Social Media Library Display Contest
Calling all librarians and media specialists! As we get hyped up about the 10th annual Gaithersburg Book Festival—and visits from some of the world’s best authors—we’re excited to introduce a new contest in which you have a chance to win tickets to our private, VIP author reception.
Maryvale Elementary School Media Center leading up to our 2018 GBF
CONTEST: Best Library Display promoting the Gaithersburg Book Festival (GBF)
OPEN TO: School and Public Libraries in Maryland, Virginia, and D.C.
CATEGORIES: Elementary school, Middle school, High school and Public Library
DETAILS: Librarians, email gbfnews@gaithersburgmd.gov one photograph of your best library display of GBF books by 5 p.m. on March 31, 2019. Photos must be in .jpg or .gif format and cannot exceed 1MB file size. By submitting a photo to the contest you verify that you have the legal authority to assign reprint rights to the City of Gaithersburg for the purpose of this contest.
REQUIREMENTS: The display must include the following GBF information: a) Name: Gaithersburg Book Festival, b) Date: May 18, 2019, c) website URL: www.gaithersburgbookfestival.org
CONTEST PROMOTION: The City of Gaithersburg will upload all of the photos entries to its GBF Instagram and Facebook accounts. Between April 1 and May 1, the public will be encouraged to “like” the photos on Facebook and Instagram. The contest will be promoted by the Gaithersburg Book Festival and the City of Gaithersburg (@GburgMD) through social media and other outlets. Entrants are encouraged to promote the contest as well.
WINNER SELECTION: The winner will be the library in each of the four categories whose photo receives the most combined “likes” on Facebook and Instagram while the contest is running.
PRIZES: The winner in each category will receive two tickets to the Gaithersburg Book Festival Author Reception, taking place on Friday, May 17, 2019, at Asbury Methodist Village.
Media center at Winston Churchill High School leading up to the 2018 GBF
MATERIALS AND QUESTIONS: Official GBF posters and bookmarks will be available in mid-March 2019. Request copies of these materials for use in displays and direct any questions about this contest to Carolyn Crosby at Carolyn.crosby@gaithersburgmd.gov, 240-805-1508.
Do you need official Festival graphics? Check our media page for downloadable logos and files.
THE FINE PRINT: By entering, you agree to allow your photo to be displayed on the City of Gaithersburg and GBF social media accounts and websites and allow it to be used without restriction in other promotional materials for the purposes of: a) displaying the submissions and/or results of this content, and b) promoting this for future contests.
In participating in this Contest, you acknowledge and understand that social media sites are third party sites and have terms of service and policies that are not governed by the City of Gaithersburg or GBF. The terms of services for the social media sites used in this contest can be found at: www.facebook.com/legal/terms and www.instagram.com/legal/terms.