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i. All entries must be about experiences that occurred in the last academic year:
September 2024 through August 2025.

ii. Submit entries through cfaccontest.byu.edu (not through email).

1. Fill out the form.
2. Submit your essay by uploading to the File Upload section (PDF files only).
3. Posting photo/videos to social media with the #ExperienceCFAC tag does not count as a submission. students must upload all photos in their submission to cfaccontest.byu.edu to be considered.

iii. Essay Submission Guidelines:

1. Essays should be 600-1000 words. Essays that do not meet these constraints will not be considered. No exceptions.
2. All essays must include at least 2 photos of the student during their experience (a maximum of 5 photos). Photos that showcase the student’s learning opportunity in action are preferred. If you did not take the photo, you must credit who did and secure copyright.
3. Each entry must include a caption no longer than 200 words that explains how the included photos represent the inspiring learning opportunity.
   
   1. Note: This is 1 caption for the entire entry, not a caption for each photo. Refer to the questions below as you write your caption.
4. Essay submissions that do not contain at least 2 photos and a caption will not be considered.

iv. Your essay submission should answer the following criteria questions:

1.  What skills did you develop during the experience that you wouldn’t be able to learn otherwise?
2. How did this experience make you a better practitioner in your field?
3. How has this experience transformed you, your future and your perspective? 
4. How does your experience embody President Reese’s vision for inspiring learning?
5. How has this experience strengthened your faith/testimony?
6. In what ways did participating in the experience foster a sense of belonging?

IMPORTANT

• Due date: 11:59 pm on Thursday, September 25, 2025
• Email cfacpr@byu.edu or call 801-422-8218 before 5:00 pm on Thursday, September 25, 2025 with questions if you cannot upload your file!
• Do not email your submission; submissions received by email will not be considered.

• Please keep in mind what BYU and the College of Fine Arts and Communications stand for. Do not write about events or use language that violates the Honor Code. The college reserves the right to use, edit and distribute all submissions.*

  *Where permitted by your program; ask your faculty advisor for more information.

i. All entries must be about experiences that occurred in the last academic year:
September 2024 through August 2025.

ii. Submit entries through cfaccontest.byu.edu (not through email).

1. Fill out the form.
2. Submit your essay by uploading to the File Upload section (PDF files only).
3. Posting photo/videos to social media with the #ExperienceCFAC tag does not count as a submission. students must upload all photos in their submission to cfaccontest.byu.edu to be considered.

iii. Visual media submissions include any of the following types of visual representations of a student’s experiential learning (see below for additional guidelines):

1. Photos
2. Videos
3. Digital representation of a design project or work of art

iv. Visual Media Submission Guidelines:

1. Each student submitting to the Visual Media category can decide between a video entry, or a photo entry.
   
   • 5 photos maximum for a photo submission
   • 3 minutes maximum for a video submission 
2. Each entry must include a 300-500 word caption that answers the criteria questions listed below. Entries without a caption will not be considered.
   
   1. Note: this is 1 caption for the entire entry, not a caption for each photo in an entry. 

v. Your submission caption should answer the following criteria questions:

1.  What skills did you develop during the experience that you wouldn’t be able to learn otherwise?
2. How did this experience make you a better practitioner in your field?
3. How has this experience transformed you, your future and your perspective? 
4. How does your experience embody President Reese’s vision for inspiring learning?
5. How has this experience strengthened your faith/testimony?
6. In what ways did participating in the experience foster a sense of belonging?

vi. Photo guidelines

1. Entries can include up to 5 photos. Entries that include more than 5 photos will not be considered.
2. Photos should be aesthetically constructed and capture inspiring learning in action. Tourist photos will not be considered.

vii. Video guidelines

1. Video submissions have a maximum length of 3 minutes. Videos longer than 3 minutes will not be considered.
2. If your video uses music, you must submit your copyright license along with your submission; to understand more about copyright licenses, visit copyright.byu.edu.

IMPORTANT

• Due date: 11:59 pm on Thursday, September 25, 2025
• Email cfacpr@byu.edu or call 801-422-8218 before 5:00 pm on Thursday, September 25, 2025 with questions if you cannot upload your file!
• Do not email your submission; submissions received by email will not be considered.

• Please keep in mind what BYU and the College of Fine Arts and Communications stand for. Do not write about events or use language that violates the Honor Code. The college reserves the right to use, edit and distribute all submissions.*

  *Where permitted by your program; ask your faculty advisor for more information.