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Scholarship Contest Rules

Entry Form

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Prizes
Judging
Instructions
Rules

Deadline for entries: May 30, 2008. Winners will be announced June 20, 2008.

Submit entries to:
Kansas Department of Transportation
Bureau of Traffic Safety
Attention: Phyllis Marotta
700 SW Harrison
Topeka, KS 66603

Prizes

One $500 scholarship will be awarded in each category.

  • Best 30-Second Public Service Announcement for Television
  • Best 30-Second Public Service Announcement for Radio
  • Best Poster

Scholarships may be applied to any accredited institution of higher learning in the state of Kansas.

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Judging

All entries will be judged by a panel of traffic safety experts from the Kansas Department of Transportation and Kansas Highway Patrol. Judging will be based on originality, persuasiveness of the message, and potential for internet, broadcast, and print marketing purposes by KDOT and KHP.

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Instructions

  1. Prizes will be awarded in each of three categories: (1) 30-second public service announcement for television; (2) 30-second public service announcement for radio; and (3) 11 X 17 poster.
  2. Entries must be about one of the following topics: (1) seat belts; (2) drinking and driving; (3) reckless and distracted driving; (4) motorcycle safety; and/or (5) speeding.
  3. Television entries should be submitted in DVD or VHS format. Radio entries should be submitted on a CD or audio cassette. Written scripts for the television and radio public service announcements should accompany the entries.
  4. You may enter as many times as you like in each category, but you must fill out a separate entry form for each entry.
  5. Read the rules carefully. Signing the entry form signifies that you have read and agreed to all contest rules.
  6. Contestants will be eliminated for false registration, making false claims, or submitting non-original work.
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Rules

  1. The Youth Traffic Safety Month scholarship contest is open to any Kansas resident currently enrolled in the 9th through 12th grade in the state of Kansas.
  2. Each entry (radio, television, or poster) must be your original work.
  3. Radio and television entries must be no more than 30-seconds in length. Scripts for the entries must be included. Poster entries must be submitted on 11 X 17-size paper. Any entrant under the age of 18 must provide the expressed written consent of a parent or legal guardian.
  4. The selection of contest winners by the KDOT and KHP contest judges is final. All scholarship prizes are non-transferable and void where prohibited by law. Scholarship prizes will be announced on June 20, 2008.
  5. All contestants acknowledge, as a condition of entry, that KDOT and the KHP have the right to publicize or broadcast the winners' names, characters, likenesses, voices, or all other matters incidental thereto; to reprint the winning public service announcements and posters in promotional materials and in future advertising and promotional efforts by KDOT and the KHP.
  6. Winning the contest does not guarantee the winning entries will be published, recorded, or used for any purpose by KDOT or the KHP.
  7. Entrants retain all publishing rights to their entries.
  8. All entrants agree to allow KDOT and the KHP non-exclusive rights to hire professionals to copy, modify, record, duplicate, perform, distribute, and otherwise utilize your entry (or entries), regardless of whether your entry is a winner, for any purpose deemed appropriate by KDOT and the KHP.
  9. Employees of the KDOT Bureau of Traffic Safety, the contest judges, their affiliates, representatives, and their families or households of the employees are ineligible to enter/win.
  10. Closing and announcement dates may be changed without notice.
  11. Additions or deletions to these rules may be made at the discretion of KDOT and the KHP, and may be enacted at any time.
  12. Winners will receive a notarized voucher letter from the Kansas Department of Transportation for the $500 award. No cash awards will be given. After enrolling in a Kansas state accredited post-secondary education program, winners must present the voucher letter to KDOT. Scholarship awards will be paid directly to the educational institution.
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