We’ve come up with some rules so that everyone plays fair.

1. You must be a New Jersey STUDENT 12-22 years old to enter the contest. (The name of your school will be asked for on the release forms).

2. The person who is entering the contest must fill out a Director’s Release form, found here. Anybody who appears in the video (including the Director) must fill out a Talent Release form, found here. If you’re under 18, the forms must be signed by a parent or legal guardian.

The video and all release forms must be submitted by 11:59PM on April 20, 2009. If all of your forms are not in and fully completed by the deadline your video will not be accepted into the contest. They may be scanned and emailed to qandainfo@qandanj.org, faxed to (856) 346-2839, or mailed* to:

The Director’s Chair
c/o SJRLC
10 Foster Ave, Suite F-3
Gibbsboro, NJ 08026

*If you are snail mailing your forms, please send them out early so that we have them on April 20th. Judging to determine the finalists takes place the following day and we can not judge videos that do not have the appropriate permission forms. Thanks!

3. Videos must be 25 to 30 seconds long.

4. You have from midnight on February 20, 2009, until 11:59 p.m. on April 20, 2009, to submit your video on YouTube.

5. THE PUBLIC VOTES FOR THE WINNER* once the finalist are chosen! A panel of independent judges will choose the finalists based on the following criteria:

Creativity (10 points)
Overall appeal (10 points)
Promotion of QandANJ.org (10 points)
Relevance and accuracy of message (10 points)

*Based on number of entries. If The Director's Chair does not receive the minimum number of entries required for a vote, winners will be chosen by the judges and announced within 14 days following the contest deadline.