2020 Video Finalists!

Congratulations to the 2020 Interact Video Awards finalists. Watch all 8 and find out which video will earn the "Best Video Award" on 15 January!

Interact Club Ensenada Todos Santos

Interact Club of Adamantina

Interact Club of Prativa Pokhara Fishtail

Interact Club of Ateneo de Zamboanga Senior High School

Interact Satriwitthaya 2

Interact Club Sch 155 Kyiv, Ukraine

Interact Club of Cypress Creek High School

Interact Club of Monastir

2020 INTERACT AWARDS SUBMISSION TERMS

2020 INTERACT AWARDS

Show us how your members are taking action across the globe, in your community, and in yourselves. Share your best service projects and or leadership development activities to the 2020 Interact Awards! This year, we are accepting videos, photos, and essays as part of the Interact Awards!

THEME

Each club must submit a video, photo or essay (“Submission” or “Submissions”) of the following theme. Only one Submission per club.

Show us your service project or leadership development activity!

WHO

Any member of an Interact club or Rotary club that sponsors an Interact club may submit a video, photo, or essay on behalf of their club. The parent/legal guardian of an Interactor ages 12-17 submitting a video, photo or essay must agree to these Submission Terms (“Terms”) and complete the Interact Awards Form. By submitting a video, photo or essay, you agree that you have the permission of your club.

WHEN

Nominations will be accepted from 1 September 2020 at 00:00 Chicago Time (UTC-5) until 1 December 2020 at 23:59 Chicago Time.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Your video, photo and essay must be your original creation;
You must hold all rights to the video, photo and essay, including the copyright;
If your video or photo includes images or likenesses of people, you must receive written permission from those people and the parent or legal guardian of any minors to:
i) record those people,
ii) use their likenesses/images and voices in the video or photo, and
iii) license use of the video and their likenesses/images and voices to Rotary; and
Video, photo and essay must not contain material (images, music, footage, logos) that violate or infringe the rights of others, including copyright, trademark or other intellectual property rights;
Video, photo and essay must not defame or invade the privacy rights or privacy of any person, living or deceased or contain defamatory materials; and
Video, photo and essay must not contain inappropriate, indecent, obscene, hateful, discriminatory, unlawful or illegal content or materials, as determined in Rotary’s sole discretion.

All Submissions will become the property of Rotary and will not be returned. Rotary will disqualify any video, photo or essay that do not adhere to the requirements set forth above or below.

HOW TO SUBMIT A VIDEO

You must only submit one (1) video.

Create a YouTube account or log into your YouTube account. Follow YouTube’s instructions for uploading your video to your YouTube account.
Create a Facebook account or log into your Facebook account.
Visit the Interact Official Facebook page (“Official Page”) and complete and submit the Interact Awards Form before 1 December 2020 at 23:59 Chicago Time. The Form is also available in electronic form upon request by contacting Rotary via email: interact@rotary.org.

By submitting a video, you represent that your video is in compliance with these Terms, the YouTube Terms of Service, and the Facebook Terms of Service.

Video Requirements

Video must be at least thirty (30) seconds in length and may not exceed three (3) minutes in length;
Video must be in English or contain English subtitles;
Video may only contain music you created or you have a license to use in the video. Any music license(s) you receive must allow for Rotary to use the video with the licensed music.

HOW TO SUBMIT A PHOTO

You may submit up to (3) photos.

Visit the Interact Official Facebook page and complete and submit the Interact Awards Form before 1 December 2020 at 23:59 Chicago Time.

By submitting a photo, you represent that your photo is in compliance with these Terms and the Facebook Terms of Service.

Photo Requirements:

Photo must be accompanied by a short description of activity or service.

HOW TO SUBMIT AN ESSAY

Visit the Interact Official Facebook page (“Official Page”) and complete and submit the Interact Awards Form before 1 December 2020 at 23:59 Chicago Time.

By submitting an essay, you represent that your essay is in compliance with these Terms and the Facebook Terms of Service.

Essay Requirements:

Essay must be written or translated into English;
Essay must not exceed 1,000 words.

AWARDS

One (1) club will be awarded the title of Best Video and receive:
o One (1) US$1000.00 donation that must be used to support an Interact club’s service projects (The donation will be made to the Rotary club sponsor);
o One (1) award plaque; and
o A letter from the Rotary International President.

The video will be displayed on Interact’s social media pages.
One (1) club will be awarded the title of Best Photo and receive:
o One (1) US$500.00 donation that must be used to support an Interact club’s service projects (The donation will be made to the Rotary club sponsor);
o One (1) award plaque; and
o A letter from the Rotary International President.

The photo will be displayed on Interact’s social media pages.
One (1) club will be awarded the title of Best Essay and receive:
o One (1) US$500.00 donation that must be used to support an Interact club’s service projects (The donation will be made to the Rotary club sponsor);
o One (1) award plaque; and
o A letter from the Rotary International President.

The essay will be displayed on Interact’s social media pages.
Three (3) clubs will be awarded the title of Runner-Up in each category: each club will receive a letter from the Rotary President and each club’s video, photo, or essay will be displayed on Interact’s social media pages; and
One (1) club will be awarded the title of Fan Favorite in the video category: the club will receive a letter from the Rotary President and the club’s video will be displayed on Interact’s social media pages.

Any and all applicable taxes are the responsibility of the awardee of the donation. Rotary will notify the clubs receiving awards on or around 15 January 2021 and a club will have seven (7) days after notification to claim or forfeit the award. Failure to respond by 22 January 2021 will result in forfeiture of the award.

AWARD SELECTION

Rotary will ask the public to vote for their favorite video from the eligible videos for two weeks in December 2020. The video receiving the highest number of votes during the voting period will be awarded the title of “Fan Favorite.”

Excluding the “Fan Favorite” video, all other eligible videos, photos, and essays will be reviewed by a panel of judges, selected by Rotary, based on storytelling ability, originality/creativity, quality and adherence to the theme.

Submissions that do not comply with these Terms, in Rotary’s sole discretion, will not be eligible for the selection process or an award.

PRIVACY AND PUBLICITY

Your privacy is important to Rotary International (“Rotary”) and the personal data you share with and collected by Rotary will be used for official Rotary business and primarily for your participation in the Interact Awards. Personal Data collected by Rotary is subject to Rotary’s Privacy Policy.

In participating in the Interact Awards, you will be using software and services provided by YouTube and Facebook. Personal data collected by these third parties is subject to their privacy policies and your use of their software and services is subject to their terms of use.

By submitting a video, photo or essay, you grant Rotary, and its Foundation, a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive license and right to use, print, publish, reproduce, perform, edit, broadcast, webcast, modify, distribute, create derivative works from, and display your Submission, the content in your Form, and your likeness, name, image, statements, voice and biographical and personal information (collectively “Likeness”) for any purpose whatsoever, in any form, media or technology now known or later developed including in Rotary’s publications, via streaming, and on social media. You agree that Rotary shall have the universal right to license use of your video and your Likeness, including, but not limited to the purpose of promoting Rotary and Interact, and to others including, media outlets and its licensed magazines and partners. Any personal information collected from you is subject to Rotary’s Privacy Policy.

MISCELLANEOUS
Rotary shall not be liable in any way for injuries to persons or damages to property incurred or suffered by anyone involved in the creation of any Submission or from the acceptance or use of any awards. The Interact Awards is in no way sponsored, administered, endorsed or associated with YouTube or Facebook; and you release Facebook, YouTube and Rotary from any claims, damages and all liability arising out of or in any way related to your participation in the Interact Awards. Rotary reserves the right to amend, withdraw or terminate these Terms. These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Illinois, U.S.A. without regard to its conflict of laws; and in the event of any dispute arising under this Agreement, you agree to submit to the jurisdiction of any court, which is located in the County of Cook, State of Illinois, U.S.A. No one submitting a video, photo or essay, or anyone involved in the creation thereof, including their parents/legal guardians, is an agent or employee of Rotary.