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Here’s a sneak peek at our entries for the best dorm room in Mass.

Think you have the best dorm room in the state? Submit your entry on Instagram before Friday's deadline.

Banti Gheneti, our Dorm Contest winner in 2015, chose his current dorm room at MIT at the end of his freshman year because the walls, unlike the usual white-walled student housing, were a shade of violet. Courtesy of Banti Gheneti

By Megan Turchi -- Realestate.boston.com correspondent

September 25, 2019

1 minute to read

Think you have the best dorm room in Massachusetts? We have been accepting submissions to our contest to be crowned the best dorm decorator in the state — and the winner of a $1,000 gift card. All you need to do is take a picture of your room and post it, following the rules below.

We have received some great submissions so far, but are looking for more. The last day to enter is Friday, Sept. 27, 2019, so get decorating!

Here are some of the entries thus far from college students around the state:

https://www.instagram.com/p/B22pZYGnU2m/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

https://www.instagram.com/p/B1-CmicJdOE/

https://www.instagram.com/p/B178hEeh-da/

https://www.instagram.com/p/B14SJfWlSDa/

https://www.instagram.com/p/B131HpwjRjG/

https://www.instagram.com/p/B22HTmTBRBx/

https://www.instagram.com/p/B2PpgIjlvAS/

Here are the rules:

Follow @Boston on Instagram. Take a photograph of your college dorm room. Between 7:30 a.m. ET on Friday, Aug. 30, 2019, and 11:59:59 p.m. ET on Friday, Sept. 27, 2019, post the photo to your Instagram account. Your post must include: (a) the handle @Boston tagged in the photo; (b) the hashtag #BostonDormContest; (c) a mention of your college (you may meet this requirement by tagging your school’s official Instagram account, if it has one, or by using your school’s location tag).

Judging criteria:

Use of dorm room space;
Creativity of dorm room decor;
Innovation of dorm room decor.

You can find the rules in more detail here.

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