Test Your Contest Skills!

Good Day!

I hope you are all feeling refreshed and rejuvenated after your holiday weekend. With all the mental prowess you must be feeling, I thought today would be a good day to post some contests!

Both of these contests have a top prize of $500, to make your endeavors worth investing a little time into. Each is a fun form of expression, so what time you do invest, should be just as fun!

Imagine writing a love letter to Terro. How will you express such love? Perhaps you could better express it in a photo? Maybe a video works best for you? Whichever form of expression you choose will be totally up to you. That's one of the things that makes this contest a fun one. You have the chance to win, while working with whatever medium you favor!

All You is asking for your "expressive" game day desserts. How do you show your flair, your creativity, your love of desserts and of the game? With this, you, too, will have the chance to win! No recipes necessary!


3rd Annual “I Love TERRO Because…” Contest

* 1st Prize is a $500 Visa Gift Card.
* 2nd Prize is a $250 Visa Gift Card.
* 3rd Prize is a $100 Visa Gift Card.
* 5 Runner-ups will each receive a gift basket full of TERRO pest control products.

To enter, write a story, a letter, pen a poem, share a photo or video - anything to express why you love TERRO.

For this contest, you must be a fan of the Terro Facebook page to be eligible to win. Entries will be judged by "an esteemed panel of TERRO judges," though the criteria for judging is not stated in the rules.

Up to three entries per person. Open to legal residents of the 50 United States, D.C., Puerto Rico, and Canada, 18 or older. Ends October 28, 2015.


All You Game-Day Dessert Contest

* Grand prize is $500.

* Two runner up prizes, each of $250.

To enter, submit your photo of a game day dessert. Include instructions for how to assemble and decorate it. Recipes are not necessary, though instructions must be complete enough for someone else to replicate your creation. In other words, be sure to include all items used (i.e. chocolate chips, sugar cookies, donut, etc. Whatever it may be).

Entries will be judged based upon the following criteria:

35% - Overall charm, appeal and originality of idea
25% - Execution of idea
20% - Use of common ingredients
20% - Ease with which the average person can replicate the idea

One entry per person. Open to legal residents of the 50 United States and D.C., 21 or older. Ends October 1, 2015.


Good Luck!

It's Another Monday Mix!

It's Monday, once again. Time to get the week in order. Today's sweepstakes are a good place to start, with a nice mix of games and prizes.

For fans of a morning bowl of cereal, Sugar Bear is giving away free tank tops and sunglasses. This would be so fun to win. I remember way back when, Golden Crisp was called Super Sugar Crisp. This was, of course, before sugar became a negative thing to advertise. I still like it, either way.

Then, of course, Terro has the way to keep those ants out of your cereal box (Ick!). It is an issue anywhere there is warm weather, at this time of year. So, some lucky winners will nab some cash, ant traps, and fruit fly traps, to keep the bugs out of their way.

Finally, Charter is giving away some loaded Visa gift cards, to take care of any loose ends, old bills, shopping sprees, whatever you may need!


Sugar Bear Summertime Sweepstakes

* 150 winners will each receive one Sugar Bear branded unisex tank top (ARV $12, each), and one Promotional Wayfarer Sunglasses (ARV $1, each).

One entry per person/email address/Facebook account per day. Open to legal residents of the 50 United States and D.C., 13 or older. Ends August 11, 2015.


Celebrating 100 Great Years Sweepstakes

* One prize awarded each week, consisting of a $50 Visa Gift Card, 24 Terro Liquid Ant Bait Stations, and four Terro Fruit Fly Traps. Total ARV $100, each.

Daily entry. Open to legal residents of the 48 contiguous United States and D.C., 18 or older. Ends August 16, 2015.


Charter Communications "Spectrum Ultimate Entertainment Event Sweepstakes"

* 2 Grand prizes, each of a $7,500 Visa gift card. ARV $7,500, each.

* 10 First prizes, each of a $1,000 Visa gift card. ARV $1,000, each.

One entry per person/email address per day. Open to legal residents of the contiguous United States (excluding FL, NY, and RI), at least 18 and the age of majority in their place of residence. Ends October 7, 2015.


SD News

I am excited to say that the first sur-prize to arrive to the camper was the perfect thing. It was the set of coffee mugs you see in the pic above, from an Eight O'clock coffee giveaway, posted in this tweet.

The camper I am staying in (after a tree crashed through our home during a storm, for new readers) came equipped with all the basic necessities a person would need...except coffee cups! I am a coffee lover, and hadn't yet gotten around to picking mugs up yet, so I nearly fell over with joy when I found out what was in the package. Though I do not yet know what the future holds, the little things are making a great big difference, right now. Thank you, Eight O'clock coffee!

In other news, I have set up a new page for the site, called Articles, Interviews, and Reviews. Here you will find the "evergreen" content. That is to say, posts that basically won't expire. It is still a work-in-progress, however, I do believe that I have the bulk of the appropriate blog posts listed.

I still have a number of off-site interviews that I'd like to add, and maybe a few more articles, so may do some of these in a "Throwback Thursday" fashion, or something. I have to search through external drives and cloud storage to see what I still have available, so it will remain a work-in-progress for a while. In any event, browse the page and see what you think!





Good Luck!