1. Entry fee is free.

2. One entry can be made per contestant who are Deaf, Deafblind or hard of hearing and use Auslan as their main mode of communication.

3. The video must be minimum 1minute up to 3 minutes maximum in duration. No video will be accepted if it’s under 1 minute or over 3 minutes.

4. Do not introduce yourself or your poetry/story/presentation title because this will count against the time limit. Going over the time limit will negatively impact the entrant's score.

5. Contestant will be judged on authenticity, clarity, preparedness, thoroughness, sign production, creativity, and delivery.

6. If filming using a phone, videos must be in landscape mode, not in portrait mode.

(sourced: https://media.uwex.edu/faculty/using-a-smartphone-to-record-video/) 

7. Judges must be able to see the signer from the hip up to a few centimetres above the head. The video needs to have good visibility and lighting.

8. Use a solid colour background. Note: white wall is acceptable without any cluttered backgrounds.

9. Wear solid colour clothing (i.e., if you are a white person, a black top that contrasts with your skin and background). Wearing bright patterned clothes (i.e., Hawaiian shirts) will negatively impact the contestant’s score.

10. NO props can be used in the videos.

11. NO special effects can be used in the videos for the background editing.

12. NO intentionally offensive, disrespectful, abusive, or other inappropriate/unethical content will be accepted. Any videos containing such content will be disqualified.

13. Submissions MUST be original (created by the contestant). If it is discovered that a contestant has copied from someone else’s work, that contestant will be automatically disqualified from the Auslan Day Video Competition for that year.

14. If a contestant doesn’t abide by the rules above, the submission will be disqualified automatically.

15. Young children & children contestants may ask their families and/or teachers to help them develop their ideas for their submission. The performance shown on film must be done by the contestant alone.  They may enlist the help of someone else to do the filming and the editing of their submissions.

16. Contestant must complete the registration form including consent form for us to use the videos onto our website and social media.

17. The community vote will be open to anyone on Deaf Australia’s website from 13^th April which will be open for voting within 24 hours period. The winner of the community vote will be announced the following day on 14^th April.

18. Deaf Australia team will check all videos to ensure it meets eligibility and guidelines before uploading onto Deaf Australia website.

19. All entries must complete the online form and submit the video via Wetransfer website and email to info@deafaustralia.org.au title ‘Auslan Day Video Competition’. You also send your video via Whatsapp on 0477 551 844, however, some video files might be too large to send through this way. We recommend using Wetransfer if possible.

20. Email info@deafaustralia.org.au if you have any questions or concerns.