Type: Programming Contest
Eligibility: Any individual or group of individuals entering the Renesas HEW Target Server Design Contest 2008 must be 18 years of age or older.
Deadline: July 4, 2008.
How to Enter the Contest:
Register for the Contest at www.RenesasInteractive.com/HTScontest2008/register. Optionally, and while supplies last, you may choose to receive a Contest kit. Requests for Contest kits require Contestant to spend a minimum of 30 minutes in a RenesasInteractive VirtuaLab and pass a short VirtuaLab quiz. Create your Entry (An “Entry” is a complete design including all documentation, code, schematics, materials, designs, etc. that are submitted as directed herein for consideration in the Contest). If needed, development kits and chip samples can be obtained at www.Renesas.com. Digitally submit your Entry using the online Entry form at: www.RenesasInteractive.com/HTScontest2008/entry_form
Prizes:
The prizes awarded are as follows: $5,000 First Prize; $3,000 Second Prize; $2,000 Third and Five $1,000 Honorable Mention prizes will be awarded.
URL Contest: Renesas Technology Corp.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Renesas HEW Target Server Design Contest 2008
Scuba Diving Photo contest 2008
Type: Photo Contest
Eligibility: The competition is open to photographers anywhere in the world.
Deadline and entry fees: March 15, 2008. The fees are $10 per entry.
How to Enter the Contest:
You can compete in four categories: Marine Life, Macro, Wide-Angle, Topside.
All entries must be digital files on CD-ROM accompanied by an official entry form or facsimile and entry fees.
Mail to:
Scuba Diving Photo Contest
Prizes:
$1,000 cash and a dive trip for one on the Komodo Dancer,
URL Contest: Scuba Diving
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Condoleezza Rice wants to know what you think about The Challenges Facing The American Foreign Service In The 21st Century (Essey Contest 2008)
Type: Essay Contest
Eligibility: All students in grades nine through 12 attending a public, private, parochial school, home school or participating in a high school correspondence program in any of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, or U.S. territories, or, if they are U.S. citizens attending schools overseas, are eligible.
Timing: April 15, 2008
How to Enter the Contest:
In 750 to 1,000 words, discuss the following topic:
Analyze and explain what you think will be the Challenges Facing the American Foreign Service in the 21 st Century
In writing your essay, use the following as your guideline:
* Select one or several specific international issues that you think will be major challenges to the American Foreign Service in carrying out a successful U.S. foreign policy in the new century, and explain why you have chosen these issues.
* Describe and analyze the role of members of the United States Foreign Service in conducting diplomacy to resolve one or more of these particular issues and discuss the immediate consequences.
* Keep in mind the
Submit four collated copies of your essay, with title page, numbered and including sources. Attach and staple one registration form to your completed essay. All submissions must include a word count, excluding the list of sources and the registration form. Entries must be typed, double-spaced, in 12-point Times New Roman or an equivalent font with a one-inch margin on all sides of the page. Standards of content and style from MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 6th ed., will be expected for (1) documentation of sources in the text of your essay (see chapter 5); (2) the format of the list of works cited (see sample page at end of the MLA Handbook); and (3) margins and indentation (see sample page also of Handbook). You must include your name, home address, phone number, an e-mail address and the name and address of your school and/or sponsor. Attach and staple one registration form to your completed essay. You and your teacher must sign this registration form.
Mail four legible, collated copies of your essay, with a title and pages numbered, all attached to one copy of your registration form, to:
Ms. Perri Green
National High School Essay Contest
American Foreign Service Association
2101 E Street NW
Washington, DC 20037
Prizes:
$2500 TO WINNER
$500 TO WINNER’S SCHOOL
URL Contest: AFSA
Rainforest Alliance's "Picture Sustainability" Photo Contest 2008
Type: Photo Contest
Eligibility: Open only to legal residents of the 50
Timing: December 21, 2007 - March 15, 2008
How to Enter the Contest: Please enter the contest by completing the on-line submission form and submitting your original photograph electronically at www.raphotocontest.org. Entries must be submitted in JPEG format (as .jpg files) and should be at least 1MB but shall not exceed 5MB. No photo montages or composite images will be accepted. If your photograph(s) include a recognizable person or people, you must secure permission from each person (or in the case of a minor, the minor's parent or guardian) to use his/her image in the photo contes.
Five categories include:
1. Wildlife on coffee, cocoa and fruit farms, in forests or other natural habitats (insects, birds, reptiles and amphibians, mammals and fish).
2. Landscape/Scenic (tropical forests, temperate forests, boreal forests, rivers, streams and waterfalls, flowers and plants, beaches, wetlands, coral reefs).
3. Sustainable tourism in Latin America (hiking, bird-watching, mountain biking and other land-based nature activities, surfing, scuba, kayaking, snorkeling and other coastal or marine activities, other eco-tourism related subjects).
4. Macro (insects, flowers and plants, leafy vegetation, birds, reptiles and amphibians, mammals and textures).
5. Conservation in action (children and/or adults conserving natural resources, including water, flora and fauna).
Prizes:
One grand prize winner will receive:
Trip for two to
Roundtrip airfare to
Four nights and five days aboard the M/Y Monserrat - Galapagos Islands, meals included - compliments of Via Natura
Two nights at the Hotel Oro Verde in Guayaquil, Ecuador - airport shuttle and breakfast buffet included - compliments of Hotel Oro Verde
Roundtrip airfare to and from the Galapagos Islands from Guayaquil, Ecuador for two, compliments of AeroGal
One Fujifilm Finepix S9100 9.0 digital camera with 10.7 optical/2x digital zoom (or similar)
Trip to New York City to attend the Rainforest Alliance’s Annual Gala, May 15, 2008. Package includes:
Roundtrip airfare for grand prize winner and a guest to New York City
On-the-ground transfers to and from hotel
Three nights accommodations at an eco-friendly hotel in New York City
Tour for two of the Highline
Car service to and from the Rainforest Alliance gala
Two seats as guests at the Fujifilm table at the Rainforest Alliance gala
Two nights dinner for two at eco-friendly restaurants in New York City
One Art Wolfe wildlife photography book
URL Contest: Rainforest Alliance
Canon New Baby Photo Contest 2008
Type: Photo Contest
Eligibility: Open only to legal residents of the fifty (50)
Timing: December 1, 2007 - May 31, 2008
How to Enter the Contest: During the Submission Phase, visit www.canonestore.com/babyphoto and follow the links and instructions to upload one photo of your baby. By submission of a Photo, you grant permission to Sponsor to post your Photo to an online viewing gallery during the Submission phase. After submission and verification that your Photo conforms to the Guidelines and Restrictions (defined below), your Photo may appear in the online viewing gallery throughout the Submission Phase. Baby featured in the Photo must be less than one year of age at the time of entry. You must be the parent or legal guardian of the Baby and you must be the original photographer of the Photo (or received a written release in a form acceptable to the Sponsor from the copyright holder of the Photo).
Photo Guidelines:
* The Photo must be in .jpg format;
* The Photo must have a file size no greater than 4 MB;
* Photo submitted must only include the image of one child;
* The Photo cannot have been submitted previously in a promotion of any kind or previously exhibited or displayed publicly through any means; and
* The Photo must be from a single capture with any digital or film camera; no montages or composite images allowed.
Prizes:
ONE GRAND PRIZE: $10,000 in the form of a check.
THREE FIRST PRIZES: A Canon EOS® 40D Digital SLR Camera and a Canon SELPHY® ES2 Compact Photo Printer. Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”): $1,700.
THREE SECOND PRIZES: A Canon PowerShot® Digital ELPH Camera and a $200 Gift Certificate to Babies R’ Us. ARV: $550.
TEN THIRD PRIZES: A Canon PIXMA® MP970 Photo All-In-One and $100 Gift Certificate to Babies R’ Us. ARV: $400.
URL Contest: CANON
Friday, January 25, 2008
Win a Houseboat Vacation - Trivia Contest 2008
Type: Trivia Contest
Eligibility: All participants must be 21 years or older to win.
Deadlines: February 17, 2008.
How to Enter the Contest:
Answer just six questions correctly. All of the answers can be found on www.sevencrown.com, so take a look around and see what you can find.
Prizes: The prize is a three-day houseboat vacation on a Seven Crown Resorts'
URL Contest: Seven Crown Resorts
