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Old 12-28-2009, 10:54 AM
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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.

(if you'd like to sponsor a prize, contact me)

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

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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 Certifcate as the 1st place prize!!!

Oak Hill Gardens

Then we have a fantastic offer from our own Marty for the 2nd place prize... a one-year sponsorship on OB and
one of our gorgeous 2010 OB Calendars!

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
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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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Great idea Dave...I just need to clarify something:

Has Andy's agreed to be a sponsor for this...or was this just a copy-and-paste fromthe last contest?
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Great idea Dave...I just need to clarify something:

Has Andy's agreed to be a sponsor for this...or was this just a copy-and-paste from the last contest?
The Gift Certificate is donated by a individual and is not being sponsored by Andy's Orchids.

I figured, why mess with perfection so I did copy and paste the rules and changed the dates and prize's
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That works

Just another shining example of the fantastic folks we have here in our neighborhood

I'm gonna work on a little something behind the scenes...maybe we can get a sponsor for 2nd and 3rd runners-up

I'll keep you updated and thanks again Dave...

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OK, I've sent out a few notes...
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A little birdie just told me there may be a 25.00 certificate for Erin's pottery as a prize. Just working out the details.
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You guys make a great team together!!
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Since a gift certificate from Andy's orchids does not help the european members, I could organize a gift certificate from an EU nursery
(need to check with some people first, but for sure at least from Germany it woul be fine)
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Since a gift certificate from Andy's orchids does not help the european members, I could organize a gift certificate from an EU nursery
(need to check with some people first, but for sure at least from Germany it woul be fine)
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Ramon, thanks so much!
I swear I don't mean to leave you guys out on purpose

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