own, contact the Student Involvement Committee at [email protected] for information on how to join the committee!