Eligibility and Guidelines

The Bammy Awards are open to all individuals involved in the field of education and working within the 31 defined categories and domains.

Nominees must have been active in the field for at least part of the current school year. Individuals may be nominated for multiple categories where appropriate.

Re-nominations are allowed. Every awards season is new and past nominees as well as past winners can be submitted for consideration each new year.

There are two types of honors: The Bammy Awards and the Educator's Voice Awards. Nominations for the Bammy Awards are made exclusively by the Academy of Education Arts and Sciences International. Anyone may nominate a person, program or organization for the Educator's Voice Awards. Self-nominations for the Educator's Voice Awards are accepted and encouraged. Community and self-nominated individuals who receive enough community votes may catch the attention of the Academy and be upgraded to an Academy nomination.

Only Academy-nominated individuals are eligible to display the official Bammy Awards nominee badge on their web sites. Official Academy nominee's badges should be linked to their profiles on the Bammy Awards web site where the Academy Nominee button will be displayed. Only sites that are linked as described are confirmed Academy nominees.

Disqualification

Ineligible entries may be disqualified at any phase of the selection process without notification.

Acknowledgment of Nomination

All nominees will be listed on the Bammy Awards web site. Academy-nominated individuals will be designated and flaged "Academy review." Individuals nominated by the general education community will be designated by "community review."

Terms and Conditions of Entry/Usage

All nominees must be associated with a web site or email address and must be accessible via the Internet.

Timely submission of an entry meeting the eligibility requirements ensures that an entrant will be reviewed and considered for recognition. No other representation or warranty is made by the Bammy Awards organization concerning nominees and all implied warranties are hereby expressly disclaimed.

If a nominee receives an award, the manner and details of announcing such nomination and award is strictly within the discretion of the Bammy Awards organization. Nominees understand that all awards may not be given or publicized in the same manner and some might be presented in a ceremony and others might not.

Note: The Academy reserves the right to eliminate any category that receives fewer than 50 nominees for the awards period.

Timeline - Nomination and Public Voting Period

Call for nominations begin in March. The nomination and public voting period closes on April 30, 2013. The Educator's Voice Awards honorees will be announced in June. Bammy Awards will be presented at a black-tie event in September.

Administrator; Release; Limitation of Liability

The Bammy Awards are administered by an Executive Committee that reserves the right to make all final decisions regarding the awards in its sole discretion.

The Executive Committee reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to suspend or cancel the Bammy Awards at any time. By participating in the Bammy Awards, whether as a nominee, a voter or otherwise, each participant agrees to release and hold the organizers, its employees, officers, directors, shareholders, agents, representatives, affiliates, advertising and promotion agencies, consultants and legal advisors, harmless from any and all losses, damages, rights, claims and actions of any kind in connection with the awards, including, without limitation, personal injury, death, and property damage, and claims based on publicity rights, defamation, or invasion of privacy.

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User Submissions; Appearance Release

Any person who uses the web site, attends the awards ceremony or any other event associated with the Bammy Awards hereby grants us the irrevocable, worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free, sublicensable and transferable right to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display and perform any photographs, video or other images in which such person may be included that are taken at such event, whether accurate or distorted in character or form, without restrictions to changes or transformations, in conjunction with such person’s own name or a fictitious name at our discretion, or no name at all. The use of any trademark, service mark or logo of Twitter, YouTube or any other organization or media outlet is not meant to imply such media outlet’s endorsement of, or affiliation with, the Bammy Awards in any way.

Nominee Submissions

All nominations are made online at the Bammy Awards web site through the online entry system. You must first register on the site and log in to submit a nomination. All nominations should be accompanied by title/name, rating and summary of the reason for the nomination.

The Academy reserves the right to re-categorize entries and to create new categories if appropriate.

Once registered and logged in, you will get access to a submission link. Clicking the link will take you to a drop-down menu from which you will be able to select the appropriate category for your nomination. You will then be presented with a single page nomination form in which to officially enter information. For questions or comments related to the Bammy Awards Call for Entries, please contact Jeannette Bernstein, awards administrator at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call us at 818-539-5971.

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