Rowena Wendy's posts with tag: contest
Epson Presents Color Imaging Contest 2008 Epson is giving all aspiring and professional photographers the opportunity to showcase their talents by participating in its photo contest. The Color Imaging Contest was first launched in 1994, with the aims of promoting new forms of expression through digital printing, and to help create a rich, fun digital culture. Open to all art and photography enthusiasts, Epson is giving you the opportunity to display your hidden and creative talents to the fullest and for a chance to win some fantastic prizes. Send us your best works and you could win some fabulous prizes! Entry submission deadline: 29 August 2008 Color Imaging Contest Categories Photograph Category
Photographic works exploring the possibilities of photographic expression through digital processes Graphics Category
Such as digital designs, computer graphics, paintings, lithographic, illustrations, typography exploring the possibilities of graphic expression through digital processes
Prizes
Grand Prize : 2 million yen and an Epson Product [1 winner]
Runner-up Prize1 : 1 million yen and an Epson Product [1 winner]
Judge’s Awards : 300,000 yen [6 winners] Photography Category First Prize Award : 500,000 yen [1 winner]
Prospect Award2 : 50,000 yen [3 winners]
Special Award : 50,000 yen [5 winners]
Merit Award : A Gift [20 winners] Graphics Category First Prize Award : 500,000yen [1 winner]
Prospect Award2 : 50,000 yen [3 winners]
Special Award : 50,000 yen [5 winners]
Merit Award : A Gift [20 winners] Regional Awards3
Grand Prize : SG$5,000 + Trip to Japan4 + an Epson product [1 winner]
Runner-up Prize : SG$2,000 + Trip to Japan4 + an Epson product [1 winner]
Judge’s Award : SG$1,000 + Trip to Japan4 + an Epson product [1 winner] Country Awards - Philippines Region First Prize : PHP30,000 + Epson P-5000 viewer[1 winner]
Second Prize : PHP15,000 + Epson PictureMate 270 printer [1 winner]
Third Prize : PHP10,000 + Epson PictureMate 270 printer [1 winner]
Top 30 Picks : Epson Stylus TX200 All-in-One [30 winners] Note: All major winners also win a trip to Japan to attend the official award ceremony. Major award winners include Grand Prize; Runner-up Prize; Judge’s Award. 1The Runner-up Prize winner shall be chosen from a category other than the category from which the Grand Prize winner is chosen. (e.g., if the Grand Prize winner is chosen from the Photograph Category, the Runner-up Prize winner shall be chosen from Graphics Category). 2The Prospect Award shall be presented for superior works authored and submitted by applicants aged 22 or under (as of Aug. 31, 2008) in each category. 3The Regional Award shall be presented for superior works authored and submitted by applicants from Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, India and Philippines. 4Where reference is made to Win a Trip to Japan, it means to attend the award ceremony in Japan. Please refer to terms and conditions for more information.
For complete mechanics and other details visit http://www.epson.com.ph/promo/Colour_Imaging_Contest_2008.shtml
I joined this contest more than a month or so ago. They publish the winners every other issue so I was thinking maybe I didn't make it after all. My SM Story is about my mom's homecoming trips to the Philippines. She's a balikbayan who has lived in the US for more than 20 years and we're always hanging out at SM when she's here, buying various Pinoy knick-knacks and brick-a-bracks. Funny, na-extra pa kami ng kids sa photos because submitting photos taken at SM is one of the requirements of the contest... click on the image above for a closer look at the article. Wow there's an online version too, with a pic surprisingly - http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Sunday%20Life&p=49&type=2&sec=47&aid=200807126 In case anyone else wants to join here are the contest mechanics: In line with SM's ongoing 50th anniversary celebrations, SM and The Philippine Star are holding the "My SM Story" contest.
You can share how your family spends weekends at the SM malls; gimmick time with friends at the malls; or simply your adventures of yourself as a mall rat.
There will be 20 winners of P5,000 each, and your SM Story will be published in the Philippine Star every other Sunday beginning May 11, except for the month of October wherein stories will be published weekly. The last My SM Story will be published in The Philippine Star's December 21 issue.
Share your SM story in about 800 words with photos. Send your email to philstar_smstory@yahoo.com; or mail it to the Lifestyle Section of Philippine Star at R. Oca Jr. and Railroad Streets, Port Area, Manila, or at the Publicity Dept., Bldg. C, SM Corporate Office, J Diokno Ave., Pasay City. In the provincial areas, send your entries through the PR departments of the SM Supermalls.
 OMG, OMG, OMG!!! I was just not expecting this. My daughter Keirra really wants to watch this. I joined contests on Smart Parenting, Total Girl, and K-Zone since they were giving away 2 tickets to 5 winners per mag... but to no avail. I had just about given up when I got a call today from Skycable that we won 4 tickets for the July 20 show. Four tickets na, Sunday pa! Now we can watch as a whole family, I'm so happy!
I would like to especially thank sis Yzie for sharing this contest at the GT Mom's multiply account. Thanks talaga sis! I wouldn't have known about it had you not shared. :D
1. Roared like King Kong (into a mic!) in front of a theater full of people at SM Megamall... 2. Woke up at 3am to watch the NBA Playoffs live on BTV -- and I abhor basketball... 3. Jumped out of bed at midnight to scan my US visa and send an entry to Velvet's Sex in the City Fly Away Promo... 4. Coerced hubby into joining a one-legged embrace contest on stage at the premiere showing of "Lucky You" at Glorietta Cinema... 5. Wore kitty ears at a party for a headgear contest... 6. Sent in more than a hundred email entries in 5 days to Mega Magazine... 7. Wrote an essay in my brother's name for a mall essay contest, since previous winners couldn't join again... 8. Waited for the balut vendor all night long so I could buy balut for an easter egg making contest... 9. Wrote a full-blown essay extolling the virtues of Kris Aquino… 10. Put a smile on my daughter’s face via Adobe Photoshop…
Hahaha... yun na (for now)!
 Given my video game addiction, it's only natural to find several consoles in our house. I've been playing since the Nintendo Family Computer came out in the early 80s. I upgrade, downgrade, and modify Sony PSPs for family and friends in my spare time... and yes, I also join video game high score contests for prizes -- I managed to land in the top ten high score table of the flash games for the following movies: Superman Returns, 300, Harry Potter, and Speed Racer among others and won some wonderful movie merchandise.
Our family's favorite video game console at the moment is the Nintendo Wii. Hubby, me, and the two kids usually spend Saturday nights playing together. We love Wii Sports, especially tennis and bowling. Lately though we've been playing Super Smash Brothers, a fighting game featuring various classic video game characters from games like Super Mario Bros, Pokemon, Legend of Zelda, Metroid, Starfox, etc. The game has numerous secret characters which you have to defeat to unlock. Last night, the challenger was Solid Snake from Metal Gear Solid (I may as well be speaking in Martian now to non-gamers, but I have a point... promise!). Solid Snake was a super soldier. He moves like lightning, throws grenades, uses a rocket launcher with guided missiles... the works. Hubby, myself, and our son Kenshin all took turns trying to defeat Solid Snake, but to no avail. We were just about ready to call it a night when Keirra grabbed a controller and told us she wanted to play. We were like... what? You don't stand a chance against Solid Snake. Keirra insisted, and she picked Peach (pictured with her above), the princess in Super Mario Bros, to be her character. Thus Peach in her long, frilly pink gown and parasol came prancing on the screen, controlled by Keirra. To our utter shock and disbelief, she started beating up Solid Snake until the referee called "GAME!!!" and Peach won. Solid Snake, defeated in the hands of a 3-year old using Peach, widely perceived as one of the weaker characters in Super Smash Brothers. Our jaws just dropped. I wonder if any of my kids will love writing as much as I do...
Get a chance to get your recipe featured on QTV and win a nice gift pack from Aji Ginisa!
Email your recipes using Aji Ginisa and your complete contact details to katoque@gmanetwork.com
Taga-UP ka ba? You have 100 days to showcase and share your stories by joining the UP Centennial SMART MMS Photo Competition!
UP means and symbolizes many things for many different people who are a part or have been a part of the venerable learning institution. Show us what being part of UP means to you! Capture and share your most striking photographs by sending them via the easy and affordable SMART MMS service. Those great images can land you in the newspapers and win you exciting prizes!
As part of the university’s Centennial celebration, SMART partners with the UP Diliman College of Mass Communications to launch the UPiktyuran Na! with SMART: UP Centennial SMART MMS Photo Competition. The photo contest urges all UP students, alumni, faculty and employees to share their own stories about their experiences in the university, not through words but via images taken using a camera phone and submitted through SMART’s MMS service.
Grab this opportunity to showcase your school spirit. Snap and send your eye-catching images and get a chance to make it to the front page. The Top Ten outstanding photos win a SMART Bro Prepaid Plug-it each! With SMART Bro’s nationwidest coverage, you’re sure to have affordable broadband internet access anytime and anywhere you need it.
Tell your UP story by sending in photos that contain elements symbolic of or clearly attributed or connected to the University of the Philippines. The convenience and imaging capabilities of mobile phones have made all this easy. So no matter what UP campus you come from or where you are in the world — makipag-UPiktyuran ka na!
Join the UPiktyuran Na! with SMART, UP Centennial SMART MMS Photo Competition now. The competition runs from June 22 to September 29, 2008.
Full contest details and mechanics - http://upiktyuran.smart.com.ph/index.php
I won my first Ipod back in January 2006. It was a shiny blue Ipod Mini, I won it from a Chronicles of Narnia trivia contest. I had absolutely no interest in Ipods back then, I was actually aiming for the grand prize which was a trip to Hong Kong for four to watch the Narnia premiere in Disneyland. Anyways, my younger brother was obssessed with Ipods, but being a high school student he had no means to buy it himself. I contemplated selling it for a few thousand pesos but got to thinking would a few thousand pesos in my pocket make me all that much happier? Hence I decided to give the Ipod Mini to my brother, whose joy was beyond words upon receiving it. Fast forward to the middle of 2007. I joined a BTV NBA playoffs trivia contest, wherein I spent countless nights waiting for the live game which would at times air at 3am. The trivia question would flash during the game, so I really had to watch. Now anyone who knows me would know how much I dislike watching basketball... so it was really quite a task. In the end, I won a silver 2nd generation Ipod Nano among other prizes, which my mom told me she wanted. I gave the Ipod Nano to my mom, who's still happily using it right now. Some two or three months after, I joined a Skycable-Cartoon Network text contest wherein the grand prize was a snazzy black Ipod Classic 80GB. I won. My hubby was immediately enamored with it since he likes downloading videos of all sorts from the internet, and this was the model with the biggest GB count. Again, I gave the Ipod to him. Last March 2008, I won my 4th Ipod from the Pepsibilities writing contest. It was a lovely black Ipod Touch 8GB. Although I have little interest in music and videos (I hate wearing those ear plug things), this particular model had wifi. I opened the box, tried the wifi and internet capabilities, and was immediately hooked. Everyone in my family who had ever wanted an Ipod already got one, so this particular one was left for me. Computer geek and internet junkie that I am, it was perfect! Finally, God gave me one for me. :D Luke 6:38 "Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you."
First thought, ano kaya yun? Anyways, I joined Velvet's "Sex and the City Fly Away Promo" last June. The contest entailed answering a trivia question and emailing them a scan of your valid US visa because the grand prize is a trip to New York for 2 w/ pocket money. I literally jumped out of bed near midnight when I saw the contest plug just to join! I saw my name on TV some 2 weeks ago as one of the first weekly winners, but they never did say what the weekly winners are going to get... I talked to Velvet a few days ago and they said I'm still qualified for the grand draw. Of course given my rotten luck with raffles eh... asa pa.
THE CONTEST: Velvet sponsors "Sex and the City" Fly-Away promo  abs-cbnNEWS.com Velvet, the newest entertainment cable channel, features the most talked about TV series-turned-blockbuster-movie of the year, "Sex and the City."
Now shown on Velvet, watch Sex and the City Season 1 from Mondays to Fridays, 10:30pm. Late night viewers can also catch the 5 episodes of SATC in a weekly marathon every Sunday at 1:00am. Velvet has launched the "Sex and the City Fly-Away Promo." Get a chance to win premium items every week and for the grand prize, a trip to New York City, the city around which the series revolves. To join, watch Velvet everyday and wait for the "Sex and the City" weekly trivia question. E-mail the correct answer, your full name, address, contact numbers, US Visa number, passport number, and e-mail address to velvet@abs-cbn.com with the subject "SATC Velvet". Every Friday, Velvet will draw 5 lucky winners to win Velvet premium items. Watch out for the Weekly Winners Plug every Saturday. At the end of the promo period, Velvet will choose one winner to bag the grand prize of going to New York City with a friend. The promo ends on June 28. Don’t miss the chance of winning special prizes and a trip to New York with Velvet's "Sex and the City Fly-Away Promo". Tune in to Velvet now available on SkyCable Gold, SkyCable Silver and other quality cable operators nationwide. 
UPDATE: I claimed the prize and it's a Kiehl's Perennial Favorites Travel Pack worth US$39. A fabulous prize indeed! :D
Required ContentShare why you love Coke by sharing a "Buhay Coke" story through a video blog. JudgingYour post will be judged on concept, style and its popularity and should simply answer the question - is it a compelling video to watch? Prizes 1st Place - 1 Philips LCD TV 2nd Place - 1 Apple iPhone 3rd Place - 1 Sony Cybershot 7.2 MP Digital Camera 4th Place - 1 Apple Ipod Nano Consolation Prizes: Cases of Coke Zero How to Join
• Videos must run for a minimum of 1 minute and maximum of 4 minutes and uploaded in Youtube. • You may vlog in English or the vernacular. • Include a link to http://buhaycoke.com and http://www.smhypermarket.com/ and include the following tags: Buhay Coke, Coca-Cola Philippines, SM Hypermarket, Philippines supermarket. • To make an entry official, REGISTER HERE.
|  | Went to GMA Network yesterday where Keirra was awarded the Barbie Mariposa doll for winning the Barbie Hot Wheels Mothers' Day Promo. We were told that they had received 600+ entries and in the end they had to choose 3 girl winners and 3 boy winners. One of the girl winners could not make it to the awarding but I saw on the paper that she had a Japanese surname. After the photo ops we had some pizza and drinks for merienda and I got to chat a bit with the Richwell and QTV people.
Our winning picture will be shown on QTV starting next Tuesday or Wednesday. |
The Search for Welch's Heart The search is on for kids with good hearts who have done good deeds, kids who have the loving, kind, and compassionate hearts to be called Batang Bayani. You have to be 6 to 13 years old and have done something good to your loved ones, or to a friend, a neighbor, a classmate, or even to a total stranger. How to Join: Write about the good deed you have done. Your story has to be true and endorsed by an adult. Your parent, teacher, or a community leader could be your witness that your story is true. Write it yourself. After all, your story won't be judged on style. along with your story and an endorsement by an adult, your entry has to have the following: name, date of birth, age, address, endorser, and your recent photo. All entries must be sealed in an envelope and mailed to: Search for Welch's Heart
Prime Advertising Systems, Inc.
4/F RGV Bldg., 5470 South Superhighway,
Makati City 1200
Deadline for mailed entries is on July 21, 2008.
Three winners will receive a Blue H1 laptop plus cash. The first prize winner gets to be on the cover of Philippine Star's Kids Only magazine, while the top 20 finalists get a chance to be featured too. GT moms who have kids in this age range, join na! :D
 I saw an ad flashing on QTV a couple of weeks ago for the Barbie-Hot Wheels Mother's Day promo. You email them a photo of you and your child along with a caption of what makes that moment with mommy special. I sent in this pic and simply wrote "I gave mommy flowers on Mother's Day!". I wasn't really expecting to win because it was a full blast promo on QTV and there would only be six winners -- three girls and three boys. The girls would win Barbie Mariposa dolls and the boys would win Speed Racer Hot Wheels sets.
Surprise, surprise I received an email this morning informing me that we won! There will be an awarding ceremony at GMA 7 next week. This picture was actually one of my non-winning entries for Market Market's Moments with Mommy photo contest. I wonder if they'll show the pics on TV... hehe...
 Every Saturday Manila Bulletin has an ongoing contest sponsored by Merriam Webster and National Bookstore. They give a word and its meaning, then you have to use the word in a sentence and email your sentence to info@nationalbookstore.com.ph. The best sentence will be chosen and will win a Merriam-Webster Compact Dictionary.
I joined the contest a couple of weeks ago because I wanted to win a dictionary for my son, so when the school asks him to bring a dictionary I won't have to buy one anymore, hehe. I won last June 7, 2008 with the word "ascetic". The contest runs until April 2009, so there's still a lot of chances to win. Click on the image above for a closer look at the contest mechanics.
 We had P2.5k worth of Red Box GCs expiring on June 18 and so hubby and I decided to put them to good use last Sunday. We took the kids to Red Box at Greenbelt 3 and availed of their Sunday Family Funday promo. At P329 per head you can eat-all-you-can, drink-all-you-can, and sing-all-you-can from 12 noon to 3pm. Kids below 6 years old are free.
The kids had a blast belting out Disney hits from High School Musical, Hannah Montana, and various animated movies. It was a truly unique Fathers' Day for us. We even took home a Margherita Pizza for merienda and a couple of dishes for dinner, hehe. We had to finish all the GCs after all! Special thanks to Spot.ph for the GCs!
| | I can't help but feel TOTALLY snubbed, I don't think my entries were bad and deserve to be ignored. Oh well whatever. I don't really care much for anything at the moment anyhow. |
Wow, I just found out today that my little boy Kenshin won a Granado Espada Limited Signature Edition set in a recently concluded K-Zone raffle. For those who don't know, Granado Espada is a Korean fantasy online role-playing game. There are only 9,999 of these sets in the world and it's worth about P2,500 at present.
 Oh joy!
I was so happy when I looked at the Sunday Lifestyle section of Philippine Star today, May 18, 2008, and saw my published essay entitled "Confessions of a Contest Queen" on the second page. I've managed to win National Book Store and Globe's My Favorite Book Contest Year 7! This means I get P5,000 worth of National Bookstore GCs valid for one whole year... just in time for the school season. Thank you God, haha! I won once before back in 2006, then they changed the contest format for 2007 into "If My Life Were a Book" and I didn't join, they reverted back to "My Favorite Book" for 2008 and I joined again... I want to scan the essay but my scanner is in the office so it'll have to wait until tomorrow. It's actually posted on the Philippine Star website here - http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Sunday%20Life&p=49&type=2&sec=47&aid=2008051729 - but I'd still rather post the scanned newspaper clipping. The contest is ongoing until December 2008, full mechanics are printed in the Sunday Lifestyle section of Philippine Star. Those interested can still join. They don't call or inform winners so you really have to check the Sunday Lifestyle section every week to see if you've won. Turnover is roughly two weeks. :D I find it surreal that my essay was published almost exactly a year after the author of my favorite book died. Update: Scanned and incorporated the article to this blog post.
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