Share your photos for a chance to win $100 and a Beyond Benign t-shirt!

As part of the green chemistry education community, you’re doing amazing things in your classrooms, labs, and communities all the time. We want the world to be able to take a behind-the-scenes look at what makes your green chemistry work exciting and special!

From now until April 24, share your photos for a chance to win $100, a Beyond Benign t-shirt, and a special feature in an upcoming Beyond Benign article and newsletter.

Not sure what to submit? We’re looking for photos of you and your community in action. Show us your classroom working on a green chem project or your peers running experiments in the lab. Think about ways to show our community what it means to be an active part of green chemistry education.

Submit your photos here, and keep reading to learn more.

Why we’re excited to see your photos!

Beyond Benign is launching the Earth Month Photo Contest because we believe more people worldwide need to see what green chemistry looks like in action. Photos that really show how engaging green chemistry education can be are few and far between — we’re aiming to change that.

We also want to let you know that the photos you submit will be helpful in our ability to illustrate what we do: as an organization, a community, a partner, and a convener. Our content and outreach materials will be more impactful when they include photos of real people like you.

As a contest entrant, you may see your photo submissions in future Beyond Benign content, publications, marketing materials, and within the content of our partners. Thank you for supporting us in this way.

Details and instructions for submission:

Photo submission period: March 27 – April 24

Submit your photos along with some basic information, and you’ll be automatically entered into our photo contest. Each contest entrant may submit up to three photos.

Here’s the submission link. (Keep reading for important copyright information.)

Beyond Benign will review all submissions and choose a selection of finalists whose photos will be put to a community vote to determine a winner. Finalists will receive an email from Beyond Benign with information about the next steps and how to share their contest submissions with their communities.

Voting period: May 1 – May 15

Beyond Benign will share contest voting details with its entire community via email and on social media. Finalists will be welcome to share this information with their communities.

Participants will vote for their favorite photo submissions.

Winner selection and announcement

The photo contest winner will be announced in early June and receive a $100 gift card and a Beyond Benign t-shirt. The winner and finalists (along with their submissions) will be featured in at least one Beyond Benign article, email and in Beyond Benign social media posts.

Copyright and permission agreement

By submitting images (the Work) to Beyond Benign, the Submitter avers that they are the sole or joint Copyright holder with authority to grant its use.

For Copyrighted work, the Submitter grants Beyond Benign non-exclusive, fully paid, and royalty-free, worldwide rights to publish, reproduce, make derivatives of, edit, use, and distribute the Work in any media for the duration of the Copyright. Beyond Benign will not sell the photographs for any reason.

Submitter hereby warrants and represents that they have the full right, power, and authority to grant the permission requested herein and that use of the work will not violate any rights of any third party. Submitter further agrees that if the above representations concerning copyright ownership are determined to be incorrect or false, resulting in Beyond Benign being sued for copyright infringement, that Submitter shall indemnify Beyond Benign for any resulting out-of-pocket expenses arising from defending and/or settling such litigation.

Earth Month Photo Contest Giveaway Official Rules & Guidelines

1. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW. THE SWEEPSTAKES IS SPONSORED BY BEYOND BENIGN, 18 CHURCH ST., P.O. Box 1016, WILMINGTON, MA, 01887

2. Entry Period: “Earth Month Photo Contest Giveaway” (the “Sweepstakes”) commences at 12:01:01 AM (EDT) on March 27, 2024, and ends at 11:59:59 PM (EDT) on April 24, 2024 (the “Sweepstakes Period”).

3. Eligibility: To take part in the Sweepstakes, participants must be at least 18 years of age at the time of entry. Employees (and their immediate families, i.e., parents, spouse, children, siblings, grandparents, stepparents, stepchildren and stepsiblings) of Beyond Benign and its giveaway-affiliated partner companies, sponsors, subsidiaries, advertising agencies and third-party fulfillment agencies are not eligible to enter Sweepstakes. By participating in this Sweepstakes, entrants: (a) agree to be bound by these Official Rules and by the interpretations of these Official Rules by the Sponsor, and by the decisions of the Sponsor, which are final in all matters relating to the Sweepstakes; (b) to release and hold harmless the Sponsor and its respective agents, employees, officers, directors, successors and assigns, against any and all claims, injury or damage arising out of or relating to participation in this Sweepstakes and/or use or misuse or redemption of a prize (as hereinafter defined); and (c) acknowledge compliance with these Official Rules. The participant must have rights to the photograph(s) they submit and must have consent to share from the people featured in the photograph(s).

4. To Enter: Fill out this form. If multiple entries connected to a single person or email address are received, three entries will be eligible. All entries submitted in accordance with these Official Rules shall be hereinafter referred to as “Eligible Entries.”

5. Prize Winner Selection: The Beyond Benign team will put a selection of photos to a community vote, and 1 winner will be selected by the community. Winners will be responsible for any taxes and/or fees that may apply. No transfer, substitution or cash equivalent of prizes permitted. Winner will be notified by email. Sponsor is not responsible for any delay or failure to receive notification for any reason, including inactive account(s), technical difficulties associated therewith, or winners’ failure to adequately monitor any email account. The winner must respond to Sponsor within 48 hours. Should a winner fail to respond to Sponsor, Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify that winner and select a new one in a second-chance random drawing.

Prize and estimated retail value:

• One $100 electronic gift card
• One Beyond Benign t-shirt valued at $20

6. General Prize Terms: The value of Prizes may be taxable to Prize Winner(s) as income. All federal, state and local taxes, and any other costs not specifically provided for in these Official Rules are solely the Winners’ responsibility. Sponsor shall have no responsibility or obligation to a Prize Winner or potential Prize Winner who is unable or unavailable to accept or utilize the Prizes as described herein. The odds of winning the Sweepstakes depend on the number of Eligible Entries received. Noncompliance with any of these Official Rules may result in disqualification. ANY VIOLATION OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES BY A PRIZE WINNER OR ANY BEHAVIOR BY A PRIZE WINNER THAT WILL BRING SUCH PRIZE WINNER OR SPONSOR INTO DISREPUTE (IN SPONSOR’S SOLE DISCRETION) WILL RESULT IN SUCH PRIZE WINNER’S DISQUALIFICATION AS A PRIZE WINNER OF THE SWEEPSTAKES AND ALL PRIVILEGES AS A PRIZE WINNER WILL BE IMMEDIATELY TERMINATED.

The Sponsor assumes no responsibility for incorrect or inaccurate entry information whether caused by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in this Sweepstakes or by any human error which may occur in the processing of the entries in this Sweepstakes. The Sponsor is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any email or players on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any Web site, or any combination thereof, including, without limitation, any injury or damage to participant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading any materials in this Sweepstakes. The Sponsor is not responsible for any typographical or other error in the printing of the offer, administration of the Sweepstakes, or in the announcement of the Prizes and Prize Winners. If, for any reason, the Sweepstakes is not capable of running as planned, including, without limitation, infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of the Sponsor which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Sweepstakes, the Sponsor reserves the right in their sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Sweepstakes. Should the Sweepstakes be terminated prior to the stated expiration date, notice will be posted on the Sponsor’s website and the Prizes may be awarded to winners to be selected from among all Eligible Entries received up until and/or after (if applicable) the time of modification, cancellation or termination or in a manner that is fair and equitable as determined by the Sponsor. All interpretations of these Official Rules and decisions by the Sponsor are final. No software-generated, robotic, programmed, script, macro or other automated online or text message entries are permitted and will result in disqualification of all such entries. The Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual they find to have tampered with the entry process or the operation of this Sweepstakes; to be acting in violation of these Official Rules; or to be acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person or to have provided inaccurate information on any legal documents submitted in connection with this Sweepstakes. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY ANY INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE SWEEPSTAKES IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. Entrants agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Sponsor from any and all liability resulting or arising from the Sweepstakes, to release all rights to bring any claim, action or proceeding against the Sponsor.

8. Privacy Policy: Beyond Benign may collect personal data about participants when they enter the sweepstakes/when a winner is selected. Personal data may include: Name, email, and interests. By providing their email address, a participant agrees to receive periodic emails from Beyond Benign. They can opt out of emails at any time.