{"id":60426,"date":"2016-03-23T12:00:52","date_gmt":"2016-03-23T16:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=60426"},"modified":"2020-12-24T11:34:06","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T16:34:06","slug":"social-media-contest-offers-up-to-5000-in-scholarships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2016\/03\/23\/social-media-contest-offers-up-to-5000-in-scholarships\/","title":{"rendered":"Social media contest offers up to $5,000 in scholarships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-35685\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/INDOT-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"INDOT logo\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>News release from INDOT:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcTXT L8R&#8217; Social Media Contest Offers Up to $5,000 in Scholarships<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>INDIANAPOLIS (March 22, 2016) &#8211; Indiana high school, trade school and college students have a choice: Use their smartphones behind the wheel and make a tragic mistake, or engage their social media followers to &#8220;Drive Now. TXT L8R.&#8221; and earn up to $5,000 in scholarships.<\/p>\n<p>The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles, Indiana Criminal Justice Institute, Indiana Department of Labor, Indiana Department of Transportation and Indiana State Police are again partnering to award up to $5,000 in scholarships to students who post the most creative videos and images on social media.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contest Rules<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Students may read updated contest rules and register their Twitter accounts at www.txtl8r.in.gov. Photo and video entries must be public, use the hashtag #TXTL8RIN, and be cross-posted to the registered Twitter account in April during Distracted Driving Awareness Month.<\/p>\n<p>Keeping one&#8217;s hands on the wheel and eyes on the road is not just a safe driving practice &#8211; it&#8217;s the law. Social media posts that are composed while driving will be disqualified.<\/p>\n<p>Individual winners will receive $5,000 and up to four team members will receive $2,500 each deposited into their CollegeChoice 529 savings plans. For 2016, entries will be judged in four categories:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>High School: Most creative image<\/li>\n<li>High School: Most creative video<\/li>\n<li>Post-secondary: Most creative image<\/li>\n<li>Post-secondary: Most creative video<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>To view winning entries from 2015, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.in.gov\/dol\/2894.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.in.gov\/dol\/2894.htm<\/a>. View contest entries as they are posted during the month of April at @TXTL8R_IN.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3><div class=\"ngg-related-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/in\/trooper_noone.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Indiana State Police Trooper Chris Noone. 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