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YOU COULD WIN BIG AND YOU GET TO ENJOY YOUR ROOM ALL YEAR!
This year marks the 15th year that the Office of Housing and Residence Life will sponsor the Best Dressed Room Contest, a competitive tradition at UNCG. All students living on campus can participate in this room-decorating event.
It’s easy to enter.
All you have to do is deck out your room, grab your camera, phone, or tablet and take pictures of your room. Choose your favorite three shots, and upload them (along with the entry form) for the first round of judging.
Grand prizes include $550-$600 in merchandise that you select.
Rooms will be judged on style, creativity, detail, best use of space and overall impact. First place winners will be selected from each residence hall. These first prize winners will automatically be entered for a chance to win one of two grand prizes, one for the best dressed apartment or suite and another for the best dressed traditional-style room.
(Please note: The quality of the photos will not be judged. Judges will only be looking at how your room is decorated, for purposes of selecting hall winners.)
To enter, students must complete an entry form and upload room photos no later than 11:59 pm on Sunday, September 10, 2023.
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| Winner Level | Prize value |
|---|---|
| Best room in each residence hall | $50-$100 prize |
| Random Drawing Award | $200 prize: Your room wasn’t selected as a winner for your hall, but you could still win the random drawing if you attend the reception on September 28, in Shaw Residence Hall, from 5:30-on. You must RSVP for the reception. Details will follow. |
| Overall Grand Prize winner – Apartments & Suites | $500 prize: Grand prize winners get to keep their hall prize plus an additional prize valued at $500, a total of $550-$600 in prizes. |
| Overall Grand Prize winner – Traditional Housing | $500 prize: Grand prize winners get to keep their hall prize plus an additional prize valued at $500, a total of $550-$600 in prizes. |
In all cases, participants must be present to win, or designate a friend to receive the prize for them.
To enter, students must complete an entry form and upload room photos no later than 11:59 pm on Sunday, September 10, 2023.
- Each photo needs to be under 10 MB in size, or the application will not go through.
- Entry forms must be approved by all parties sharing the room and by clicking “accept” on the form, all parties approve of the stipulations of the contest.
- Participants have the option to select from a list of prizes awarded on the entry form.
- First prize winners from each residence hall will be determined by a set of judges from Housing and Residence Life and will be automatically entered into the final round of judging.
- On September 18, roommates from winning rooms will receive an email that they have won at the hall level. They will be notified when the judges will come to see these rooms in person for final judging during September 20 – September 22. They will select two grand prize winning rooms this year, one from the apartments and suites and the other from traditional-style housing.
- All participants are invited to an award reception on September 27, 2023, beginning at 5:30 p.m. in the Tillman Smart room (in Shaw Residence Hall in the Quad), at which time all winners will be announced and will receive a prize. Winners MUST be present to receive prizes, or ask a friend to show up on their behalf.
- All who live in the specific room must agree to the Terms & Conditions listed below.
- Winners from each residence hall will be selected based on the three photos submitted with this form. First prize winners from each residence hall will automatically be entered into the next round of judging. During September 20, 21, 22, judges will visit each first place room. (Winners will receive specific judging times through email by September 18.)
- Because of the short time-frame for judging in person, you give permission to allow the Best Dressed Room contest judges and photographers permission to enter, judge, and photograph your room without your presence.
- Two grand prize winning rooms, one from apartments/suites and one from traditional housing, will be selected the week of September 18-22.
- All winners will be announced at a reception on September 27, starting at 5:30 p.m. in the Tillman Smart room of Shaw Residence Hall (in the Quad).
- As part of your entry into the contest, your room may be used by Housing and Residence Life for marketing purposes, including, but not limited to being:
- displayed on the Housing and Residence Life website
- featured as an article in other University publications such as Campus Weekly, Alumni Magazine, UNCG website feature, etc.
- professionally photographed
- asked to consider using your room as a showroom for Admissions, for tours and special recruitment events
*Violations of Housing and Residence Life and/or University policies will result in disqualification. Contact your Resident Advisor with any questions about what you can do to decorate your room. If you have any problems completing the form, please contact Mary Steele at mesteele@uncg.edu.
THANK YOU FOR ENTERING THE BEST DRESSED ROOM CONTEST.
The person listed as the Primary Contact on your entry form will receive a receipt of your entry information in iSpartan email. If you don’t see it shortly after submitting your entry, please check your spam for an email from no-reply@emailmeform.com.
Your photos will be judged and, if you win first prize for your residence hall, you will be contacted on September 18, and you will be notified when the judges will come to see these rooms in person for final judging during September 20-22. They will select two grand prize winning rooms, one from the apartments and suites and the other from traditional-style housing.
All participants are invited to a prize reception on September 27, beginning at 5:30 p.m. in the Tillman Smart room (in Shaw Residence Hall in the Quad), at which time all winners will be announced and will receive a prize. Winners MUST be present to receive prizes, or ask a friend to show up on their behalf. If your room doesn’t win, you could still receive a prize valued at $200:
- There will be a random drawing for all students who entered the contest, but who were not selected as a prize winner in any other category.
Thanks for entering the Best Dressed Room contest!
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