WHAT’S YOUR TFT SUMMER STORY?

Get inspiration from last year’s winners! 

Essay Contest

We want to experience your TFT summer with you, which is why we are offering one lucky winner a free trip in 2020 for sharing their TFT summer story! To win, create an essay sharing your story with us and tell us what your TFT summer was all about. The best essay from the summer wins an all expense paid trip abroad with us next summer!

Submissions will be accepted until September 15th, 2019 — you can submit your essay to hello@travelforteens.com.

Show us your TFT summer story! Create an essay on your TFT trip. Get creative and find ways to bring your experience to life! One ultimate winner will receive a free trip for summer 2020. Some things to think about to create a winning essay:

  • Get creative–tell us how you were feeling leading up to your trip, and how you changed during or after your experience!
  • What ways were you a traveler and not a tourist on your trip?
  • Share stories of the friends you made and the cool experiences you had.
  • What was the highlight of the trip?
  • How can you make sure the highlights shine through in your essay?
  • Did you learn anything new on your trip? Were there any challenges you faced being exposed to a new culture?
  • How does your essay make people feel? Does it excite others and bring your story to life?
  • Cultural elements area great way to enhance your essay! Stories of food, locals, local transport, dancing, cooking, etc. are all great.

Video Contest

We want to experience your TFT summer with you, which is why we are offering one lucky winner a free trip in 2020 for sharing their TFT summer story! To win, simply create a video sharing your story with us and show us what your TFT summer was all about. The best video from the summer wins an all expense paid trip abroad with us next summer!

Submissions will be accepted until September 15th, 2019 — you can submit your video to hello@travelforteens.com. 

Show us your TFT summer story! Create a video of your TFT trip. Get creative and find ways to bring your experience to life! One ultimate winner will receive a free trip for summer 2020. Some things to think about to create a winning video:

  • Get creative–tell us how you were feeling leading up to your trip, and how you changed during or after your experience!
  • What ways were you a traveler and not a tourist on your trip?
  • Share stories of the friends you made and the cool experiences you had.
  • What was the highlight of the trip?
  • How can you make sure the highlights shine through in your video?
  • Did you learn anything new on your trip? Were there any challenges you faced being exposed to a new culture?
  • How does your video make people feel? Does it excite others and bring your story to life?
  • Cultural elements area great way to enhance your video! Stories of food, locals, local transport, dancing, cooking, etc. are all great.

 

2019 CONTEST RULES

Contestants are welcome to enter both contests but are only eligible to win in one of the two categories. One video may be entered per contestant and one essay entered per contestant. Only videos and essays pertaining to the theme of My TFT Summer will be considered. Videos may not exceed 2 minutes. Essays may not exceed 2 pages single-spaced. Any quotations or copyrighted material used in the video or essay submissions must be identified properly. Failure to identify non-original material will result in disqualification. Essay Contest finalists and Video Contest finalists will be disqualified if suspected of voter fraud or if entrant engages in any harassment towards other finalists, at the sole discretion of Travel For Teens.

Winners will select their prize of an all expense paid trip for summer 2020 from a group of pre-determined selections, not all trips are eligible. Prize trip excludes airfare and any costs not included in the program tuition, as described in each program’s FAQs. The prize has no cash value if the winner does not participate in one of the trips offered as part of the prize.

Eligibility 

The contest is open to all students who are in grades 7–12 and between the ages of 13–18 years old, from around the world who have gone on a TFT trip. Certain restrictions may apply, contest is not valid where not legal. By submitting an entry, you are agreeing to Travel For Teens, terms and rules of the above-mentioned contests.

If you have any questions after reviewing contest rules and registration page, please email kate@travelforteens.com with your question.

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