Important Instructions And Information

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  Guidelines

  Submissions may include a video or a written statement detailing your story. Please include a high-resolution digital photo of yourself for both video and written submissions.

  Video: Videos should be filmed in landscape format and may not exceed 2 minutes.

  Written: Files should be submitted in PDF format and should not exceed 200 words.

  Photograph: Image files must be PNG or JPG format and 10 MB or less.

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  Eligibility

  You must be a current BYU graduate student or BYU graduate alumni in order to participate.

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  Exhibition

  Videos and stories will be displayed on the Graduate Studies website at: gradstudies.byu.edu/beacons-of-light.

  Select entries will be displayed in the Wilkinson Center during the Beacons of Light Showcase (dates TBA) as well as shared in BYU Beacons of Light presentations and publications.

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  Timeline

  January 2025, Call for Submissions

  September 1, 2025, Deadline for Submissions

  January 2026, Submissions Live on Graduate Studies Website and incorporated into Beacons of Light displays and publications

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  Awards

  Those who submit qualifying entries will be entered into a drawing for (10) $100 gift cards from the BYU Store.

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  Required Participant Agreements

  Code of Conduct

  Participants submitting to the Brigham Young University Graduate Studies Beacons of Light Competition must ensure their work is original and aligned with the competition theme. Professionalism is expected throughout the submission process, including timely communication and adherence to guidelines. Compliance with all laws and regulations, including copyright, is mandatory. Participants must conduct themselves ethically and accept the decisions of the organizers and judges. Use of AI technology is not allowed in any category. If any work is found to be using generative AI, that work will be disqualified.

  Submissions must be original and the submitting person must have the rights to any and all portions of the submission.

  Media & Copyright Agreement

  The undersigned agrees that works submitted may be used for BYU Graduate Studies publicity and/or BYU publications. The undersigned grants to BYU Graduate Studies, as of the date written below, a non-exclusive license (the “License”) to reproduce the Work, for the life of its copyright and any renewals or extensions thereof, in any media whether now known or invented after the date hereof (all reproduction, the “Images”), and to display, transmit, publish, distribute, prepare, derivative works of and otherwise use the Images throughout the world as follows: 1. in educational and promotional materials related to BYU Graduate Studies or Brigham Young University’s Sesquicentennial Celebration exhibitions and programs (including for example, posters, postcards, teaching materials, web sites, social networks, catalogues, and similar publications); and 2. in publicity and informational materials about BYU Graduate Studies or Brigham Young University’s Sesquicentennial Celebration exhibitions and programs (including, for example, press releases, web sites, social networks, annual reports, promotional flyers, email, posters or films, and membership solicitations).