{"id":93841,"date":"2013-05-20T12:38:02","date_gmt":"2013-05-20T16:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/?p=93841"},"modified":"2013-05-20T12:38:02","modified_gmt":"2013-05-20T16:38:02","slug":"microsoft-citizenship-youth-spark-challenge-for-change-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/20\/microsoft-citizenship-youth-spark-challenge-for-change-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Citizenship Youth Spark Challenge for Change Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"

https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/microsoftcitizenship\/app_321451377957291<\/a><\/p>\n

ages 18-25
\nPhase Start Date (at 12:00 a.m. ET) End Date (at 11:59 p.m. ET)
\n\u00a0Submission 1 May 1, 2013 May 24, 2013
\n\u00a0Judging May 25, 2013 June 6, 2013
\n\u00a0Submission 2 June 7, 2013 June 16, 2013
\n\u00a0Voting June 17, 2013 June 24, 2013<\/p>\n

\u00a0answer five (5) questions (responses should each be one hundred (150) words or
\n\u00a0fewer) and one (1) photo (with a title not to exceed fifteen words) that demonstrate how
\n\u00a0Microsoft products are helping the entrant create change or will help create change in the
\n\u00a0community.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Submission Phase 2: If you are deemed to be a finalist (“Finalist”) as outlined in section 6a, you will be invited via email to participate in Submission Phase 2. During Submission Phase 2, visit the link provided to you in Finalist email. Then, follow the directions to upload one (1) video of the Finalist creating change in the community, hereafter referred to as your submission (“Finalist Submission”).<\/p>\n

\u00a0Limit: Each entrant may upload one (1) Submission during the Submission Phase<\/p>\n

\u00a0Compelling proposal for how Microsoft products will help entrant support their
\n\u00a0cause\/idea; clear connection to product features (25%)
\n\u00a0\uf0b7 Well-articulated vision for how prize package will help them support cause\/idea
\n\u00a0(25%)
\n\u00a0\uf0b7 Current\/potential social impact of the idea (25%)
\n\u00a0\uf0b7 Originality, creativity and quality of submission (25%)<\/p>\n

\u00a0Limit: Each person may vote one (1) time per day during the Voting Phase.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Prizes: FIVE (5) GRAND PRIZES: Technology bundle with Xbox 360 250GB console with
\n\u00a0Kinect, $2,500 cash to further your cause, an opportunity to serve as a YouthSpark
\n\u00a0ambassador, Windows 8 Phone (or equivalent substitute of the Sponsor’s choice if phone is determined to not be compliant given winner\u2019s current plan), $1,259 for taxes, and trip for one (1) to Kenya with the organization Me to We. Trip package includes round trip, coach-class air transportation for one (1) from a major airport near winner\u2019s home (determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion) to Kenya; twenty (20) nights’ accommodations at lodging determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Please read carefully the following terms and conditions of the Me to We trip:
\n\u00a0\uf0b7 Must be fit for travel and have seen a travel doctor,
\n\u00a0\uf0b7 Must hold a valid passport,
\n\u00a0\uf0b7 Must have proof of travel medical insurance for the trip duration,
\n\u00a0The prize is only valid for the Kenya trip departing August 5, 2013 and returning
\n\u00a0August 25, 2013.<\/p>\n

\u00a0The prize includes:
\n\u00a0\uf0b7 International airfare (Your home city to Nairobi, Kenya),
\n\u00a0\uf0b7 Three daily meals on the trip and purified drinking water,
\n\u00a0\uf0b7 All accommodations during the trip,
\n\u00a0\uf0b7 Transportation during the trip,
\n\u00a0\uf0b7 All cultural and sightseeing activities on the trip, and
\n\u00a0\uf0b7 Me to We facilitators and leadership programming<\/p>\n

\u00a0TWENTY (20) FINALIST PRIZES: A Microsoft Surface 32GB with Windows 8 RT and Office Home and Student 2013 RT. Some Office features and programs unsupported. See
\nhttp:\/\/Office.com\/OfficeRT<\/a>. ARV: $599<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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