What I want to make clear to everyone is no one story is better than another. PAH-FEST is more like a digital media gallery. Every year we will pick six stories based on how will they work together as a complete show and if they are a balanced cross section of everyday people. I want to thank all of you who submitted your story ideas.

Here are the six teams that PAH picked for PAH-FEST 2006:

1. Team NMSU-Grants/Super Hero

2. Team Unemployed/Vinyl Fever

3. Team Madonna University/Life of Pain

4. Team Latino/Matanza

5. Team African American/First Light

6. Team Native American/Laguna Uranium

7. Team Outlaw. I also want to reiterate that anyone who wants to still tell their story digitally can do so but they are completely on their own--equipment, food, water, supplies, etc. This is the Outlaw category. My son will be making one on his own with three of his friends (2 from New York, 1 from New Mexico). However, we will look at all the submitted Outlaw films and pick only one to represent that category. This is the one that our distinguished judges will see and vote on against the chosen 6.