02/29/2024
FINAL DAY TO ENTER!!!!!
40 PLACES CALLED HOME CONTEST DEADLINE 11:59 PM FEB 29, 2024
www.40placescalledhome.ca
Facebook Black Community History Research Contest
To enter apply online by 11:59 pm February 29, 2024
Contest goal:
Create an FB page on an African Nova Scotian community by June 30, 2024.
Contest open to all FB users. Can now be an individual entrant or up to 5 person team. Present on a community of your choice. Can have multiple entries from any selected community.
All welcome.
Presented by Black Artists Network (BANNS) | Funding sponsor ANSA
Details and entry form www.40placescalledhome.ca
For inquiries and additional info email: [email protected]
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PRIZES
Best Overall Community Page
First place $2,500
Second place $1,500
Third place $1,000
Also smaller prizes/certificate for
Best Historical Photo Section
Best Contemporary Photo Section
Best Community Achievers Section
Best Community Chronology of Events Section
Best use of graphics
Best representation of community folklore
Best representation of community art and crafts
Best representation of creative literature
Eligible Communities
Africville
Amherst
Antigonish
Bear River
Beechville (Beech Hill)
Birchtown (Annapolis Valley)
Birchtown (Guysborough)
Birchtown (Shelburne)
Boylston
Bridgetown/Inglewood
Brindley Town
Cherry Brook-Lake Loon
Dartmouth (Crichton Av., Prince Albert Rd.)
Digby (Acaciaville, Conway)
North Preston
East Preston
Fall River
Glace Bay (The Sterling)
Guysborough Rd
Hantsport
Halifax (northend)
Joggins
Kentville (Aldershot, Gibson Woods, Sheffield Mills)
Lequille
Lincolnville
Liverpool
Lucasville
Manchester
Middleton
Monastery /Rear Monastery
Mulgrave
New Glasgow
New Waterford
Sackville (Cobequid Rd, Maroon Hill)
Shelburne (Birchtown, Port La Tour)
Springhill
Sunnyville
Sydney (Whitney Pier)
Truro
Upper Big Tracadie
Upper Hammonds Plains (Pockwock)
Weymouth (Danvers, Hassett, Southville, Weymouth Falls)
Windsor (Three Miles Plains, Panuake Rd, Newport Station)
Yarmouth (Greenville, Pleasant Lake)
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APPLICATION FORM
40 Places Called Home
African Nova Scotian Community Research Competition for Fb Users
Selected community (1 only)______________________________________
Name of team_______________________________________________________________
(Team names are required. Naming of teams:
1. Entrants can name to name teams after their selected community e.g. Halifax Visionaries
2. After a personality from that community (with name of the community also included) e.g. Viola Desmond Halifax Visionaries)
Teams
Individual
New Rule. Teams can be made up of a single individual as long as that individual has a provable significant connection to selected community (ancestral or family connection, current or former residence, long term social association, work related)
or
Up to 5 person team with at least one team member having a provable significant connection selected community (ancestral or family connection, current or former residence, long term social association, work related)
Team members (list all by name)
Name Address Phone Email Fb
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Main contact person: __________________________________________________________________
Second Contact_________________________________________________
Name of team member(s) with connection to selected community and description of that connection:
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In case of winnings, cheque for cash prize(s) to be issued:
Name (one only) of team member
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Team Bank account number (Name of Bank, Address, Account, Transit #)
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Have you read all competition rules and regulations?
Yes
No
Indicate reason for entering competition
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Email completed application to [email protected]:
Signature Team Members
Name Signature Date
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40 Places Called Home
African Nova Scotian Community Research Competition for Fb Users
Eligibility
This competition is open to all Facebook users, no geographic or race restrictions. However teams must be composed of at least 1 person with a connection to selected community being profiled (birth, family, residence, long-term social association)
What is the Definition of Black community used by The Competition?
For the sake of this competition, an African Nova community is defined as a current or former geographic location in Nova Scotia where Blacks resided or currently reside over an extended period of time and where a physical institution created to serve that community was built (church, community hall, school, social/political building, business centre)
How to select a community name
Teams can select an individual community within a municipality or county
e.g. Lake Loon, East Preston, Cherry Brook, North Preston
or
The municipality or county that contains specific community or communities e.g. Preston
Other examples:
Individual communities Lincolnville, Manchester, Mulgrave, Sunnyville or municipality/county- Guysborough.
If a team selects a community not included in competition’s approved list of Black Communities, entrants must provide clear and verifiable proof of their selected community’s existence prior to submitting application. Contact [email protected].
COMPETITION STEPS
Task: create 50 post Fb page on your selected community
Step 1
Submit completed application to [email protected] by 11:59 pm Feb 29, 2024
Step 2
Once application is approved, an individual private group FB page will be assigned to your team by competition administrators. This private page will be administered by BANNS and will not be open to public.
Step 3
All team members send membership requests to assigned private group page
Step 4
Each team will name a maximum of 2 members as page co-administrators
Step 5.
Once all members are signed in to team’s Fb page, and team administrator(s) approved, team to begin creating page content to June 30, 2024 deadline.
Step 6
BANNS competition adjudicator will review all team postings. The following content items will be ‘red-flagged’ indicating they will not be accepted for final submission:
-Openly plagiarized material, quotes not credited to its creator
-Inaccurate, disputed, unverifiable information
-Photos, art should be accompanied by sources and/or permissions from creators
(Adjudicator will accept a DM message from artist Fb account)
Details for ‘red-flagged’ content
-Groups can appeal the rejection of a post via email challenge sent to [email protected]. Provide a detailed explanation of why material should not be rejected.
-BANNS adjudicator has the right of final approval of all submitted postings
-BANNS adjudicator will indicate ‘red-flagged’ content (by underlining) but will not correct info.
Step 7
As the competition adjudicator will be checking on postings for accuracy etc., it is advised for teams to post content as they go rather than waiting to post close to deadline date on June 30, 2024. Waiting to post content close to deadline date eliminates your team’s opportunity to correct ‘red-flagged’ information.
Remember that content ‘red-flagged’ after the final page submission will be expunged from the submission and this may affect eligibility (if content expunged is one of the required postings)
Step 8
Make final page submission by 11:59 June 30, 2024, by completing all 50 postings and arranging order of postings as desired.
At 1 am July 1, 2024 your selected Team administrators will be removed and your team will no longer have access or be able to view your entry page.
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Required Content Postings
Entries that do not provide the required number of minimum number of subject postings per category will be dis-qualified from the competition.
Required postings are:
1. Community profile summary (short text on community’s past and contemporary history)
2. Community chronology of historical events (community’s beginning to present)
3. List of important community achievements (3 minimum)
4. Profiles of important personalities (3 minimum)
5. Contemporary photographs of community (2 minimum)
6. Historical photographs of community (2 minimum)
7. A piece of artwork, craft, recorded music, poem or other literature inspired by or from the community (1 minimum)
8. Photographs of significant physical structures in the community churches, school houses, community centres, monuments, graveyards, oldest home, community organization buildings etc. (2 minimum)
9. Community folklore story (1 minimum)
Page usage
BANNS reserves the right to use content from page submissions for a 2 year period to promote the aims of the competition. Teams will be credited whenever their specific info, images are used
Use of original videos, photographs, research
Original videos, photographs, words, research will be highly valued in competition valuation
Posting of winning entries
BANNS will post winning competition pages on Fb as well on BANNS website by September 30, 2024
Posting of Team Entries outside of BANNS competition
Competition Postponement, Cancellation
BANNS has the right to postpone or cancel competition if insufficient entries are received and for unforeseen circumstances. In such a case all submitted entrants will be informed via email.
