Have you ever been struck by random thoughts about statistics or your experience as a statistics student or postdoc?
Turn your observations—the ones that would make your peers smile or nod their heads in recognition—into a meme and you could win a prize of $300, $200, or $100 in CANSSI’s first-ever What Do You Meme? contest.
The contest rules, as well as tools to help you create your meme, are posted below. Submit your entry by midnight on Sunday, September 24, 2023. As a bonus, the first 30 entrants will receive a FREE $10 gift card!
If you have questions, please contact us at info@canssi.ca.
Who Can Enter
The contest is open to all undergraduate or graduate students enrolled in a statistics or statistics-related program at a Canadian university, as well as postdocs working in statistics, biostatistics, data science, and actuarial science.
By entering the contest, you agree to allow your entry to be posted on the CANSSI website and shared through other communication channels along with your name and affiliation.
The Challenge
We invite you to create and submit an original meme (just one!) consisting of an image with text related to or commenting on statistics, a statistics concept, or your experience as a statistics student or postdoc.
Entries will be judged on their creativity, originality, and humour.
Contest Deadline
The deadline for submitting your meme is midnight on Sunday, September 24, 2023.
But don’t leave it to the last minute—the first 30 entrants will receive free $10 gift cards!
Prizes
We’ll be giving out three cash prizes:
- First place: $300
- Second place: $200
- Third place: $100
The first- and second-place awards will be selected by a panel of volunteer judges based on their creativity, originality, and humour. The third-place “Audience Favourite” award will be selected through an online vote by the statistical sciences community.
Prize winners will be recognized at the online CANSSI Showcase on November 17, 2023.
Bonus: The first 30 entrants will receive free $10 gift cards!
Image Requirements
The meme you submit should consist of an image incorporating text that relates to or comments on statistics, a statistics concept, or your experience as a statistics student or postdoc, and conforming to the following specifications:
- JPG, PNG, or GIF format
- Between 72 and 300 dpi, a maximum of 2000 x 2000 pixels, and under 15 MB
- Not obscene, abusive, hateful, or otherwise offensive to individuals or groups
- Not designed to advertise, promote, or endorse any organization, product, or service
Submissions that don’t satisfy the technical requirements or that violate the content standards in the judgement of the organizers may be rejected.
Note about originality and copyright: You don’t need to be the creator of the image you use, but the combination of image and text should be your original creation. By submitting a meme, you affirm that your use of an image does not violate copyright and that the combination of text and image is original to you.
Tools for Creating Your Meme
There are lots of online platforms that you can use to generate a meme, and many of them include collections of copyright-free images.
Here are three easy-to-use meme generators that include a library of images and meme templates:
Submit Your Meme Here
Once you’ve created your perfect meme, UPLOAD IT HERE. (Entries now closed.)
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