Emory’s Aspiring Talent Competition

New for 2021, Staff Fest will include a talent competition. Submit your talent for a chance to be highlighted at this year’s Staff Fest and to be crowned Emory’s favorite talent. Singing, musical performances, dance, juggling, comedy, fire breathing…all talents are welcome! 

Entry Guidelines

Criteria 

  • Entrants must be regular, full-time staff of Emory University. 
  • To entre, you must submit a 1-2 minute video highlighting your talent. Videos longer than 120 seconds will not be included in judging.  
  • Solo acts only.  
  • Talents and videos must be work appropriate! 
  • If you are selected as a finalist (top three), you must be available to (virtually) attend Staff Fest on Friday, May 21 between 1-2 pm.  

Judging 

  • All submitted performances that meet the above criteria will be reviewed by the Employee Council Executive Committee. Committee members will narrow to the top three performances. The video submissions of these finalists will be aired at the Staff Fest Variety Show on Friday, May 21 (1:00-2:00 pm). Attendees of the Staff Fest will vote live for the 2021 Emory’s Aspiring Talent winner.  

Prizes 

  • The top three finalists will win a gift card.*  

Submitting your video 

  • Videos should be submitted in mp4 or mov format.  
  • Employee must be visible in the submission.  
  • Deadline: submit your video no later than 11:59 pm on Friday, May 7, 2021.

Submit your entry here

Important Dates 

  • Friday, May 7, 2021: All entries must be received no later than 11:59 pm on Friday, May 7, 2021. 
  • Monday, May 17, 2021:All acts will be notified of whether they made it as a finalist to Friday’s competition.   
  • Friday, May 21, 2021: Staff Fest Variety Show! The finalists are expected to attend live between 1-2 pm. Videos from each of the finalists will be played live during the show and the Emory community will vote live on their favorite talent.  

* Gift cards are considered taxable income. Therefore, we must provide employee ID numbers of the winners of the pet contest gift cards to Emory’s Payroll Department for tax purposes.