Hey community members, join the effort to make face coverings “the new normal” and support widespread mask use to slow the spread of COVID-19.
Show us your mask! Upload a photo—sporting a face mask—to your profile here on the Communities network platform.
While ensuring public health is the ultimate prize for mask compliance, there are other prizes available too:
- Best Mask Contest: Using profile photos, a slate of finalists will be selected at the end of September and presented to the community to vote for the winning mask (profile photo must be uploaded by Sept. 28 at 11:59 pm ET to be eligible).
- Weekly Drawing: Each week this September, the name of a community member who has updated their profile (photo, job function, institution type, education, and/or job history) will be entered into a drawing. A new winner will be selected each week starting Friday, Sept. 11.
For the full contest rules, see below.
Full Contest Rules
The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) is conducting a contest to promote face mask wearing and completion of AAMC Communities Network profiles.
Eligibility: To be eligible to participate, you must be an AAMC Communities network user, be of the age of majority in the country in which you reside, and submit a Qualifying Entry (see below). AAMC employees and contractors are not eligible to participate.
Contest Period: September 2, 2020 at 9:00 AM ET to September 28, 2020 at 11:59 PM ET.
Qualifying Entry:
- To enter the Best Mask Contest, upload a profile photo that shows you wearing a face mask during the Contest Period. Your profile photo at the end of the Contest Period is the photo that will be used for the contest.
- To enter the Weekly Drawing, visit your virtual community profile page to upload your profile picture and complete other profile fields, including but not limited to, filling out education history, job history, bio section, job function, and institution type. Community users who complete any of these profile sections will be added to the weekly drawing for the week in which the update is made. Alternatively, you may enter the Weekly Drawing by emailing sweiner@aamc.org with the subject line #MaskUp drawing entry to be entered for the week in which your email is received.
Prize: The winner of the Best Mask Contest and the winners of the three Weekly Drawings will each receive a $25 digital Amazon gift card. No substitution, cash equivalent, or transfer of prize is permitted.
Winner Selection and Notification:
- Best Mask Contest – Three finalists will be selected from all Qualified Entries by a panel of AAMC staff based on an effective mask (covering can be cloth, medical, no gaiter-style) that is creative, clever, humorous, or attractive. The three finalists will then be posted on September 29 to the AAMC Communities platform to be judged by an online vote of AAMC Communities users. Voting will close Thursday, October 1, at 11:50 PM ET and the winner will be announced via the Open Forum on Friday, October 2 at 2:00 PM ET.
- Weekly Drawing – Each week, the winner will be selected at random from all Qualifying Entries under the supervision of AAMC staff. Winners will be notified on Fridays by 2:00 p.m. ET through the virtual community network and email and announced in the Open Forum at 4:00 p.m. ET. Winners must acknowledge prize and confirm email address that prize should be delivered to by Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. the following week. If winner does not claim prize, AAMC reserves the right to award two prizes the following week. The odds of winning will depend on the number of Qualifying Entries received.
Terms and Conditions: Prizes are awarded without warranty, express or implied, without limitation, except where this would be contrary to federal, state, provincial, or local laws or regulations. All federal, state, provincial, and local laws and regulations apply. You agree that any materials submitted with a Qualifying Entry are subject to the terms and conditions of the AAMC Communities platform, including but not limited the AAMC Website Terms and Conditions and the AAMC Privacy Statement. Your participation in this contest means that you agree to be bound by the terms of these contest rules and by the decisions of AAMC, which are final and binding on all matters pertaining to this contest. To the extent permitted by law, you agree to hold AAMC, its subsidiaries and affiliates, and their respective directors, officers, employees, and assigns harmless for any injury or damage caused or claimed to be caused by participation in the contest and/or use or acceptance of any prize won, except to the extent that any death or personal injury is caused by the negligence of AAMC. AAMC will not be liable in the event that a typographical or other error occurs in the administration of the contest or the announcement of the winner. AAMC is not responsible for any errors, defects, or omissions in the submission process, including Internet or email disruptions. AAMC further reserves the right to disqualify any entry that it in good faith, and in its sole discretion, believes infringes upon or violates the rights of any third party, seeks to undermine the legitimate operation of the contest, contains false or fraudulent information, or otherwise does not comply with these terms. AAMC also reserves the right to disqualify any individual or institution who tampers with the submission process. If any provision(s) of these terms are held to be invalid or unenforceable, all remaining provisions hereof will remain in full force and effect. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.
The sponsor of this contest is the Association of American Medical Colleges, 655 K Street, NW, Suite 100, Washington, D.C. 20001-2399.
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Stephanie Weiner
Director, Digital Strategy & Engagement
Association of American Medical Colleges
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