2017AFTJBentoContestTheAssociationofFloridaTeachersofJapanese(AFTJ)willholdabentocontestinfall.ThetraditionaldietaryculturesoftheJapanese(whatwecallWashokuinJapanese)wasinscribedin2013ontheUNESCO’sListoftheIntangibleCulturalHeritageofHumanity.ThepurposeofthisbentocontestistoenjoyandcherishJapan’scuteandcoolfoodculture.Wearelookingforphotosofcuteandcreativebentodecoratedinafoodcontainer.Theentrantswillneedtosubmit2photos:1photoofthebentoand1photooftheparticipantmakingthebento.Thedeadlineofthesubmissionis5:00pm(EasternTime)onFriday,October20.The1stand2ndwinnerswillbeawardedwithprizes.1.ContestPolicy

Entrantsmustmeetalltherequirementsasoutlinedinthisdocument.2.Eligibility

Toparticipateinthiscontest,astudentshouldcurrentlybeenrolledorwereenrolledduringthe2016-2017academicyearinaJapanesecourse(languageorculturalcontent)taughtbyanAFTJteachermember.

3.Prizes

1stPlace-$50AmazonGiftcard2ndPlace–aBentoBox

4.Registration

Onlytheentrantswhopre-registerwillbeallowedtoparticipate.Pleasesubmittheregistrationformathttps://goo.gl/forms/TBIujOhY1168c61v2.Theregistrationdueisat5:00pm(EasternTime)onFriday,September22,2017.

Foranyquestions,pleasecontact:

RisaWada UniversityofFloridarwada@ufl.edu

4.BentoRequirements:

1. Submissionshouldbeaphotoofacuteandcreativebentofittedinafoodcontainerandanotherphotoofthecontestantactuallymakingthebentoentry.

2. Allphotosmustbeoriginal;createdsolelybytheentrant;haveneverbeensubmittedinanyothercontestorwonanypreviousawards,andmustnotinfringetherightofanythirdparty.

3. Arrangementofthefoodmustbenolargerthanactualsizeof10”x10”.Anythingfittingwithinthesemeasurementsisacceptable,includingbutnotlimitedtobentobox,lunchboxandothercontainers.Fooddecoratedonadishorplateisnotallowed.

4. Oneentrantmaysubmitupto3separate,distinctcreationsasindividualphotos.5. PhotomustbeJPG,JPEGformatofgoodquality.TakephotosusingtheJPGorJPEG

settingathighresolutionwithaminimumof2000x2000pixels.6. Provideabriefexplanationofthebentodesignconceptsundertheentrant’snameand

schoolnameontheonlinesubmissionform.Thelinktothesubmissionformisprovidedinthe“SubmissionGuidelines”sectionbelow.

5.SubmissionGuidelines

1. Eachentrantcansubmitupto3photosofseparateanddistinctbentoentries. 2. NametheJPEGfile(s)withtheauthor’slastnameandschoolname(e.g.

hagihara_usf.jpg).3. SubmitinthelinkstoyourphotosintheJPGorJPEGformatusingtheonlinesubmission

formathttps://goo.gl/forms/qftPmnlNA6noDi333.4. Thesubmissionduedateis5:00pm(EasternTime)onFriday,October20,2017.

6.Prizes:

Thewinningbentodesignerswillreceive:1. 1stPlace-$50AmazonGiftCard2. 2ndPlace–aBentoBox

7.SelectionofWinner:

1. WinnerswillbeselectedbytheAFTJlogoandcharactercontestcommittee. 2. Thecommittee’decisionswillbefinal.