Writing Contests

Enter the Progresso Soup Souper You Contest for your chance to win a trip for two to Los Angeles, California where you will receive a makeover, a hotel room for three nights, $1,000 cash, $1,000 to spend on shopping, and admission to The Biggest Loser season 13 finale! Just like the contestants on The Biggest Loser, you are going to have to work for this prize! First, you must submit an essay of 300 words or less and a photo of yourself telling them why you love Progresso Soup and why you deserve a fashion makeover. Enter by February 22, 2012 for your chance to win.

Do you have some helpful travel tips? Well, put them into words because you could win an amazing vacation for your efforts! Condé Nast Traveler presents the Best Travel Tips Sweepstakes. Enter by November 21st for your chance to win a trip for four to Charleson South Carolina! This prize package includes round trip airfare for four, hotel accommodations for a week, dinner at amazing restaurants, and so much more! You will spend four nights in suite accommodations at Wentworth Mansion and three nights by the sea at The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island Golf Resort. Enjoy massages for four, passes to a local health club, dinner at Circa 1886, Husk, Magnolia, and more! This package is valued at $15,000! So, enter today for your chance to take a luxurious vacation that you will remember for a lifetime!

Enter the O.CO Choose Your Room Contest for your chance to win $10,000 of home furnishings from O.CO and a $5,000 interior design service from celebrity interior designer Angelo Surmelis. To enter, film a 360 degree view of the room using YouTube and write about why you deserve the prize by October 31st. If selected, you could win this amazing prize! Good luck!

Enter The Luxury Kitchen Appliance Contest brought to you by Abt Electronics and Appliances for your chance to win a complete suite of appliances just in the nick of time for the holiday season! Write down your reason for wanting new appliances in 100 words or less and you could win the Grand Prize of $5,196 worth of appliances! This prize package includes an Electrolux IQ Side By Side Refrigerator, an Electrolux IQ Dishwasher, an Electrolux IQ Free Standing Range, and an Electrolux IQ Over-the-Range Microwave. You have until October 23rd to get in on this contest, do do not delay!

Enter the Toyota Venza Follow Your Drive Sweepstakes by November 30th for your chance to win the prize of possibilities! Do you dream of being a photographer? How about a writer? Maybe you would like to start your own dog sitting business? Well, jot down what your passion or interest is and enter this contest. You could win a three night trip to New York City including airfare and hotel accommodations, a lifestyle/career mentorship from VocationVacations for the winner only and $5,000 cash! Enter today to for your chance to begin making your dreams a reality!

Do you have a special birthday or anniversary memory that involves food? Well, Gourmet Live is celebrating their first anniversary and they’d like you to help celebrate. Put on your thinking cap and get out that pencil, pen, or keyboard and write about it in 250 words or less by November 2nd and you could win an amazing vacation to Hong Kong! This prize package includes round trip airfare for two on Cathay Pacific Airways. You will spend five nights in  a Terrace Suite at the InterContinental Hong Kong, enjoy a breakfast buffet daily followed by afternoon tea and have complimentary personalized concierge service. You will also enjoy private dinners cooked especially for you and your guest, get $5,000 cash to spend on your journey, and so much more! Check out all the details of this $29,000 luxury vacation for yourself and good luck!

Does your mother’s Christmas cinnamon roll recipe have a story that tugs at your heart strings? Perhaps grandmother’s fried chicken recipe sprout memories of a story of laughter? If you have a recipe that tells a story, you must enter The Heirloom Recipe Sweepstakes Giveaway. Submit a recipe and the story that goes with the recipe. You could win a trip for two to New York City including airfare and hotel accommodations for two nights. The prize also includes invites to a Recipe Tasting Party at the Bon Appétit Test Kitchens where you will get to meet and greet the Fabulous Beekman Boys on December 8, 2011. Enter by October 17th for your chance to win! Good luck!

Enter the Self October 2011 Specialized/Dempsey Challenge Contest for your chance to take a ride with Patrick Dempsey! You have until October 17th for your opportunity to write in 150 to 250 words why participating in the Patrick Dempsey Challenge would be meaningful to you. The prize is a custom fit Specialized 2012 Vita Elite bike valued at $810, one BA Specialized bike fit at a local Specialized Bicycle Components Dealer, airfare for yourself to Portland, Maine, a hotel room for two nights, participation in the Patrick Dempsey Challenge Luncheon, and participation in the VIP bike ride and Charity bike ride. So, if you would like to ride with Mr. Dempsey, put your thoughts to paper and, perhaps, if you are the lucky winner, you will win the grand prize!

It is time to head back to school! Whirlpool would like to know what your favorite back to school memory is on Facebook. Share your memory and you could win a new top-freezer refrigerator and a compact microwave. Together, this prize is valued at $1,448! Enter by September 30th for your chance to win!

Do you have a favorite way to dip your Ore-Ida French Fries or Tyson Chicken Nuggets?  Create an inventive play on words to explain your dipping style and your word will not only be featured in the “Diptionary,” but you will also win a pretty nifty trip as well if your word is selected. Enter the Dip, Dip Hooray Contest for your chance to win one of twenty-five trips for two to Orlando, Florida. You and a guest will stay for two nights and score tickets to the Aquatica SeaWorld’s Waterpark. Fifty First Prize winners will each receive a copy of the “Diptionary.” You have until September 30th to get those creative juices flowing and come up with a super amazing word or phrase, so get to it!