RESPECT Contest
Purpose: to stimulate creative thought and discussion about the nature and importance of respect
in the OBU community
The Contest:
- all students may enter projects in any or all categories: poster, opinion writing, video.
- Alumni judges will choose a winner in each category and students will select a people's choice winner in each category.
- Winners receive cash prizes: Video $600, people's choice $300; Opinion Writing $400, people's choice $200; Poster $400, people's choice $200.
- All entries will be posted on the The Signal website: http://www.obusignal.com/. Voting for people's choice awards happens there.
- Entry deadline is March 7.
The Rules:
- Posters
- Posters may consist of type-only, visuals only, or a balance of the two. However, the success of the poster will rely on the ability to relay the intended message quickly and effectively.
- You may use any medium for your posters, but the final should be an electronic file, tiff or jpg, 11" x 17" with a resolution of 360 dpi.
- The author must be willing for the poster to be published in either the print or online edition of The Signal, or both.
- Posters should be e-mailed to signal@obu.edu or put on a CD and dropped off at the Signal office.
- Alumni judges will rate entries based on the following criteria
- Did the entrant abide by the restrictions rules and guidelines of the contest?
- Does the poster catch your attention? (25%)
- Does the poster have a clear message ? (25%)
- Does the poster use an original visual approach to relay the message? (25%)
- Did the entrant make an appropriate choice of typography and visuals? Is the poster a pleasing and appropriate composition? (25%)
- Opinion Writing
- Opinion articles may be submitted on any topic related to this year's theme: Respect.
- Writers may focus on their own point of view, but the judges will look for evidence of research and a logical order of reasoning.
- Examples may be varied, but the point of the opinion piece should be applicable to the OBU community.
- Opinion articles will be 500 words or fewer and turned in on time.
- The author must be willing for the article to be published in either the print or online edition of The Signal, or both.
- Articles must be e-mailed to signal@obu.edu. Paper copies will not be accepted.
- Judges will rank opinion entries on the following criteria:
- Did the entrant abide by the rules of the contest?
- Is the thesis stated clearly? (25%)
- Is the argument supported by appropriate research? Is the research clearly referenced? (25%)
- Is the argument supported by logical reasoning? (25%)
- Is the argument applicable to the Ouachita Baptist University community? (25%)
- Video
- Entrants may use camcorder, cell phone, DSLR or other camera recorder unit.
- Entrants establish either a Vimeo or YouTube account and upload their entry to the site.
- Entrants provide Ouachita with the link to the project that can be shared with the judges.
- Winning entries provide Ouachita with a high resolution version of the project.
- Maximum length is 90 seconds.
- Judges will rank video entries on the following criteria:
- Did entrants abide by the restrictions, rules and guidelines established for the contest?
- Clarity of the message—does the content make a clear connection with integrity and respect? (25%)
- Degree to which the message is memorable and/or thought-provoking—how well does it draw in the viewer and maintain attention? (25%)
- Creativity of the message—is the message original or something we haven’t seen before? (25%)
- Production values of the project—are the audio, video, editing, graphics near professional quality? (25%)
- Questions? contact David Ozmun ozmund@obu.edu (video), Jeff Root rootj@obu.edu (opinion writing), Ferris Williams williamsf@obu.edu (poster) or Byron Eubanks eubanks@obu.edu (Director of the Sutton Center)
