Guidelines

Voting begins, Sunday, January 28st. 10 AM EST

Before the Shabbaton

- Prepared for local CTeen events for a minimum of 15 hours since September, 2023
- Participated in the Mitzvah Ambassadors initiative
- Been a leader for at least one year
- Attended at least two regional events or shabbatons
- Attended or registered for at least one CTeen Summer program or Leadership Training Day
By December 20th - Interested nominees must receive a recommendation from their Rabbi, Rebbetzin, or chapter director. Fill out recommendations at cteenawards.com/rec.
On January 7th - Qualifying nominees will be notified by email. They have 24 hours to accept the nomination.

By January 14th - Leaders who have accepted their nomination must submit a 30-60 second video highlighting their leadership accomplishments and impact to leadership@cteencentral.com.
Once the video is submitted and reviewed, CTeen HQ will upload videos to the website.
January 28st at 10 AM EST - Voting will take place via Instagram. Measures will be taken to ensure that only one vote can be entered per person.
Friends, family, and community can vote for a leader. One vote per category per person.
January 28st at 11:59pm EST - Online voting ends.
International Shabbaton participants will vote for their choice of the top 3 nominees.

Teens will receive voting tokens and instructions with their Shabbaton registration badges.
Shluchim, teens, and chaperones will vote at the entrance to the closing ceremony.
Measures will be taken to ensure that all voting happens fairly.
The choice award voting boxes will be weighed at the closing ceremony on Sunday.