Welcome one and all! To help grow awareness and encourage the creation of educational materials for the Blockchain Operation System (BOS), we are launching an educational content creation campaign - **with a prize pool worth $1,000**! Here are some ideas of the kind of educational content you could produce: * Infographics and diagrams explaining aspects and features of the BOS. * A brief history of NEAR from 2017 to the announcement of the BOS, and what its potential future might look like. * How to get started on https://near.org/. * An educational video focusing on the BOS’s features. * Youtube or TikTok shorts introducing and explaining the BOS to the world. * Feedback/feature request video: show what’s good & what would you like to see to be improved. *Brand toolkit is available [here](https://near.org/brand), to help make your content look on point!* **Judges and Criteria** The content will be judged by members of the NEAR Foundation. 1. Pass/fail stage, to determine whether the produced content reasonably fits the topic and reaches a baseline level of quality. 2. Scoring will be based on three categories: * Educational value - substance [40%] * Design - looks [30%] * Quality of the idea - creativity and uniqueness [30%] **Prizes** * 1st place - $375 in NEAR * 2nd place - $275 in NEAR * 3rd place - $175 in NEAR * Up to 7 Honorable Mentions - $25 in NEAR **Dates** * Submission deadline: * July 17, 2023, 15:00 UTC * Winners announced: * July 25, 2023 **How To Enter & Rules** * Share your content on [Near Social]( https://near.social/). * Share your content on Twitter with the #*NEARistheBOS_edu* hashtag. * Link your Near Social post and Tweet in our [Discord](http://near.chat/). Use the #*education-campaign* channel. * Use [this form](https://nearfoundation.typeform.com/NEARistheBOS) to officially submit your content. * You may submit multiple entries, but can only win one prize. * Participants are required to accept [T&C](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lBrDiA0KbFNqxhmPQ3qG9AQLGzbien36/edit), and **winners will be required to complete KYC**. **Entry IS NOT open to:** * Individuals who are residents of, or Organizations domiciled in, a country, state, province or territory where the laws of the United States or local law prohibits participating or receiving a prize in the campaign (Including but not limited to: Afghanistan, Belarus, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Crimea, Cuba, Eritrea, Iran, Laos, Nicaragua, North Korea, Palestine, Quebec, Russia, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela, Yemen, and Zimbabwe or an entity or person restricted by United States and Swiss Law export controls and sanctions. **Submission form questions:** * What kind of content did you produce? * Please share the link to a Google drive containing your submission. * Please link your Tweet with the #NEARistheBOS_edu hashtag. * Please link your Near Social post. * What is your email address? We are looking forward to see the results of your hard work and creativity! 🤩