FOTA is sponsoring a Flyer Design contest for FOTA15, the 2015 Annual Conference. The conference theme is: "EngagingLives Throughout the Lifespan”. The flyer will be used as the cover of the FOTA15 Conference Program and event advertising. All submissions become property of Florida Occupational Therapy Association. Through submission of artwork, contestants and their legal guardians grant non-exclusive reproduction and publication rights to the works submitted, which will not be returned.

APPLICATIONS:
Participants should submit their flyer design online. Applications will be accepted January 1 - March 1, 2015. Winner(s) will be announced March 15, 2015. After submitting the application, participants will receive an email confirmation that the application was received. 

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
The flyer contest is open to all students who are currently enrolled in school(full/part/grad). Approval from the student's faculty adviser is recommended but not required. The student(s) submitting must be the designer and author without any outside help. You may submit as a team. 

INSTRUCTIONS:

• The flyer must be 8-1/2” x 11” in size. The flyer must be submitted in PDF.
• The theme must be included in the flyer.
• We encourage use of color and creativity.

JUDGING FOR THE COMPETITION
A panel of judges will review the poster presentations.Each judge will rate each entry on a 100-point scale. The final ranking of entries will be based upon the mean of the resulting distribution of scores.

RECOGNITION OF PARTICIPANTS AND WINNERS
First Place Winner(s) will receive the following:

• Contest winner Certificate 
• 1 Complimentary FOTA Membership for one year, commencing with termination of current membership
• 1 Complimentary 2015 Conference Registration 
• Recognition during April OT month on our website, social media and in our quarterly newsletter, “FOCUS”. 
• Winner(s) will have one page of FOCUS dedicated to the flyer and recognizing the school the student(s) attends. Winner(s) can provide photos of Faculty, Students and/or OT events to be included in the newsletter.
• Bragging Rights for their school for the year!
• All winners and participants will be recognized publicly during OT Month in April, 2015. Prizes will be awarded a that time.

Please e-mail [email protected] if you have any questions.

Click here to submit your design application: STUDENT DESIGN CONTEST