Submissions are now OPEN! You may visit the competition portal below, to submit your entry for this season's competition.
POSTER COMPETITION GUIDELINES AND INSTRUCTIONS
Deadline: OCTOBER 31, 2024
How to submit:
For digital designs, use a cloud storage service such as DropBox, SkyDrive or Google Drive and emailed to heritageposter@jis.gov.jm.
Illustrations should be mailed or dropped off at the JIS Head Office (58a Half Way Tree Road) OR the Montego Bay Office (National Housing Trust Building, 2nd Floor, 42 b-c Union Street, Montego Bay, St. James).
Rules:
Posters should be 11in. x 17in. (landscape or portrait).
Posters will be judged on the following criteria: interpretation of the topic, originality, neatness, and presentation.
Posters should be submitted by filling out the entry form on the JIS website: www.jis.gov.jm and agreeing to the Terms and Conditions. Please indicate your Grade category.
Images used MUST be from among those provided in the PICTURE RESOURCES. Entrants are allowed to make reasonable adjustments to images and illustrate/create additional images as deemed necessary.
The Jamaica Information Service reserves the right to disqualify any poster that does not meet the requirements specified in these instructions. Students will be penalized for plagiarism (passing off another person’s idea or work as your own).
Prizes
Prizes will be awarded to the top three (3) students. Prizes will also be given to the top participants courtesy of sponsorship from corporate Jamaica. Photos and accompanying news release will be posted on www.jis.gov.jm.
Eligibility
Any registered secondary school student in Jamaica (Grades 7-13) is eligible to compete. Relatives of JIS staff members are not eligible to participate in the JIS Heritage Poster Competition.
Additional Information Please ensure that you keep a copy of your poster.
Contacts for Participants: Ms. Charnele Henry JAMAICA INFORMATION SERVICE 58a Half-Way Tree Road KINGSTON 10 TEL: 926-3740-6 Ext. 2132 Email Address: heritageposter@jis.gov.jm
Posters should be 11in. x 17in. (landscape or portrait).
Eligibility: Any registered secondary school student in Jamaica (Grades 7-13) is eligible to compete.
Images used for Digital Posters MUST be from among those provided in the PICTURE RESOURCES.
Submit digital design by uploading to a cloud storage service such as Dropbox, SkyDrive, or Google Drive and including the link in the form below.
Submit physical illustrations by mail or dropping off at the JIS Head Office (58a Half Way Tree Road) OR the Montego Bay Office (National Housing Trust Building, 2nd Floor, 42 b-c Union Street, Montego Bay, St. James).
Please fill in your details below. If you need to contact us, you may use the following email address: heritageessay@jis.gov.jm, or call us at 876 926-3740-6.
DEADLINE: This competition closes on October 31 at 11:59pm
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