P4A 2023 edition
project history · status: completed · last event: milestone (2023-02-24)
The 16th Project for Awesome ran from February 17th to 19th, 2023 as a 48-hour charity livestream, with early video uploads now allowed and signed Hanklerfish art as a perk. It raised just over three million dollars, and Hank closed it with a meme review and thanks.
Parts: John asks donors of $500 or more to join the P4A 2023 matching fund at projectforawesome.com/matching (2023) · Hank asks viewers to make a P4A 2023 video and submit it at projectforawesome.com (2023) · The P4A livestream as 'the internet's hottest club', in Stefon's style (2023) · Hank: send the P4A 2023 confetti perk to donors, sealed with special stickers (2023) · Hank and John: go to a Rax restaurant together as a P4A 2023 perk (2023)
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About: Project for Awesome
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-01-17 | announced | John announces the 16th Project for Awesome, February 17 to 19: a 48-hour livestream raising money for charity, with perks for donors. | John Green Answers the Most Searched Hank Green Questions 00:03:01 |
| 2023-02-03 | milestone | Hank announces the Project for Awesome is coming up fast on February 17 and video submissions are open. | My Mid-Afternoon Existential Crisis 00:01:12 |
| 2023-02-03 | rule change | Hank says P4A videos used to be uploaded all on the same day; YouTube no longer cares, so they can be uploaded early and reviewed to pick some to feature on the livestream. | My Mid-Afternoon Existential Crisis 00:01:12 |
| 2023-02-10 | milestone | This year's (2023) P4A art perk: Hank drew Hanklerfish on squares cut from the drop-cloth paper; there are 250, all signed and numbered. | If it ain't broke don't fix it. 00:01:33 |
| 2023-02-14 (happened 2023-02-17) | announced | The brothers announce the Project for Awesome starts Friday with a 48-hour livestream from noon; they say they are extremely excited. | Worst Reunion Video Ever ... or Best? 00:03:12 |
| 2023-02-17 | launched | Hank declares it officially countdown time to the Project for Awesome, having set the video to premiere so viewers watch it together in the chat. | COUNTDOWN TO THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME 00:00:00 |
| 2023-02-21 | outcome | John reports that as of recording the 16th annual Project for Awesome has raised just over three million dollars for charity. | Maybe Art Only Needs to Be 00:00:53 |
| 2023-02-24 | milestone | Hank makes his third P4A meme review, for 2023, going through five desktop folders of fan memes and art. → refers to The 2022 P4A Meme Review!!! | The P4A 2023 is The Hottest Club on the Internet 00:00:00 |
| 2023-02-24 | looked back | Hank calls it a truly magical P4A and thanks everyone who was part of it, in whatever way, and John. | The P4A 2023 is The Hottest Club on the Internet 00:17:44 |
What is said about it
2 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2023-02-17 · COUNTDOWN TO THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME — announcement: Hank says money from the second half goes to registered nonprofits voted on by the community, split among 20 to 30 depending on how much is raised. — 00:03:02
- 2023-02-24 · The P4A 2023 is The Hottest Club on the Internet — Hank opens his Project for Awesome 2023 meme review of things people made and submitted to the P4A art folder, again taking an extra-long video. — 00:00:00