SUBMISSIONS CLOSED
General Contest Rules:- Must be a student enrolled in a college or university in the state of New Jersey.
- A group of students may enter the contest; however, prizes will be awarded per entry, not per individual participant.
- Group entries should only be submitted one time by one group member (Team Captain).
- Each student can only work on one entry, either as an individual or as a group.
- Entries must be the students’ original work and contain no copyrighted material.
- Entries can be in English, Spanish or both.
- To ensure the most current information is used, entities should only use information from (the websites listed under section 2)
- Entries must focus on the COVID-19 vaccine.
- All students OR participants under the age of 18, will need parent/guardian permission to participate.
- If selected as a finalist, each participant involved in the creation of the content will be required to complete Photo and Video Consent Form.
- All winners will be notified of their selection by e-mail.
- Winners are encouraged to attend the Awards Ceremony in order to receive their prize.
- All submissions will become the property Step Up! Vax Up! and its sponsors. All rights for reproduction in all media including print, film, web, and/or video are assigned to the organizers and their sponsors to use as deemed appropriate for the goals of the contest and the Step Up! Vax Up! campaign.
- The content must contain at least one fact from:
https://www.stepupvaxup.com/covid-19-facts/
https://www.cdc.gov
https://covid19.nj.gov/ *Entries with information from other sources will be disqualified
Entries must NOT contain:- Spelling mistakes.
- Information from other organizations/sources.
- Information on more than 1 vaccine.
- Brand names or trademarks of vaccines (example: Pfizer Vaccine for COVID-19).
- Material that violates or infringes another’s rights, including but not limited to privacy, publicity or intellectual property rights, or that constitutes copyright or license infringement.
- Material that is inappropriate, indecent, obscene, hateful, defamatory, slanderous or libelous.
- Material that promotes bigotry, racism, hatred or harm against any group or individual or promotes discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age.
- Material that is unlawful, in violation of or contrary to the laws or regulations in any state where the entry is created.
- Entries must not have been submitted previously in a promotion or contest of any kind, or exhibited or displayed publicly.
**Any entry that does not follow contest rules will be disqualified. **
For additional information visit https://www.stepupvaxup.com/guidelines/
