Respect competition

The Respect Competition is part of the Stop it at the Start campaign and encourages young people to think about respect and what it means to them.

The competition is open to students across Australia and is a great opportunity to create a short story that could be turned into a 30 second animation. You can enter by yourself or with your classmates in one of the competition categories: 

1. Students in years 4–6 (primary school)
2. Students in years 7–9 (high school)

Stuck on a topic for your story? Here are a few suggestions to help you get started: 

• R.E.S.P.E.C.T this is what it means to me
• How to show respect 
• Finish the scene: 
  • You’re watching reels online when ‘ping’ you get a message… 
  • As you’re walking through the playground you notice something strange…

Please remember:

• All entries must include the word ‘respect’ as part of the story. 
• All characters must be fictional and not depict identifiable real people.
• Do not use harmful language, profanities or depictions of violence.
• Entries must not exceed the 8 boxes provided in the storyboard template.
• The entry form and consent form must be completed and submitted together with the storyboard.
• The maximum file size is 5MB. 
• Save and submit your entry as a pdf document.

The prize

A panel of judges will select winners and runners-up for each competition category.

The winners will have their storyboard created into a 30 second animation by a professional animator, and will receive: 

• 1 x $500 gift card for the student(s) entering the competition
• 1 x $500 gift card for their school

Five runners-up from each category will receive 1 x $250 gift card.

This means in each age category there is a $500 gift card up for grabs for the winning storyboard and a $500 gift card for your school too, as well as 5 x $250 gift cards for the runners-up.

Before you enter please read the: 

• Respect Competition Guidelines which includes the consent and entry forms.
• Terms and Conditions.

To enter the competition, you must download and complete the: 

1. Storyboard template and save it as a pdf document.
2. Consent form. If you are entering as a group, each person much complete a consent form.
3. Individual or Group entry form.

The Consent and Entry forms are included in the Respect Competition guidelines.

Entries close Sunday 15 September at 11:59pm (AEST).
 

The Respect Competition guidelines include the 2 forms you must complete as part of your entry: 

1. Consent form
2. Entry form

The Storyboard template has 8 boxes for you to use to create your story.

Please remember

• All entries must include the word ‘respect’ as part of the story. 
• All characters must be fictional and not depict identifiable real people.
• Do not use harmful language, profanities or depictions of violence.
• Entries must not exceed the 8 boxes provided in the storyboard template. 
• The entry form and consent form must be completed and submitted together with the storyboard. 
• The maximum file size is 5MB. 
• Save and submit your entry as a pdf document.

Promote the competition within your school and community and get more young people involved. The Respect Competition is a great way to start the conversation about respect and respectful relationships with the people around you and to think about what it means to you.

Use the Respect competition social media resources today.

Find out more about the campaign

Stop it at the Start is a national campaign that aims to prevent gender-based violence by influencing change to attitudes and behaviours that support or condone gender-based violence.

Competition Name

1. The ‘Respect Competition’ (the Competition) is a competition run by the Commonwealth of Australia through the Department of Social Services (the Promoter).

Competition Period 

2. The opening date and time for the Competition is 9:00am on Thursday 1 August 2024 and the closing date and time is at 11:59pm on Sunday 15 September 2024 (Competition Period).  All times are AEST, as applicable in the Australian Capital Territory.
3. Entries received outside of the Competition Period will not be considered for the Competition. The Promoter reserves the absolute discretion to extend the closing date and time of the Competition.

Eligibility

4. The Competition is open to Australian residents who are:
   
   1. Primary school students in years 4, 5 or 6 at Australian primary schools; and
   2. High school students in years 7, 8, or 9 at Australian high schools.
5. The Competition is comprised of two categories, the: 
   
   1. Australian primary school student category; and 
   2. Australian high school student category.  
6. Employees of the Promoter, its contractors and/or their immediate family members may not enter the Competition. Immediate family member means children, grandchildren, and/or sibling for the purposes of the Competition. 
   
   1. The Promoter reserves the right to verify the eligibility of each entrant and to exclude and/or disqualify any entrant who does not meet eligibility requirements. By entering the Competition, the entrant warrants that they are eligible.

How to enter

7. To enter the Competition, entrants must submit one original storyboard of an idea for an animation about what respect looks like through their eyes and in their world. The storyboard must include the word ‘respect’. 
8. The storyboard must be:
   
   1. no larger than 5MB in size;
   2. provide content for an animation that will be no longer than 30 seconds in length;
   3. substantially in the form of the competition template; and 
   4. in PDF format.  
9. The storyboard must be accompanied by the following details: 
   
   1. the entrant’s lead point of contact’s full name and contact details (including email); 
   2. name and address of the entrant’s school and the contact details (including email) of that school; 
   3. the category the entrant is participating in; 
   4. names of all children participating as part of the entry; and
   5. confirmation that an accompanying consent form from each listed child has been submitted as part of the entry.  
10. The Promoter will accept only one (1) entry per entrant.
11. Entrants must be the creator of the storyboard they submit. 
12. The Promoter will not accept storyboards that have been previously published or submitted to, or that have won, any other competitions. 
13. The Promoter will remove inappropriate content and/or prevent an entrant from submitting new entries at its sole discretion.
14. Entrants must submit their storyboard.

Judging Criteria

15. A committee of judges (Judging Panel) will be appointed by the Promoter.
16. Cox Inall Change will review all submissions to ensure initial requirements as specified at paragraphs 7-14 have been met. Where Cox Inall Change considers any requirement has not been met due to an unintentional error, Cox Inall Change at its discretion, may provide the entrant with an opportunity to correct this via email. 
17. Incomplete, indecipherable or ineligible entries will be deemed invalid. The Promoter reserves the right to verify the validity of entries and entrants (including the entrant’s identity, age and address). 
18. Entrants which the Promoter determines to have used fraudulent information or practices, such as false email addresses, plagiarism, or any other illegitimate behaviour to gain advantage over other entrants, or otherwise breaches these Terms and Conditions, the entrant will be disqualified from the Competition. 
19. This is a competition of skill, as such chance plays no part in determining the winner.
20. Entries will be assessed against the following criteria: 
    
    1. The quality of the narrative, interest, and quality of content provided; and 
    2. The degree to which the storyboard addresses the topic: inclusion of respect.
21. Cox Inall Change will assess the entries and create a shortlist of entrants and an overall winner will be chosen by the Judging Panel. All entrants acknowledge and agree that there is an element of subjectivity in the judging criteria.

Competition Prizes 

22. The winning entrant in each category will be awarded following the closing date and time of the Competition. The decision is final and binding on every entrant. The winning entrant of each category will receive a $500 prepaid Visa gift card, along with a $500 prepaid Visa gift card to their school library. The winning entrants will each have their storyboard animated, and this animation will be uploaded to the www.respect.gov.au website and shared via social media channels. 
23. In each category 5 runners-up will be selected and awarded a $250 gift card. 
24. All entrants who were shortlisted by Cox Inall Change as per paragraph 21 have their storyboard published on the www.respect.gov.au website and shared via the Promoter’s social media channels.
25. Each entrant who satisfies the initial requirements will receive a certificate recognising their participation. 
26. The Competition prizes are as stated and no cash or other alternatives will be offered. Prizes are not transferable. 
27. Prizes are subject to availability and where reasonable the Promoter reserves the right to substitute any Prize with another of equivalent value without giving notice.
28. There is no entry fee and/or purchase necessary to enter the competition. 
29. Any costs associated with entering the competition or claiming of a Prize is the responsibility of the entrant. The Promoter takes no responsibility for any costs incurred by the entrant (and there will be no reimbursement of any costs) in the course of taking part in the competition.
30. The winners and runners-up will be notified by email and advised how Prizes can be claimed after the closing date and time of the Competition and prior to the end of November 2024. 
31. The onus is on the winners and runners-up to contact the Promoter within 7 days to claim the Prize. If the winners and runners-up fails to do so, the Promoter reserves the right to withdraw the Prize from the initial recipient and pick a replacement.

Privacy consent

32. Personal information collected by the Promoter relating to each entrant and entry for the purpose of the competition will be used and handled in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988, Australian Privacy Principles and the Promoter’s Privacy Policy.
33. The Promoter may, solely for the purpose of judging and selecting the winning entry, disclose personal information to the Judging Committee appointed by the Promoter.  
34. Personal information of entrants will not be disclosed to any other third party without the entrant’s prior consent. 

Intellectual Property 

35. Entrants, and the entrant’s parent or guardian warrant that entry is the work of the entrant, has not be copied, recreated, reproduced, derived from any other work, does not infringe on any other legal, intellectual property or privacy rights of any third party, does not breach any applicable law or regulation, or in being submitted to Promoter under the Competition cause for the breach of any confidentiality obligations owed by them to third parties. Entrants’ their parent or guardian indemnify and hold the Promoter harmless from any and all claims by any third party arising out of the use of the entrant’s entry, including but not limited to claims of infringement or violation of the intellectual property or privacy rights of the third party.
36. By submitting an entry to the Competition, entrants grant the Promoter: 
    
    1. permission for their storyboard to be published on the www.respect.gov.au website, the Promoter’s social media channels, and turned into an animation.
    2. a non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual licence (including the right to sub-licence) to use, republish, edit, copy, publicly display, reproduce, and/or modify their entry in any medium (including in electronic format, hard copy and in the Promoter, its state and territory office and overseas mission publications), now or at any time in the future for any purposes related to the Stop it At the Start—Respect Competition.
    3. the right to use their name and the name of their place of study as well as its location for the sole purpose of identifying them as the author of their entry and/or as a winner of the Competition, without payment of additional consideration and except where prohibited by law. This includes, but is not limited to, announcing the result of the Competition and publishing the name of the winners and the name and location of the place of study on the Promoter website, Promoter social media accounts and www.respect.gov.au website.
37. Entrants also hereby consent to any act by the Promoter which otherwise would amount to a breach of their moral rights in their entry.

Indemnities 

38. The entrant agrees, and the entrant’s parent or guardian agrees to indemnify, release and hold harmless the Promoter from any liability, damages, losses or injury resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from the entrant’s participation in the Competition and the acceptance, use or misuse of any prize that may be won. 
39. The Promoter is not responsible for content that third parties publish, post, upload, distribute, disseminate or otherwise transmit via social media services. The Promoter accepts no liability whatsoever arising from or connected to the currency, accuracy or completeness of any material posted on social media sites or elsewhere on the internet and disclaims all responsibility for any loss or damage which may arise from the use of information provided via social media services.

Amendments and cancellation 

40. The Promoter reserves the right to, at its absolute discretion and without prior notice, vary, amend, delete or supplement any of these Terms and Conditions and the entrant’s continued participation in the Competition amounts to acceptance of any revised Terms and Conditions. Entrants should check the Promoter’s website on a regular basis for any changes to these Terms and Conditions. If an entrant does not agree to a change, he or she may withdraw from the Competition by email.
41. The Promoter reserves the right to, for any reason and without any obligation to provide a particular reason, cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Competition, or without prior notice that it intends to do so.  
42. If the Promoter does change or cancel the competition, details of this will be published as soon as possible, and the change or cancellation will be effective immediately upon publishing on the www.respect.gov.au website.

Governing law 

43. The Competition and these Terms and Conditions are governed by Australian law and any disputes will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Australia.