We are hosting a meme contest for EWeek 2023! Send us your most creative, most clever, most
humorous memes about The Jonsson School! We have three themes for you to choose from:

1. The Jonsson School student experience
2. The importance of engineers and computing professionals in our society
3. The importance of community and belonging within the Jonsson School

Submit your entries to this Qualtrics link by Tuesday, Feb. 21, at 11:59 p.m.

EWeek Meme Contest judges will select the top 3-5 entries for each theme and email these to the Jonsson School students for voting. The entry for each theme with the most votes by Friday, Feb. 24 at 1:30 p.m. will be announced the winner at the EWeek Hangout event.

Read the guidelines below for judging procedures, including what would disqualify an entry. We dare you to make us laugh!

Example Meme

Theme: The importance of engineers and computing professionals in our society
Title: Why did you major in Engineering and Computer Science?

Contest Rules

1. Participants must be currently enrolled students at UT Dallas within an Engineering and Computer Science major
2. Images can be submitted as .jpg or .png
3. Submissions must be static images (i.e. no videos or animated .gifs)
4. Submissions must be posted by the deadline to qualify.
5. Each meme must be entered by an individual (not as a group)
6. Individuals are only allowed one submission per theme
7. The submission must be an original piece of work
8. The EWeek Meme Contest organizers reserve the right to disqualify any submission based upon the criteria listed below
9. The EWeek Meme Contest organizers reserves the right to cancel or modify this competition, not distribute any awards, or not publish any submission
10. By entering this contest, meme authors give permission to the Jonsson School Week Meme Contest organizers to publish their submissions in any manner they wish and to use the submissions for
    educational or promotional purposes (e.g. social media)

Process

1. The submission window opens on Wednesday, Feb. 8 at 9 a.m. and will remain open until Tuesday, Feb. 21 at 11:50 p.m.
2. Participants must submit their meme to this Qualtrics link within the submission window.
3. The top 3-5 submissions for each theme (depending on the number) will be narrowed down by a panel of students and staff based upon the judging criteria.
4. The panel will send the top submissions via email and social media for the Jonsson School to vote.
   • Students are free to personally share and promote whatever submissions they wish on any platform, but the winner will be decided from the count of votes on the Qualtrics link.
   • Individuals are encouraged to use the hashtag #2023EWeekMemeContest
5. The meme from each theme that received the most votes by Friday, Feb. 24 at 1:30 p.m. will be announced the winner at the EWeek Hangout

Judging Criteria

The submissions will be judged on:

1. Theme: Does the submission address one of the three themes described below? We are specifically looking for creative submissions that show what it’s like to be the Jonsson School student, why your field offers many contributions to society and why the Josson School students should be connected to one another.
   1. The Jonsson School student experience: What is it like to be an the Jonsson School student here at UTD? What is something humorous you and your fellow students can relate to?
   2. The importance of engineers and computing professionals in our society: What role do engineers and computing professionals play in our society and why is it so important students are seeking out these careers?
   3. The importance of community and belonging within the Jonsson School: What does it feel like to ‘belong’ in the Jonsson School? Why is it important to seek out community with students and others?
2. Originality: Was the submission created specifically for this contest and free of any copyright or ethical (e.g. plagiarism) violations?
3. Creativity: Does the submission take an interesting and novel approach to conveying the theme?
4. Humor and Cleverness: Does the submission contain a humorous element? Does the submission call attention to an issue in a humorous way instead of critical/negative way? Does the submission contain a play on words or subverts expectations? While humor cannot be objectively quantified, it is an important part of a meme.
5. Positivity towards the Jonsson School: Not everything is gloom and doom! Does your submission contain a positive element about the Jonsson School, the field of engineering and computer science, or community and belonging? Does your submission reframe a negative into a positive?

Disqualifications

1. Offensive and/or inappropriate content (e.g. profanity, racism, sexism, xenophobia, anti-LGBTQIA+, explicit images or text that contain violent or sexual content, etc.)
2. Use of specific names or photographs of UTD students, faculty, staff or administrative personnel on the meme
3. Submissions that do not reasonably represent one of the three themes
4. Submissions that are exclusively negative (i.e. disparaging without being humorous)
5. Submissions that have been plagiarized