DESIGN CONTEST

GOAL:
​We will be looking for designs that capture high school students' interest in career exploration. Your message should connect with high school students and be able to be used as a promotional piece for next year’s virtual career fair.

THEME CHOICES:  

  1. What is inspiring about a career fair? 
  2. What have career exploration activities made possible for you?
  3. ​​What is it like to live and work in Maine?

GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION

Please let your skills, creativity, and imagination guide you as you design a promotional to be duplicated for future career fairs. Create an image that conveys what career exploration experiences bring to high school students in Maine.. This is a multimedia contest. It is a challenge to document your high school career exploration experience.  This is an opportunity to express yourself creatively on any aspect of discovering yourself in the context of what career exploration means for your future (large or small) that you think is important or interesting. 
  • Submissions will be accepted from Maine students in grades 9-12
  • ​You cannot submit anything you have already published elsewhere
  • Do not use clip-art or stock-art or any images that are not created by you (the designer)
  • The medium must be original and fully created by you (the designer)
  • Your work needs to be pleasing to the eye and look professional in nature.
  • ​Your work can be funny or sad, raw or polished, focused on a tiny moment or on the entire experience.
  • Pieces submitted should be appropriate and follow school guidelines.
  • Please email your creative piece (or link to your online video) and include the name of the school you attend to: mevirtualcareerfair@gmail.com with the subject line: Contest Entry.  
  • We’ll prize original work which clearly connects to the message and has a strong voice which goes beyond cliché to show or tell us something new. 
  • Winners will be notified by email. The grand prize gift card will be mailed to the school you attend.
  • All entries must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on May 30 using the contest form above.
  • Winner will be announced on June 4, 2021

WELCOME SUBMISSION MEDIUMS

  • Logo
  • ​Songs (either just the lyrics, or recordings)
  • Posters
  • Illustrations, drawings, collages or paintings
  • Comics or cartoons
  • Videos (no more than 3 minutes in length)
  • Or … anything else that you can upload digitally to tell some part of the story of your high school experience with planning for your future.

The 1st Prize Winner of our Design Contest will take home a $100 Amazon.com Gift Card
*Restrictions apply, see amazon.com/gc-legal

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Event Dates: May 17-21, 2021

INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING?

NEED MORE INFORMATION?
MAINE C3​ - Education professionals working to support students with career exploration opportunities
ME Virtual Career Fair Video Conferencing Disclaimer
If you participate, you will be in a remote learning experience that will utilize video conferencing as part of this lesson. The use of video conferencing requires all students and staff to adhere to the rules contained in their respective district’s Acceptable Use Policy. Foremost of these policies is the expectation that all parties will participate in this learning experience in a respectful manner while ensuring that all parties will be respectful of the rights to privacy for all participants of this video activity. All parties need to respect the academic work and personal opinions of all presenters, students, staff, and teachers involved in this session. The unauthorized recording and dissemination of these sessions, without consent, is a violation of the Acceptable Use Policy and may also be subject to disciplinary action from your respective school administration while possibly resulting in a formal report being filed with the appropriate police department. Therefore, all participants in this remote learning experience and its use of video, agree that they will not save, record, share or post this video session or any photos or audio recording from this video session. Lastly, the rules of the classroom and your respective school building apply to all ME Virtual Career Fair remote learning experiences.