Thanks to all who participated!!  Please check them out in our Instagram: @wjf.ny

Here are our final AWARD WINNERS.  The President will be reaching out to the winners for the prizes.  

Honorable Mentions:

Thanks again to all who participated and everyone who voted.

Stay tuned for our next event!

SHORT Clip Contest
By entering this contest, participants agree to abide by these Official Rules.

Contest Objectives
The theme is “The NYC For All”.
Participants will submit a video clip that represents and depicts the theme above.

How to Enter
Entries must be submitted by Sunday, March 26, 2023.

Contestants can submit video (under 45 seconds) to contest@wjfny.com

Or use WeTransfer (wetransfer.com) with the following:
● In the subject line: Contestant full name
● In the body: Instagram (IG) name
● Digital video clip should be 1080 X 1920, MPG4, and under 150MB per file,
● Your IG account must follow @WJF.NY
● We suggest to increase your chances of winning, you can request your
followers to follow and like your post on @wjf.ny

● Finalists will be contacted via email and instructed on next steps.
● Individual contestants may only submit ONE short clip.

Content Requirements
● Submissions must not contain obscenity, explicit sexual material, nudity,
profanity, graphic violence, calls or incitement to violence, commercial
solicitation, or commercial promotion. Submissions must conform to local law
and must not contain content or images that could be considered abusive,
inflammatory, denigrating, or disrespectful to any of the Contest Sponsors, or to
any groups, individuals, or institutions. Submissions must adhere both in
appearance and in fact to the norms of civil discourse. In other words, the
content of all submissions must be suitable for a global, public audience.
● Submissions must be original content created by the contestant and must not
contain any elements that are protected by someone else’s copyright or
otherwise subject to third-party intellectual property or proprietary rights,
including privacy and publicity rights (except as expressly permitted below in (d)).
Contest Sponsors recognize no allowance for “fair use” of copyrighted material,
nor do Contest Sponsors recognize allowance for use of licensed materials
created or owned by a third party.
● Contest Sponsors reserve the right to disqualify, at their sole and absolute
discretion, any submission that does not adhere to these criteria and to the intent
and substance of these Official Contest Rules.
● In the event of any question or difference of views regarding compliance with,
interpretation, or application of these content requirements or other provisions of
these Official Contest Rules, Contest Sponsors reserve the exclusive right to
resolve such questions or differences of views at their sole discretion.
● By submitting artwork to the contest, the contestant and a parent/legal guardian
affirm that they have obtained written consent from all individuals whose image
or likeness appears in the photograph/digital image, and that they have obtained
the necessary rights, licenses, consents, and permissions to use all material such
as music, images, text, and other content in the submission. The contestant and
a parent/legal guardian further affirm that they are prepared to provide reliable
documentation of any and all such consents, licenses, etc., upon request. Failure
to obtain such rights, license consents, and permissions may result in the
disqualification of the photo or digital image submission at the Contest
Sponsors’ sole and absolute discretion.

Technical Format Requirements
● Digital video clip should be 1080 X 1920, MPG4, and under 150MB per file, 45
seconds or less via WeTransfer.
● Submissions should not have any visible watermarks, signatures, or personally
identifiable information.

Eligibility
● Contestants may be of any age; however, any minors must have parental or legal
guardian consent.
● The individual submitting the entry will be considered the contestant and will be
the only individual eligible to compete for the prize. Organizations are not eligible
to compete for the prize, either as an entity or through representation by an
individual. To be eligible for the prize, the contestant must provide complete and
accurate information.
● Staff/contractors of Contest Sponsors are not eligible to participate.
● Once a submission has been accepted for entry into the contest, the contestant’s
name (or IG ID, if the contestant wishes to remain anonymous), may be publicly
identified at the sole discretion of the contestant.

Selection of Winners
All video clips are subject to pre-screening by Contest Sponsors to ensure compliance
with these Official Contest Rules. Any clips out of compliance will not be posted.
Contest Sponsors reserve the right in their sole and absolute discretion to verify in the
final analysis whether a potential finalist or potential winning clip submission has fully
complied with these Official Contest Rules before posting to the contest site, awarding
prize, recognizing a winner, etc.

Judging Criteria 

Popular/Most Liked component: Officers of WJFNY will survey which
video clip art submission was most liked by viewers on Instagram (IG). Artwork should
explore the theme, “The NYC For All.” A bonus of 5 points (equivalent to 5 likes) would
be added to any submission that manages to incorporate WJFNY into their work.

● Finalists will be contacted and instructed on next steps.
Winners: Winner(s) will be contacted via email at the email address they provided for
needed information to claim the prize. Winners have to confirm the acceptance of the
prize in an email reply within three calendar days. The inability of Contest Sponsors to
contact a potential winner may result in disqualification and/or selection of an alternate
winner from among all remaining eligible submissions. Each winner must provide a
valid physical U.S. mailing address.
Prize
● The selected group of 3 winners, will be evaluated by the WJFNY staff though the
most liked and the selected digital artwork will be displayed on the various social
media websites, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, Tik Tok, and our website

(WJFNY). The three winners will be individually recognized by the President,
William (Bill) Bekisz.

The winners will be awarded with a one-time payment as follows:
● First-place winner will receive $500 USD
● Second-place winner will receive $300 USD
● Third-place winner $200 USD

Platform(s)
Events from this contest may be announced and promoted on various social media
platforms including but not limited to Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, Tik Tok
and our website WJFNY, but contest entry and administration will take place through
email; however, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Tik Tok, and Twitter are not partners or
sponsors of the contest. Contestants are reminded that by participating in the contest
and uploading content to Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Tik Tok, and Twitter, they are
bound by Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Tik Tok, and Twitter’s Terms of Service and
any agreement with Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Tik Tok, and Twitter contained
therein.

Liability and Rights
● Contest Sponsors do not endorse any submissions or messages expressed
therein, and Contest Sponsors expressly disclaim any and all liability in
connection with the submitted photos/digital images, including disputes between
collaborators related to a submission.
● The contest and its sponsors do not permit copyright-infringing activities or
infringement of any other intellectual property rights, and Contest Sponsors
reserve the right to remove and disqualify any submission they deem to be in
violation of another party’s copyright or other intellectual property rights.
● Contestants retain sole ownership of their original work. The submission remains
the intellectual property of the contestant, and the Contest Sponsors make no
claim of copyright as to the work of any individual who enters the contest.
Contestant specifically agrees to give the Contest Sponsors permission to use all
content submitted for purposes of judging the contest. Finalists and/or winners
will be required to grant Contest Sponsors, with proper attribution through
whatever means they deem appropriate, a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free,
sub-licensable and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare
derivative works of, and/or display the submission in any media formats and
through any media channels in perpetuity in connection with the activities and
operations of the contest.
● Contestant assumes sole responsibility for the contest submission and the
material contained in it, and for any consequences of submitting or posting it.

● Contest Sponsors reserve the right at any time to verify the validity of entries and
of contestants and to disqualify any contestant or entry deemed not in
compliance with these Official Contest Rules. Contest Sponsors also reserve the
right to request further documentation, at their sole and absolute discretion, to
verify eligibility and compliance with these Official Contest Rules.
● Contest Sponsors reserve the right, at any time and in their sole discretion, to
disqualify and/or deem ineligible any individual who they reasonably believe (i)
has violated the Official Contest Rules; (ii) has violated the terms of use of
platform, or (iii) is acting in a bad faith, or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive
manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any other person.
● Contest Sponsors reserve the right to modify, suspend, terminate, or cancel the
contest at their discretion for any reason.
● Contestant and his/her parent/legal guardian agree to indemnify and hold
harmless Contest Sponsors, subsidiary and affiliated companies, officers,
directors, employees, interns, and agents, from and against any and all claims,
damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debts, and expenses (including
but not limited to attorney’s fees) arising from (i) violation of these Official
Contest Rules; (ii) violation of any third party right, including without limitation
any copyright, trademark, intellectual property, privacy, publicity, or other
proprietary right in connection with the contest; or (iii) any claim that a contest
submission caused any harm, including financial, to any third party. These
indemnifications and hold harmless obligations will survive indefinitely beyond
the conclusion of the contest.
● The conduct, judging, and awarding of prizes will be carried out in full compliance
with applicable U.S. law and host country law. In the event of a conflict between
U.S. law and host country law, U.S. law shall apply.
● Contest Sponsors will take reasonable measures to protect privacy data,
personally identifiable information, and other sensitive data of contestants.
Contact information provided by contestants may be stored by WJFNY and may
be used to contact contestants for other purposes in the future. This information
may be shared with the co-sponsor of the contest and/or made available to third
parties to the extent permitted by law.
● Contest Sponsors assume no liability or responsibility for any loss or harm
resulting from any user’s participation in or attempt to participate in the contest
or ability or inability to upload, download, or otherwise access any information in
connection with participating in the contest. Contest Sponsors assume no
responsibility or liability for technical problems, or technical malfunctions arising
in connection with the operation of the contest, including: hardware or software
errors; faulty computer, telephone, cable, satellite, network, electronic, wireless or
Internet connectivity, or other online communication problems; errors or
limitations of any Internet service providers, servers, hosts or providers; garbled,
jumbled or faulty data transmissions; failure of any email transmissions to be
sent or received; lost, late, delayed or intercepted email transmissions;
inaccessibility of the contest site in whole or in part for any reason; traffic

congestion on the Internet or the contest site; unauthorized human or non-human
intervention in the operation of the contest, including without limitation,
unauthorized tampering, hacking, theft, virus, bugs, worms; or destruction of any
aspect of the contest, or loss, miscount, misdirection, inaccessibility or
unavailability of an email account used in connection with the contest.
● Use of contest site is at user’s own risk. Contest Sponsors are not responsible for
any personal injury, property damage, or losses of any kind which may be
sustained to computer equipment resulting from participation in the contest, use
of the contest site or the downloading of information from the contest site. By
participating in the contest, the contestant and the parents/legal guardians
release Contest Sponsors from any and all claims arising from or relating to such
contestant’s participation in the contest, whether directly or indirectly.
● Contest Sponsors are not liable if any portion of the contest is canceled or
delayed due to weather, fire, strike, acts of war or terrorism, or any other reason.

By entering this contest, participants agree to abide by these Official Rules.