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**GIVEAWAY ALERT** We’re giving away $1000 in Amazon Gift Cards!! ?
Right now, it’s the prime season for applying for scholarships! ? But all too often, students wait until after they graduate high school to apply – and by then, scholarship deadlines have already passed. Can you shoot and share a selfie video to help spread the word? If so, you can be entered into our contest to win one of THREE amazing prizes ?:
- Grand Prize: $500 Amazon Gift Card
- Second Prize: $350 Amazon Gift Card
- Third Prize: $150 Amazon Gift Card
How to Enter
- Shoot a selfie video ? talking about the importance of applying to scholarships ? right now. To shoot the video, hold your smartphone vertically so that the video is suitable for sharing as a story on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Twitter, etc.
- Be positive, motivating and fun ? – your goal (and ours) is to encourage students to apply for scholarships.
- Mention ScholarshipOwl in your video.
- Video length: 15 to 30 seconds
- Share your video on one or more of these social media channels during the last week of February ➡️: Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Twitter. IMPORTANT: Make sure your account is public so that we can see your video. If your account is private, your video will unfortunately not be accessible by us, so we will not be able to consider it for a prize. Videos sent to us by direct message will not be accepted as an entry.
- IMPORTANT: Tag and hashtag #️⃣ your video/post to enter the contest so that we can see and share your post: @scholarshipowl #scholarshipowlshoutout
- Optional: Make your post more fun and engaging by adding stickers etc.
Video Messaging Ideas
If you aren’t sure what kinds of things to talk about in your video, here are some ideas ? to get you started. But these are just ideas – you can come up with something on your own, as long as your message encourages students to apply for scholarships.
- “I’m applying for scholarships through ScholarshipOwl, and you can too!”
- “Right now is the best time to apply for scholarships! ScholarshipOwl makes it easy!”
- “I’m doing everything I can to apply for scholarships right now! I’m applying to local ones in my community, university scholarships and private scholarships on the ScholarshipOwl platform. Don’t miss out on your chance to get money for college!”
- “Want money for college? Apply for scholarships before it’s too late! It’s super easy with ScholarshipOwl!”
- “Graduate from college debt-free! Apply for scholarships with ScholarshipOwl!”
You get the idea!?
How Winners Will Be Selected
The ScholarshipOwl marketing team will review all entries and select the winners based on how well they meet the following criteria:
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Simplify and focus your application process with the one-stop platform for vetted scholarships.
Check for scholarships✔️Video is fun and engaging, yet also authentic – both in tone and style.
✔️Positive, motivational messaging that encourages students to apply for scholarships.
✔️Messaging mentions ScholarshipOwl.
✔️Video / post is properly tagged and hashtagged: @scholarshipowl #scholarshipowlshoutout
✔️Video is 15 to 30 seconds in length.
✔️Bonus points for creativity!
Terms and Conditions
- To be eligible to enter the contest, you must be 16 years or older, and must be a current high school or college student OR you must be in the process of applying to colleges/universities.
- The contest opens on on February 22, 2021 at 12am PST, and closes on February 28, 2021 at 11:59pm PST. The winners will be announced during the first week of March, 2021.
- By entering this contest, you are agreeing that your video entries, with any associated captions, can be shared on ScholarshipOwl social media and the ScholarshipOwl website, and also that they can be utilized in ScholarshipOwl marketing / promotion campaigns.
- How to enter:
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- Shoot a selfie video talking about the importance of applying to scholarships right now. To shoot the video, hold your smartphone vertically so that the video is suitable for sharing as a story on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Twitter, etc.
- Be positive, motivating and fun – your goal (and ours) is to encourage students to apply for scholarships.
- Mention ScholarshipOwl in your video.
- Video length: 15 to 30 seconds
- Share your video on one or more of these social media channels during the last week of February: Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Twitter. IMPORTANT: Make sure your account is public so that we can see your video. If your account is private, your video will unfortunately not be accessible by us, so we will not be able to consider it for a prize. Videos sent to us by direct message will not be accepted as an entry.
- IMPORTANT: Tag and hashtag your video/post to enter the contest: @scholarshipowl #scholarshipowlshoutout
- Optional: Make your post more fun and engaging by adding stickers etc.
- Any entries that include profanity or messages or visuals that might be deemed offensive will be excluded from the contest.
- Prizes: One student will win the grand prize: $500 Amazon gift card (retail value: $500.00). One student will win the second prize: $350 Amazon gift card (retail value: $350.00). One student will win the third prize: $150 Amazon gift card (retail value: $150.00).
- Participants may not be employees or affiliates of ScholarshipOwl or its affiliated organizations.
- This contest is not sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Instagram, Facebook, TikTok or Twitter.
