Our 2010 OB Member Contest is officially on!

[flhiker]

I stole the rules from the last contest but I'm unable to match the prize's, it should be fun and informative anyway.

Article Contest

We did a contest like this in Feb '07 and it was a great success. We've added a lot of useful information to the article section of OrchidBoard. About time we do this again.

Subject: Anything related to the Orchid Hobby

Submission: Any time before Sunday Feb 28, 2010 midnight.


While sponsor's are still coming in the prize's may be rearranged as needed.

Vic at Erin Pottery has graciously offered THREE of their fantastic handmade pots as 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes in the contest!

Erin Pottery


Next extraordinary donation comes from Greg at Oak Hill Gardens...a $100 Gift Certificate as the 1st place prize!!!

Oak Hill Gardens

Then we have a fantastic offer from Jerry from OrchidsAmore for the 2nd place prize... a $50.00 Gift Certificate!

http://orchidsamore.com/


and what a great anonymous donation from one of our own OB members...a $25 Gift Certificate to Andy's Orchids!

Andy's Orchids - Orchid Species - Orchids - Species Specialist - Orchids on a stick



Now comes the hard part! How do we divide these most generous donations so that our European and other worldwide friends can also participate?

After long thought...and a sleepless night , I think we've devised a way to make it fair to all... YAY!!

The prizes will be distributed as follows:

In the U.S. only

We will have 3 winners and the very generous gift certificates/sponsorship&calendar will be distributed to those U.S. winners.

All other locations

We will have 3 winners from locations outside the U.S. and those three prizes will be the wonderful pots from Erin Pottery.

Submit an article/story about any aspect of Orchid growing. Your article must be about something that the general orchid enthusiast will find useful.

Minimum of 500 words (roughly one page typed), the use of pictures and illustrations is strongly encouraged.
Use of proper grammar and spelling is a must.

This must be your original work and submission of someone else's article from the internet will result in your immediate disqualification and possibly ... loads of embarrassment.

If you need help with resizing of images or format, let me know and I'll help you out.

Once you have an article with which you're satisfied, publish it by going to "Publish Article" on the menu on the left.

I strongly suggest you write it completely on your computer then copy and paste with some edits.
Please host any pictures used in the article in our gallery Do not use photos which are not in the OB Gallery.

See a Mini HowTo on formatting your articles


Voting for best article will begin shortly after the deadline.

Have fun and Good luck!

Check this thread for updates.


Contest rules.

1. Deadline February 28, 2010

2. Recommended width of pictures inside the articles is 320px - of course, the smaller picture can be a hyperlink to a larger picture

3. This must be your own work. Use of other or copyright material will result in immediate disqualification

4. Since all submitted articles will be featured on the main page of OrchidBoard, your article may be formatted after it is posted in order to make it look better. Content will not be altered.

5. If you submit more than 1 article, all articles will be considered for a prize, but you may only win once. Next prize goes to the runner up (not your 2nd or 3rd article). In other words, the more articles you write, the higher the chance of winning a prize.

Enough RULES, Have FUN & GOOD LUCK!


If you have any questions, reply to this thread.[/quote]

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[WhiteRabbit]

Wow! very nice!

[cb977]

Okay...the emails have gone out...let the games begin!!!




I'm looking forward to learning so much more!!! YAY!

[cb977]

Fantastic news!!!

Our good friend Jerry from OrchidsAmore has offered a $50.00 gift certificate as the 2nd place prize!

I'm making the changes to the original post and we'll save the prize that Marty offered for the next contest

Thanks Jerry

[Masdyman]

I am from the UK, i would have prefered to be in with a shout of the $$$$$$$$$$$ also .
I may have been tempted to have a go .

[cb977]

Originally Posted by Masdyman

I am from the UK, i would have prefered to be in with a shout of the $$$$$$$$$$$ also .
I may have been tempted to have a go .

I wish we could have everybody from all over the world up for the same prizes as here in the U.S. but it just isn't a plausible idea.

The pots from Erin Pottery are fantastic...I've spent a few $$$ myself

If you have something that could possibly help other orchid-lovers in our continuing mission to make these chids bloom, please consider writing an article.

The prizes are an incentive for the folks writing but the real winners are the folks who come to OB to learn

[Lorraine]

O Boy!! I love a contest especially one where I can learn more about orchids. I'm in. Look out keyboard here I come!

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[camille1585]

I think I have an idea for an article, but I'm not telling! I think that even if I don't win any prize, i'll still buy an Erin pot, those are great! Been meaning to get one for over a year.