HOW DO I SUBMIT?

Discover Uniquely U (kindergarten & Grade 1)

All submissions must include a video telling us your name, grade, and answering one of two prompts. Video submissions must not exceed 3 minutes in length, including the video portion required to answer the question.

Discover Uniquely U applicants can choose to share with us one or multiple art forms. For example, a dancer who also creates visual art could choose to share an excerpt of them dancing in addition to submitting visual art entries from their portfolio.

Online submissions will be accepted from January 17, 2023 until February 27, 2023 at 11:59 pm ET. Incomplete entries, entries not timely submitted, or not otherwise in compliance with these official submission rules will not be considered. Usdan reserves the right to determine at its discretion whether any entry does not meet the requirements of these submission rules and should therefore not be considered or should be disqualified for any other reason.

Uniquely U (Grade 2–12)

All submissions must include a video telling us your name, grade, and answering the question “What makes you uniquely you?” Video submissions must not exceed 5 minutes in length, including the video portion required to answer the question.

Uniquely U applicants can choose to share with us one or multiple art forms. For example, a dancer who also creates visual art could choose to share an excerpt of them dancing in addition to submitting visual art entries from their portfolio.

On their entry form, applicants are asked to tell us at least one and up to three Usdan Departments in which they would like to Major this summer. Should they receive a scholarship and enroll, they will be asked to Major in at least one of these Departments for at least four weeks during their eight weeks at camp.

• Instrumental and vocal musicians, theater performers, and dancers can combine their video answer with their performance section, but the entire video must be no longer than 5 minutes.
• Visual artists must submit up to (5) images from their recent portfolio.
• Creative writers must submit up to two pieces of no more than 2,500 words or a video of them reading a selection of work.
• Nature & Sustainability submissions can be a video, photo(s), artwork, and/or written work about the student’s work with and connection to sustainability and nature.

Online submissions will be accepted from January 17, 2023 until February 27, 2023 at 11:59 pm ET. Incomplete entries, entries not timely submitted, or not otherwise in compliance with these official submission rules will not be considered. Usdan reserves the right to determine at its discretion whether any entry does not meet the requirements of these submission rules and should therefore not be considered or should be disqualified for any other reason.

WHAT WILL I WIN?

The Scholarship recipients of the Usdan Uniquely U Scholarship will receive an award worth an estimated $8,500: An eight-week scholarship to Usdan Summer Camp for the Arts, including daily transportation. For every summer following that they are eligible to attend, Uniquely U recipients receive a 75% tuition scholarship.

HOW DO I KNOW IF I RECEIVED A SCHOLARSHIP?

The week of April 3, 2023, Usdan will announce a minimum of seven full scholarship recipients. Full scholarship recipients will be notified in advance. If for any reason there is an insufficient number of qualified submissions or if Usdan determines, in its sole and absolute discretion, that no or too few submissions meet the judging standards to win, Usdan reserves the right to not award any scholarships or award fewer scholarships. Winners must be available to attend camp from June 26, 2023 through August 18, 2023. If a selected winner does not enroll or confirm availability and participation by May 15, 2023, a replacement recipient may be chosen.

HOW ARE RECIPIENTS SELECTED?

A team of Usdan staff and a panel of judges will view and adjudicate all submissions. Artists will be selected based on the following criteria:

• Passion (a unique ability to communicate your love of the art)
• Creativity (a uniquely individual approach and style to your work with a high level of impact on the audience)

WHAT ARE THE SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS?

Discover Uniquely U (kindergarten & Grade 1)

• Each applicant’s video submission must not exceed 3 minutes in length in total.
• All video entries must include applicant’s name, age, and answering one of the two prompts.

All entrants are solely responsible for all expenses, costs, or fees associated with creating and entering their submissions.

Uniquely U (Grade 2–12)

• Each applicant’s video submission must not exceed 5 minutes in length in total.
• All video entries must include applicant’s name, age, and answering the question “What makes you uniquely you?”.
• Writing submissions must not exceed 2,500 words.
• Visual art submissions may be no more than 5 images from their portfolio.
• Nature & Sustainability submissions can be a video, photo(s), drawing(s), and/or written work about the student’s work with and connection to sustainability and nature.

All entrants are solely responsible for all expenses, costs, or fees associated with creating and entering their submissions.

WHEN IS THE DEADLINE?

Deadline extended! All online entries for Uniquely U must be received by 11:59 pm ET on February 27, 2023. Any submissions received after that time will not be considered.

DETAILS

GENERAL:

By submitting to Usdan’s Uniquely U Scholarship, participants agree to these official rules, and that Usdan Summer Camp for the Arts, its agents and employees will have no liability whatsoever for any injuries, losses, or damages of any kind resulting from their use or participation in the call for performances for this program. Prize is non-transferable and cannot be exchanged for cash. There can be no substitutions for a prize of equal or greater value. Copyright for the entries will remain solely with the artists, and no assignment of copyright shall be implied by virtue of making a submission; however, by entering this call for art and the program you are giving Usdan irrevocable permission to use your entry online and in promotional materials. Each entrant grants irrevocable permission to Usdan and those acting under its authority to use his/her name, photograph, voice and/or likeness, for advertising and/or publicity purposes, as well as all submissions and performances in any and all media now known or hereinafter invented without territorial or time limitations and without compensation.

Usdan is not responsible for lost, late, misdirected, damaged, stolen, altered, garbled, incorrect, incomplete or delayed submissions; all of which will be void. Usdan is not responsible for problems related to technical malfunctions of electronic equipment, computer online systems, servers, or providers, computer hardware or software failures, phone lines, failure of any submission to be received by Usdan on account of technical problems, traffic, congestion on the Internet or the website, or for any other technical problems including telecommunication, miscommunication or failure, and failed, lost, delayed, incomplete, garbled, or misdirected communications which may limit an entrant’s ability to participate in this program. Usdan is not responsible for any other errors or malfunctions of any kind, whether network, printing, typographical, human or otherwise relating to or in connection with this Program, including, without limitation, errors or malfunctions which may occur in connection with the administration of the Program, the processing or judging of submissions, the announcement of the winners or in any Program-related materials. Mass entries generated by a script, macro or use of automated devices will be disqualified.

Usdan reserves the right to modify, suspend or terminate this Program in the event it becomes infected by a computer virus or is otherwise technically impaired, and to cancel or suspend this Program in its entirety should tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures or other causes corrupt the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper play of the Program and, if terminated, at Usdan’s discretion, determine the winner(s) using all non-suspect, eligible entries received up to the time of cancellation using the judging procedure outlined above. In the event of a dispute regarding entries received from multiple users having the same email account, the authorized subscriber of the email account at the time of entry will be deemed to be the contestant and must comply with these official rules. Usdan reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any individual (and void their submissions) if Usdan finds the entrant is tampering with the entry process or the operation of this Program, or otherwise acting in violation of these official rules.

RESTRICTIONS

Restrictions may apply. By participating in Usdan’s Uniquely U Program, a participant agrees to be bound by these official rules, and by all decisions of Usdan staff and contest judges.

ARBITRATION & CHOICE OF LAW

Except where prohibited by law, as a condition of participating in this Program, entrant agrees that (1) any and all disputes and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Program, or any prizes awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action lawsuit, and exclusively by final and binding arbitration under the rules of the American Arbitration Association and held at the AAA regional office nearest to Usdan; (2) the Federal Arbitration Act shall govern the interpretation, enforcement and all proceedings at such arbitration; and (3) judgment upon such arbitration award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. Under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, or any other damages, including attorneys’ fees, and entrant (or, if an eligible minor, his/her parent or legal guardian) further waives all rights to have any damages multiplied or increased. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these official rules, or the rights and obligations of entrants and Usdan in connection with this Program, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the substantive laws of the State of New York, USA without regard to New York choice of law rules.

SPONSOR

Usdan Summer Camp for the Arts, 185 Colonial Springs Road, Wheatley Heights, NY 11798, Tel: (631) 643-7900.