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Perfect Entertaining Fall Recipe Contest
We have changed our recipe contest to a seasonal contest rather than once a month to help increase the number of entries and to provide better prizes. The variety of prizes will be better and some of the categories - and the prizes associated with them - will hopefully be fun and exciting enough to stimulate some great entries.
Our winter contest will officially start December 1, 2003 so start thinking about winter weather recipes - including recipes for Christmas, Chanukkah, Kwanzaa, New Years, and Valentine's Day!
The categories for the Fall Recipe Contest are:
Halloween
Thanksgiving
Fall Harvest (Apples, Squash, Pumpkins, etc.)
Columbus Day (Italian Favorites)
Rosh Hashanah/Yom Kippur
Tailgating
Back To School
Fall Soups and Stews
Fall Parties
General Fall Recipes
The Rules
Tips To Help You Win
The Prizes
How To Enter
The Rules
- All recipes must be original and not the property of another individual or company. If you don't know where you got a recipe, or if you do know but you changed around a few things to suit your style, that is fine. Just make sure the instructions are written in your own personal style. Submitting recipes that are copyrighted by other individuals will not only make sure you lose the contest, but you will also be responsible for any legal action the legal copyright holder might take against you. Recipes that you have published elsewhere (your own website or publication) are allowed, but make sure you own the copyright before submitting.
- By submitting a recipe you grant us permission to publish your recipe on the Perfect Entertaining site. You also allow us to edit the recipe for any typographical, spelling, or grammar errors. We reserve the right not to publish any recipe that we deem unsuitable for the site. We also reserve the right to test your recipe and make suggestions for substitutions and improvements to the recipe. (Typically these will be suggestions for substitutions for hard to find ingredients, expensive ingredients, and lower fat ingredients - not "improvements" to your recipe.) These changes will be noted as our additions.
- With your submission you must include your first name (and your last name if you want) and your e-mail address. We will only publish your first name (or even a screen name if you prefer) with your recipe, the rest of the information will be needed to contact you. You agree to letting us print at least your first name, last initial and home state/country if you win. Your e-mail address will be kept private and will never be given or sold to a third party. You may also include a brief blurb about yourself, your website, your mailing lists/newsletters, or anything else you would like to promote or share with our readers that we will be happy to print with your recipe. Please let us know what information you would prefer with your recipe (or more importantly, what information you do not want with your recipe) so we do not infringe upon your privacy in any way.
Things That Will Help You Win the Contest (or Win My Eternal Gratefulness)
- Keep your audience in mind. The site is geared towards real life entertaining. The majority of our recipes are easy to prepare and do not have legions of ingredients. Many of them require less than 20 minutes of active time. They tend to be on the inexpensive side and use commonly found ingredients.
- As the name of the site indicates, the focus of the site is entertaining. Your recipe should be suitable to serve to guests, family, or on a special occasion. It certainly does not need to be expensive or fancy, but it should be special in some way from what you have for dinner every night.
- Format your recipe similarly to the way you see other recipes on the site. Include the number of servings, preparation time, cooking time, chilling time, total time, etc. and a nice little comment about the recipe. We especially love the comments!
- Subscribe to my weekly newsletter. Not only will I include hints about the recipe contest, I also run exclusive contests for newsletter subscribers. You will also get advance notice about upcoming contests and I do take into consideration when judging recipes whether or not a submitter is a subscriber.
- Support this site. Your support makes this contest and all the other contests, prizes, giveaways, recipes, and photos possible. Visit and support our advertisers. Many of the prizes are purchased from credit earned from your purchases at our affiliates like Amazon.com and BookCloseOuts.com.
- You can submit as many different recipes as you like. The more recipes you submit, the better your chances. Submitting a complete menu also dramatically increases your chances of winning a prize.
The Prizes
Finally we get to the good stuff! The prizes for the Fall Recipe Contest, which begins on September 15, 2003 and ends on November 30, 2003 are as follows:
Grand Prize (1)
To Be Announced. Your prize could be here! Donating a prize for our contest is a great way to promote your product and increase your search engine placement. Retail value will be at least $50.00.
First Runner Up (1)
To Be Announced. Your prize could be here! Donating a prize for our contest is a great way to promote your product and increase your search engine placement. Retail value will be at least $35.00.
Second Runner Up (1)
To Be Announced. Your prize could be here! Donating a prize for our contest is a great way to promote your product and increase your search engine placement. Retail value will be at least $25.00.
Honorable Mentions (10)
Winners will receive a copy of our new book, A Perfect Entertaining Thanksgiving. One winner will be decided per category listed above, with an additional winner chosen from random from all the entries.
This collection features recipes that are perfect for Thanksgiving, with complete menus, wine suggestions, and much more. Includes photos and preparation tips, short cuts, and a wide range of substitutions and suggestions for special diets. Retail value of this prize is $13.95.
Most Entries Prize (1)
This new prize is given to the individual who enters the most recipes during the contest period that meet our rules above. The winner will receive a small handcrafted Herb cutting board. Retail value of this prize is $15.95.
Additional prizes may be added to the contest. If you would like to donate a prize and receive advertising for your business or website, please let me know.
The contest winners will be announced on the site and in the newsletter on or about December 15th.
How To Enter
Submit your recipe through our submission form. Please leave feedback if you have any questions, comments, or suggestions for the contest or Perfect Entertaining website.
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