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The B HERE campaign is excited to announce a call for entries for the Make Your Mark Contest in the categories of video, song/story, and art. The aim of the contest is to help raise awareness about hepatitis B among Asian Americans and inspire those in the community impacted by the disease to continue their fight. Online voting by registered visitors will determine one winning entry in each category as the People’s Choice Winner. Each People’s Choice Winner will receive a $2,500 cash prize. In addition, Gilead will select one entry overall as the Grand Prize Winner ($2,500).

Contest Goal: Inform community about the impact of hepatitis B on Asian Americans and inspire others to "make a mark"

What to Enter: Submit an original video, song/story/essay/poem, or/and artwork

Who Can Enter: Legal U.S. residents 18 years of age or older are eligible

How to Enter:
  1. Read the contest requirements and evaluation criteria below and review the complete contest rules
  2. Register to enter by January 31, 2010 (You must register to enter to submit an entry)
  3. Submit your entry by March 8, 2010

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Contest Requirements and Evaluation Criteria

All contestants must meet the following requirements for submission:

For video category:

  • Submissions must not exceed thirty (00:30) seconds in length
  • No production credits should be included
  • All footage and music used must be original, or authorized by owner prior to submission
  • Aspect ratio: 4:3 or 16:9
  • Resolution: Recommended: 1280 x 720 (16x9 HD) and 640 x 480 (4:3 SD)
  • Frame rate should be maintained without re-sampling
  • Codec: H.264, MPEG-2 or MPEG-4 preferred
  • Audio: mp3 or aac preferred
  • Sampling rate: 44.1kHz
  • Channels: 2 (stereo)
  • Submissions must be provided in one of the following formats: .mov, .wmv, .flv, or .avi

For song/story category:

  • Submissions can be in the form of a song or spoken word (essay, poem, or short story)
  • Submissions must be audio recorded and no longer than three minutes (03:00) in length
  • No production credits should be included
  • All narrative and music used must be original, or authorized by owner prior to submission
  • Sampling rate: 44.1kHz
  • Channels: 2 (stereo)
  • Submissions must be provided in one of the following formats: .mp3 or .aiff

For art category:

  • Submissions can be in the form of a painting, drawing, photograph, sculpture, or computer-aided illustration
  • Resolution: Max height 1024 pixels, 72 dpi; max width 1024 pixels, 72 dpi
  • Submissions must be provided in .jpg, .psd, .ai, or .pdf format (for sculptures a photograph is requred)

Submissions in each category will be reviewed by a special panel of judges who will evaluate entries based on the following criteria:

  1. Originality
  2. Creativity
  3. Concept
  4. Information accuracy
  5. Overall presentation

A group of finalists in each category, as determined by the judges panel, will be posted online at willyouBhere.com/Contest and each registered visitor will have the opportunity to vote once for a People's Choice Winner in each category. An additional Grand Prize Winner will be selected by Gilead from the pool of finalists. All winners will be announced on the willyouBhere.com website.

Each People’s Choice Winner will be awarded a $2,500 cash prize.
The Grand Prize Winner will be awarded a $2,500 cash prize.

Click here to view the complete contest rules.

This Contest is void where prohibited by law.

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