Show us your nest! We want to see the most stylish, original, creative, and sophisticated spaces from Elon Residence Life Housing!

Rules to enter:

  1. You must be following Elon Residence Life on Facebook (Residence Life @ Elon University) and Instagram (@elonresidencelife).
  2. You may only enter if you currently live in an on-campus residence location (Historic, Global, Colonnades, Danieley, East, The Oaks, Park Place, Station at Mill Point, Trollinger House, Loy or Crest).
  3. Please do not send in photos that may violate the Residential Policies or the Elon Student Handbook. These photos will not be included in the contest.
  4. By submitting an entry, you are agreeing to let Elon Residence Life to use your photos for electronic and print publications, along with any other marketing content needed in the future.
  5. Only the person who submits the photo will be declared the winner, even if you have friends in the picture.
  6. A maximum of three photos may be submitted by each room.
  7. If living with a roommate/ roommates, they must agree to have the room/space entered in the contest.
  8. Decorations in submitted photos must comply with Elon’s Residential Policies
  9. Entries should include one or more people doing an activity — show us what you love about your nest! These can be candid, or showing off what you love most about your space.
  10. Staff members of Elon University Residence Life may not enter the contest.

How to enter:

  1. Photos may be submitted by posting your photos on Facebook and/or Instagram by tagging Elon Residence Life in your posts, and by using the hashtag #elonbestnestcontest2022. If your account is private, email your username and photo to residencelife@elon.edu
  2. You must also tag your respective neighborhood’s account to be entered into the contest. Neighborhood accounts are as follows:
Neighborhood
Facebook
Instagram
Colonnades Neighborhood Colonnades Neighborhood at Elon University @colonnadesneighborhood
Danieley Center Neighborhood Danieley Center at Elon University @danieleycenter
East Neighborhood East Neighborhood at Elon University @eloneastneighborhood
Global Neighborhood The Global Neighborhood at Elon University @elonglobalneighborhood
Historic Neighborhood Historic Neighborhood at Elon University @historicelon
The Oaks Neighborhood The Oaks Neighborhood at Elon University @elonoakstagram
The Station at Mill Point The Station at Mill Point at Elon University @elonsamp
The Loy Neighborhood The Loy Neighborhood at Elon University @loyneighborhoodelon

3. All posts are due by September 30, 2022. he Top 5 submissions for each category will be announced on October 5, 2022. The final winners for each category will be announced on October 13, 2022.

How the contest works:

  • All photos entered into the contest will be uploaded to Facebook in the album “Best Nest Contest 2022”
  • The top 5 entries from each category will compete to be the final winner and announced through Facebook. The final winner will be determined by the most amount of likes/ reactions and comments on the original post within the album.
  • The top winner in each category will receive a $50 gift card of their choice to Barnes and Noble, The Root, or Pandora’s Pies.