RIBA Norman Foster Scholarship 2011

The RIBA Norman Foster Travelling Scholarship has been offered since 2007 following a generous donation from Lord Foster in 2006 to create a travelling scholarship to promote future talent of the architectural profession.

The scholarship funds international research on a topic and at locations of the student’s choosing. The topic of the research should relate to survival of our cities and towns and fall under one of the following themes:

♦  learning from the past to inform the future

♦  the future of society

♦  density of settlements

♦  sustainability

♦  use of resources

♦  quality of urban life

♦  transport

In 2011, one travelling scholarship of £6,000 will be awarded to one student chosen from over 100 schools of architecture worldwide with RIBA-validated courses. 

Deadline for submitting applications is:   1 March 2011.

For further information about the 2011 Scholarship please view the application form:

Download the Application Form here

What are you waiting for?!

Who knows!  You might be the lucky one!

Visit the organizer's website at Architecture.com.

Bass Pro's Gone Fishin' Christmas Boat Giveaway

Enter Bass Pro's Tracker Marine Group Gone Fishin' Christmas Boat Giveaway for your chance to win a boat and trailer worth nearly $15,000.

Note: If the sweepstakes entry link doesn't work for you, try entering through the home page and looking for a link to the sweepstakes.

Eligibility:
USA and Canada (-PQ), 18+

Start Date:
November 18, 2010

End Date:
December 23, 2010 at 11:59 p.m. CT

Entry Frequency:
One time per person.

Sweepstakes Prizes:
Grand Prize:  A Tracker Pro Team 175 TF Boat w/40 ELPT FourStroke EFI and Trailer. (ARV: $14,490)

Official Rules:   Read it Here.

To Enter the Sweepstakes, click here.

You may also check the organizer's website:  BassPro.com

Good Luck!

:-)

PDN Magazine and Best Camera app Photo Contest

Participate in the Best Camera Challenge, Entry Fee is $1 for single entry and $4.95 for 7 images, Worldwide entries invited. Deadline of the contest is December 13, 2010.

Eligibility: Entry Fee: $1 per image $4.95 for 7 images

Entry Fee: $1 per image $4.95 for 7 images

One Grand Prize, three Category winners and one People’s Choice will be selected.

Grand Prize: will receive a MacBook.

Category Winners: will receive a PDN subscription, Digital Camera, Crumpler Photo Bag, Featured in winners gallery on thebestcamera.com.

People’s Choice: will receive a PDN Swag Bag and featured in winners gallery on thebestcamera website.

Copyright: By participating, all entrants grant the Sponsors and their designees, licensees or affiliates (the “Authorized Parties”) a non-exclusive, worldwide license, through February 28, 2013, to post the entries online so that viewers may view all competing entries. In addition, each winner grants to the Authorized Parties a license for use of his/her winning entry in connection with The Best Camera Challenge and promotion of The Best Camera Challenge, in any media now or hereafter known, including but not limited to: publication in PDN and/or thebestcamera.com showcasing the winners; exhibit of the work at the PhotoPlus Expo 2011; The Best Camera Challenge live gallery; the Best Camera Challenge Web site…

Deadline: The Best Camera Challenge Photography Contest begins Oct 15, 2010 at 12:01 am Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) and ends December 13, 2010 at 11:59 pm PDT.

 

Click here to visit contest website

Travel Photo Contest at Pixelinduced

The theme of this competition is “Travel.” That can be anything that travel represents to you. 

Feel free to use your imagination and step outside of the box and be creative.

Edit how you see fit to edit, however, please note that your photo will not be judged based on your ability to edit a photo, but, on the use of the theme in your photo.

Eligibility: Anyone who has a camera with an itchy shutter finger can enter this competition. No matter where you are from, or who you are, this competition is for EVERYONE!

Free to Enter

Copyright: Entrants retain all copyrights to entered photographs. Entrants grant the Organizer to use submitted photos to promote the Winner and their profiles.

Timeline: This competition will run from the 17th November to the close of play (global) on the 14th December 2010.

Click here to visit contest website

LoveReading : Free to Enter Prize Draws!

Here is a list of featured books that have extra goodies 

that can be won in Free to Enter Prize Draws!  

For more details, you must click on any of the book covers below:

One Day: Unabridged Audiobook
David Nicholls

Two people meet on the last day of university and forge a friendship which the reader follows on the same day of the year, every year, for the next twenty years. Emma and Dexter are so believable, so simply and eloquently drawn that you will take them to your heart. You will laugh and you will cry and if you don’t you are a hard, hard person!! Absolutely brilliant!

The Millennium Trilogy
Stieg Larsson

Boxed set comprising revised hardback editions, with maps, of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest, plus a fourth volume containing essays by those who knew and worked with the author, as well as other original material. 

Doctor Zhivago
Boris Pasternak

Banned in the Soviet Union until 1988, Doctor Zhivago is the epic story of the life and loves of a poet-physician during the turmoil of the Russian Revolution. Taking his family from Moscow to what he hopes will be shelter in the Ural Mountains, Yuri Zhivago finds himself instead embroiled in the battle between the Whites and the Reds, and in love with the tender and beautiful nurse Lara.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Film tie-in edition

Stieg Larsson

A forty year old mystery all mixed up with family feuds, fraud and corruption this is the first of a trilogy. There is plenty to keep your interest hooked and the two main characters are original and engaging. In places it is quite violent and disturbing but this is a superb thriller that keeps you guessing until the end.

The Ralph Steadman Book of Dogs

Ralph Steadman

Ralph Steadman - artist of distinction, caricaturist of brilliance, long time unsentimental dog-lover - here shows us dogs - everywhere. Dogs in furniture; dog dictators; fashion dogs; blot dogs; beer dogs and wine dogs, bugs that live on dogs and uninvented dogs. Ranging from the fierce and furious to the whimsical and wistful, the whole world of canine life is here.

Fujifilm Student Photo Contest 2011

The brief is to capture what Senses means to you, how do you see things? what alters your perception? Although photography is obviously a visual medium don’t forget the other senses, how does smell feel? what does noise look like?

Senses: Any of the five physical processes by which stimuli are received -
Sight – Hearing – Smell – Taste – Touch

Photographer Wins: £200 worth of Fuji film and Trophy. Plus, professional quality portfolio by Genesis Imaging, containing up to fifteen 20″x16″ prints together with a 20″x16″ Clamshell Portfolio box. The printing will be supervised by Genesis Imaging’s Creative Director, Mark Foxwell, who will also mentor the winner for a period of one year. Dedicated press release service to announce your win by WPS Media.

Eligibility: students aged 16 or over undertaking full or part-time professional photographic training, or full or part-time graphic design training of which photography is a major part at a UK based college or university.

Free to Enter

College Prize: Certificate and £200 worth of Fujifilm Film
Up to 30 Merit winners will each receive 10 rolls of Fujicolor Professional colour negative film.

Copyright remains the property of the photographer at all times but each entrant grants to the Promoter a non-exclusive, sub-licensable perpetual, royalty-free, world-wide licence to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, translate, publish, distribute and display any Entry submitted as part of this competition in any media now known or hereafter invented. If you do not want to grant these rights, please do not enter this competition.

Deadline: The Fujifilm Student Awards 2011 submission deadline the end of February 2011.

Click here to visit contest website

Photostockplus Dramatic Skies Photo Contest

If you think you have a great “Dramatic Skies” shot somewhere in your catalogue, start scanning through those images and submit your best shot today!

To enter the contest, simply click on the “Select a photo” button below and select an image from one of your albums to submit it for your chance to win!

Eligibility: Worldwide

Free to Enter

Prize: $100.00

Copyright:
For Copyright information Visit http://www.photostockplus.com/contracts/

Deadline: Nov 30th, 2010

Picture House Photo Contest

Tell us YOUR STORY in 10 pictures, and you could see it presented on the big screen in Picturehouse cinemas nationwide, plus win a KodakZi8 pocket HD video camera!

Whether you’re 5 or 85, simply tell us YOUR STORY in 10 photos. We’re looking for diverse stories from across the UK, be they about a dream, such as flying on a magic carpet; an important community issue, such as the environment, immigration, or the economy; or a day in your life in school, work or retirement.

Eligibility: UK only

Free to Enter

How to Enter

1. Take 10 photos that narrate YOUR STORY using any

camera (digital/mobile phone/

35mm), and number them 1 to 10.

2. Write a single-sentence caption for each photo (numbered).

3. Send your entry including the following:

• The title of your story
• A photo of yourself
• Name
• Age
• Location
• Email address
• Phone Number

Send your email to yourstory@picturehouses.co.uk

Copyright: By entering the competition you are granting the rights for City Screen Ltd and European Commission UK to display your photos on their respective websites, and to display your photos on screen in Picturehouse cinemas.

Deadline: 6th December 2010

RESULTS! - Win a Free Domain Name

Watch the YouTube video below to see the electronic raffle on who won the contest.

I would like to thank everyone who entered our first contest. We were very happy with the results and will be holding even more contests in the future so be sure to subscribe to our blog as any new contests will be announced here.

I will be contacting the 2 lucky winners now!

Warm Regards,

Jack Curtis – CEO
Zomex.com

Fabulous Christmas Competition!

To celebrate the festive season,

is offering you the chance to win
this gorgeous jewellery treasure box 

from Dyrberg/Kern, 

worth £100!

How to Enter

To enter, simply send an email to : christmascompetition@fabulouscollections.co.uk
on or before December 10th
with your answer to our Christmas Question:

Where was designer Paul Costelloe - new to fabulous - born?

(a) Rome          (b) London          (c) Dublin

Hint: our Christmas Catalogue Blog Post has the answer!

Terms and Conditions

Closing date for entries is December 10th. 

The winner will be notified by email. 

Please note, due to the weight of the prize,
shipment is only available to UK addresses. 

No alternative available.

Visit the Fabulous website now!

Printing Memories Sweepstakes (by Lifetime Moms)

Description:

Enter Lifetime Moms' Printing Memories Sweepstakes for your chance to win weekly prizes of $250 or a grand prize of $2,000 and some great photo gadgets.

Note: 

If the sweepstakes entry link doesn't work for you, try entering through the home page and looking for a link to the sweepstakes.

Eligibility:

USA, 18+

Start Date:

November 11, 2010

End Date:

December 09, 2010

Entry Frequency:

1 x daily per person/email.

Sweepstakes Prizes:

Grand Prize: A cashier's check for $2,000, a Powershot SD4500 IS camera, a Canon PIXMA MG8120 Wireless Photo All-in-One printer, and a pack of photo paper. (ARV: $2,668.97)

Weekly Prizes (4): A cashier's check for $250. (ARV: $250)

ENTER NOW!

Or check out the organizer's website:   LifetimeMoms.com

:-)

The Travelling Souk Autumn 2010 Competition

The Travelling Souk has teamed up with their favourite retreats and gift designers to give you a bit of fun, games & and a chance to win one of their yummy prizes in the Autumn Prize Draw.

Entry is free and all you need to do is submit your particulars HERE.

**The Travelling Souk will never divulge your personal details to any third party**

Entrants under the age of 18 will not be accepted

The Prizes:

♦  A two night break for 2 at The Arundell Arms (Sporting Hotel of the Year - Good Hotel Guide)

♦  Romantic Winter Break for 2 at the BridgeHouse, Beaminster

♦  Lunch or dinner for 2 including a bottle of house wine at The Swan at Southrop, Glos

♦  Delicious organic spelt hamper from Sharpham Park including cereals & biscuits & their award winning 'Speltottos' the term coined by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall when he cooked with Sharpham Park spelt on his River Cottage programnme. 

♦  Whole award winning Alderton ham on the bone to feed 30 cured by The Country Victualler & delivered to your door on the day of your choice.

♦  Illumens Whitecurrant Candle in ceramic bowl. The three wick whitecurrant candles are beautifully packaged in a black and silver box and will impart a lasting fragrance redolent of lily, tuberose & grapes.

♦  A luck dip antique worth at least £50 from Lawrences Auctioneers, the place to buy and sell antiques in the West Country.

Rules & Regulations

•  The closing date is 1st Decmber 2010. 

•  The competition will be drawn on December 10th and the winners will be notified on or close to that day. 

•  There is no cash alternative to the prizes. Prizes will be withdrawn from any entrants under the age of 18. 

•  Only one prize per entrant. Winners may elect to send/donate prizes direct to a third party and if so The Travelling Souk must be made aware of the recipients details. 

•  No’one associated with The Travelling Souk or any of the prize givers will be accepted as an entrant. 

•  The prizes are as described, do not include any other expenses such as holiday insurance and cannot be exchanged.

For more details, visit the The Travelling Souk website now!

Win a Free Domain Name

Free Domain Name Giveaways!  

September 11, 2010

It’s been a while since our last contest so I have decided that I would like to give away two free domain names ($12.99 value/domain) to two lucky people! This contest is open to everyone and I’m going to keep it simple.

When does this contest end?

In order not to keep you all waiting this contest will end on November 15th so act fast!

How can I enter?

1) First of all you need to either have a banner or link pointing to Zomex.com somewhere on your website/blog/forum. It doesn’t matter where the link is on your site nor which page you point to. If you’re a Zomex affiliate you’re free to use your affiliate link as it still counts. In fact we highly recommend joining our affiliate program if you haven’t already as we have over 100 affiliates taking advantage of our lifetime commissions and would love to welcome you on board.

2) Lastly post a comment on this blog post with a link to the page on your website that contains the banner or link.

That’s it! I know many of you already have a Zomex banner/link on your sites (thanks ) so post a link to your website/blog/forum and you’ll have a chance of winning right away.

On the 15th I’ll pick two random comments that meet the two points above. Make sure you use a valid name and email address on your comment as that’s how I’ll use to contact you unless you’re you have a service with us!

Are you a Twitter user?

Yes? So are we! As a fellow Twitter user we greatly appreciate any re-tweets (big button in the top left ).

Terms

- This contest is valid for .com, .net, .org, .biz, .info only.

- Both domain registrations are for 1 year. After the first year an invoice will be created for you, at this point you’re free to renew your domain name or cancel it.

If you have some more questions, visit Zomex.com now.

Dicover Nikon Photo Contest

One winner will be determined based on each photo released on Nikon Asia’s Facebook Fanpage through an application. A total of 4 photos will be released, one each week, over a 4 week period from 9th November to 6th December 2010. 

To participate in the contest, participants must first “like” and be part of the Nikon Asia’s Discover Nikon Facebook Page. Upon the release of the photo each week, participants will be able to tag their friends in Facebook onto the photo and write in a short description of where they are within the photo, or what they could be doing, in the photo. Each participant is allowed to post up to 2 submissions for each photo.

Eligibility: Participants of the Contest must be at least eighteen (18) years of age. The Contest is open to all citizens and permanent residents of the following countries:

• Singapore
• Hong Kong
• Taiwan
• Malaysia
• Indonesia
• Philippines
• Vietnam
• India

Free to Enter

Prizes:

1. There will only be four (4) winners in total and each winner is entitled to the prize of one (1) Travel Voucher worth USD1,000* sponsored by Nikon Asia. Nikon Asia will judge and select the most interesting and creative submission on a weekly basis.

* Prizes will be distributed in SGD via electronic voucher (e-voucher).

2. Among all participants with a valid submission, one of them will also win in Nikon Asia’s grand draw, a Nikon COOLPIX P7000.

Qualifying Period

Photo 1 – The Contest starts on 09 11 2010 at 1200hrs GMT+8 and ends on 15 11 2010 at 1200hrs GMT+8. Winners will be announced on the same day

Photo 2 – The Contest starts on 16 11 2010 at 1200hrs GMT+8 and ends on 22 11 2010 at 1200hrs GMT+8. Winners will be announced on the same day

Photo 3 – The Contest starts on 23 11 2010 at 1200hrs GMT+8 and ends on 29 11 2010 at 1200hrs GMT+8. Winners will be announced on the same day

Photo 4 – The Contest starts on 30 11 2010 at 1200hrs GMT+8 and ends on 06 12 2010 at 1200hrs GMT+8. Winners will be announced on the same day

Copyright: By participating in the Contest, the winner agrees that Nikon Asia, their subsidiaries and affiliated companies and their respective advertising, promotion and distribution agencies, affiliates, officers, directors, and employees shall have no liability of any kind arising from or in connection with the acceptance, possession or use of the prizes awarded herein and acknowledge that said parties are not in any manner responsible or liable for any warranty, representation, or guarantee, expressed or implied, in fact or law, relative to any prize including but not limited to its quality, mechanical condition or fitness for a particular purpose.

By participating in the Contest, the participant agrees that his/her name, likeness and particulars may be used for publicity, marketing and advertising purposes worldwide without limitation in any manner whatsoever and in any part of the world as Nikon Asia shall in its sole discretion deem fit.

The organisers reserve the right, in its sole discretion and without any liability on its part whatsoever, to cancel, postpone, terminate, or suspend or in any other way cease the Contest at any time without prior notification.

Mixing Bowl Prize Tested Recipes : Spicy Dishes & Ice Cream

CONTEST:   

The July 2011 Prize Tested Recipes Contest features two (2) recipe categories – ”Spicy Main Dishes” and “Ice Cream, Sherbet, and Sorbet” - (each a “Category”). 

Contest begins on November 1, 2010, and ends on December 24, 2010. 

At the conclusion of the contest, judges will select three (3) winners: one (1) winner per Category and one (1) Mixing Bowl People’s Choice Award winner. 

THERE ARE THREE WAYS TO ENTER: 

1) By Mail: Send entries by postal mail to: 0711 Food Dept., Better Homes and Gardens® magazine, Des Moines, IA 50309-3023. All mailed entries must be neatly written or typed. Entries submitted by mail must be postmarked on or before December 24, 2010, and received by December 31, 2010. 

2) Email: Submit the entry information required below in an e-mail to PTR@meredith.com. Entries submitted by e-mail must be received by 11:59 p.m., CT on December, 31 2010.

3) MixingBowl.com: Enter at Mixingbowl.com by submitting an original recipe in either category, along with a photo of the prepared dish. Online entries must be received by 11:59 p.m., CT, on December 24, 2010.

ELIGIBILITY: 

Legal residents of the 50 United States, and the District of Columbia , 18 years of age or older at time of entry are eligible to enter, except employees of Meredith Corporation, 1716 Locust St., Des Moines, Iowa (“Sponsor”), and any other organizations affiliated with the sponsorship, fulfillment, administration, prize support, advertisement or promotion of the Contest and/or their respective agents, affiliates, subsidiaries and members of their immediate families or household members. “Immediate family members” shall mean parents, step-parents, children, step-children, siblings, step-siblings, or spouses. “Household members” shall mean people who share the same residence at least three months a year.

ENTRIES: 

For each Category entered, create your original recipe. Multiple entries are allowed, but each recipe must be submitted as a separate entry and each entry must meet the following requirements:

♦ A recipe may be submitted in either of the two (2) monthly Categories. Write or type on each entry the Category you wish to enter. Each recipe may only be submitted for judging in one Category. Multiple entries may be submitted in the same envelope or email.

♦ Recipe entries must be created by the entrant and cannot have been previously published, won another competition or contest, or been used for advertising or promotional purposes.

♦ Entry must: (1) include recipe name and the number of servings that the recipe yields, (2) use ingredients that are available in most grocery stores; (3) list ingredients with measurements in order of use; (4) include step-by-step preparation and cooking directions; (5) for mail and e-mail entries, please include: entrant name, age and complete address with zip code, telephone number with area code and e-mail (optional), and (6) MixingBowl.com entries must include a photo of the prepared recipe.

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. 

WINNER SELECTION AND PRIZES: 

All eligible entries will be judged by a qualified panel of judges appointed by Sponsor to select one (1) Category Winner for each Category based on creativity (30%), taste (40%), and practicality (30%). In the event of a tie, the entry with the highest score in Practicality will be a winner. Each Category Winner will receive a $500 check. One prize per household. 

For more details, please visit the organizer's website: MixingBowl.com.

Baby Food Recipe Competition (November 2010)

Do you have a tasty baby food recipe that you'd like to share with our readers?

Would you like the chance to win a gift certificate to spend with Amazon, worth $20?

Then submit your entry into our baby food recipe competition - we will feature our favourite entries on our site and each month we will select one lucky winner!

We are looking for all types of recipes - from purees to more exotic ideas. Don't be afraid to include ingredients such as herbs, spices and garlic - here at Homemade Baby Food Recipes we strongly believe that babies have taste buds too... and that baby food should reflect that!

BABY FOOD RECIPE COMPETITION RULES

Make sure that the recipe you submit is your own creation - please don't copy recipes from elsewhere.

The gift certificate is for $20 (US) or the local equivalent.

By submitting your recipe, you are giving us permission to publish it on our website, along with your first name and the country you are from. We promise to reveal no other personal information on our website.

The winner will be revealed in our newsletter and on our blog at the start of each month and will also be contacted personally via e mail.

As always, we promise that we will only contact you in connection with this competition. We hate spam as much as you and NEVER send unsolicited e mails.

This competition is open to our visitors worldwide - and you can enter as many times as you like!

Submit your recipes now and win a prize!

For more details, please visit the Homemade Baby Food Recipes website.

Burrard -Lucas Travel Photography Contest

The theme is “Travel”. 

In this contest we are looking for your most interesting and striking travel photographs. You are not limited to any subject matter in particular… travel photography can portray many things such as an area’s people, cultures, customs, history or landscape. 

The deadline for this contest is 5th January 2011.

Prizes

We have some fantastic prizes on offer including the chance to win a Canon EOS 7D Digital SLR camera (more info).

Lensbaby and Smugmug have generously donated the following additional prizes:

♦ Winner: Lensbaby Composer and a SmugMug Pro account.

♦ Runners up x 2: SmugMug standard accounts.

Rules

♦ The contest theme is Travel.

♦ This competition is open to participants worldwide, aged 18 or over on the closing date.

♦ There is no entry fee.

♦ You must be the photographer and owner of the copyright for any image entered.

♦ Entrants can submit a maximum of three images to this contest.

♦ Please keep digital manipulation such as cloning and compositing to a minimum; your photograph should faithfully represent the scene as you saw it.

♦ Submitted images should be 1024 pixels along the long edge.

♦ Images must not include a watermark or border.

♦ You will retain copyright of your entries at all times and will always be credited alongside your picture.

♦ By entering this competition, you grant us a non-exclusive license to display your photograph in connection with this contest. Photographers will always be credited alongside their image.

♦ Under no-circumstance will we use submitted images for commercial gain unless it has been agreed on a case by case basis with the photographer.

♦ The deadline for entry is 5th January 2011.

For more details, visit the promo organizer's website : Burrard-Lucas

National Stamp Collecting Competition – Community Curate!

Singapore Philatelic Museum holds the National Stamp Collecting Competition (NSCC) every year. Students select a topic they want to research on and present their findings with philatelic materials. This year, we are taking the competition one step further by putting the best entries online. Simply pick your favourite entry and tell us why. The most popular entries will be displayed at the museum from Dec 10 to Mar 11. This means that you get to decide what is going to be displayed! 

Voters with the best comments will also stand to win attractive prizes.

Check out the organizer's website now!  Singapore Philatelic Museum

Good Luck!

RIBA Annie Spink Award

The RIBA presents the Annie Spink Award biennially in recognition of an outstanding contribution to architectural education.

The Annie Spink Award is open to teachers (individuals or groups) working on any internationally recognised RIBA course who are involved in the development of architectural education and engage with the process of teaching and learning.

The award is financed by the Annie Spink Trust Fund, which was established in 1974 by architect Herbert Spink FRIBA. He bequeathed the trust as a lasting memorial to his wife Annie, who died in 1938, and conceived it as an honor for the 'advancement of architectural education'.

Winners of the award receive the Annie Spink trophy and £10,000. 

The deadline for nominations for 2010 has now passed. The next award will be made in 2012.

Eligibility criteria

• The nominee(s) should have made a substantial contribution to architectural education over a number of years on a course validated by the RIBA.
• The nominee(s) do not need to be RIBA members, however, preference will be given to nominees who are RIBA members.
• The award can be made to an individual teacher or to a group of individuals.
• The nominee must have been involved with the process of teaching and learning.
• The nominee(s) may have been involved in the development of architectural education
• Nominations can be made by a third party or can be made directly by the individual/group nominee.
• Employees of the RIBA, or close family, are not eligible for nomination.
• The RIBA Vice President Education, Education Award Advisors and current Annie Spink judges are not eligible for nomination.

How to apply

• Nominees must provide the following information:
• Curriculum Vitae including full details of RIBA validated courses where the nominee(s) have taught
• Statement of Eligibility which describes how the nominee(s) meet the nomination criteria. (One side of A4 only)
• up to 6 letters of citation from employers, work colleagues, distinguished architects or academics or other bodies relevant to the application
• between 4 -10 letters of support from past students
• any supporting information that the nominee considers relevant to the application.

For more information, please contact: 

John-Paul Nunes

RIBA Education Department

66 Portland Place

London W1B 1AD

Tel: +44 (0)20 7307 3604

Fax: + 44 (0)20 7307 3754

Email: john-paul.nunes@inst.riba.org

You may visit the oraganizer's website here:   Architecture.com

You Could Win $25,000 With Your Family Favorite!

Enter your most-popular dish in the Taste of Home Cookbook Recipe Contest, and let our judging panel give it a try! With cash prizes awarded in each of seven categories, you could walk away a huge winner.

We’re looking for those tried-and-true staples your gang can’t get enough of…everything from formal appetizers and casual snacks to bake-sale cookies and special desserts.

Entering is easy (see below). Simply pick a category and submit your recipe. That’s it! So sort through your recipes and enter your all-time favorites today!

Enter any of the 7 categories with as many recipes as you’d like:

Appetizers & Snacks

Have a succulent bite that’s the life of the party? How about an after-school treat that kids just love? Share your secrets and you might be a winner.

Salads, Soups & Sides

Whether you round out meals with leafy greens, steaming soups or savory side dishes, this category could land you in the winner’s circle. Pasta and fruit salads count, as do bowls of chili.

Entrees

Every family cook has a handful of hearty main courses they rely on time and again. We want to hear about yours! Weeknight staples and holiday favorites alike could earn the Grand Prize.

Slow Cooker & Casseroles

From dips and spreads to entrees and desserts, if it’s made in a slow cooker, send it our way. And remember your best casseroles. Any oven-baked meal-in-one is eligible!

Desserts

A Taste of Home contest this large wouldn’t be complete without a section of sweet nibbles. Share your cakes, pies, cupcakes, tortes, freezer delights and more.

Cookies & Bars

From bake-sale basics to Christmas classics, cookies, bars and brownies are always well received. Explain which of your creations gets the most attention, and you may be our next winner!

5-Ingredient

It doesn’t take an entire pantry to set something special on the table. Tell us what you whip up with five ingredients or less. (Salt, pepper and water don’t count.) Whether it’s a snack, side dish, entree or dessert, your five-item staple may earn $25,000!

One Grand Prize Winner will be chosen as the best recipe from all contest entries and will win $25,000!

One winner will be chosen for each of the seven categories and will win $500 plus a selection of Taste of Home Cookbooks with a retail value of $150.

For complete details and contest rules, click here. 

Entries must be received by 11:59 p.m., CST November 30, 2010.

To submit your entries, just click here:  

Submit your Recipe

For more info, please visit the organizer's website:  Taste Of Home

Sony World Photography Awards 2011

Entry Start: 28th May 2010

Entry Close: 5th January 2011

The Power of Imaging... Enter the world where image is passion.

The Open competition seeks the true amateur - the lover of photography - to entera single image, capturing that perfect moment. 

All ages and levels of expertise are welcomed in this competition where image is everything and imagination is the only necessary ingredient.

Whether your passion is animals, places, people, sport, or travel, you could be the next to win $5,000 and a trip to the next Sony World Photography Awards ceremony and World Photography Festival in London!

PRIZES

Winner of the Best overall photograph will receive:

♦ Recipient of the title “Sony World Photography Awards Open Photographer of The Year”

♦ $5,000

♦ Winning image will be exhibited on the Sony World Photography Awards’ website and promoted to creatives worldwide

♦ Flights to London, and 2 nights accommodation in a hotel and receive VIPtickets to attend the evening gala awards ceremony, taking place on the 27th of April, 2011

♦ Sony digital SLR camera equipment

Winners of each individual category will receive:

♦ Recipient of the title “Sony World Photography Awards category name Open Photographer of The Year"

♦ Exhibited in the Winner’s Exhibition and published in the Winner’s Book

♦ Winning image will be exhibited on the Sony World Photography Awards’ website and promoted to creatives

♦ Sony digital SLR camera equipment

ENTERING & JUDGING

The Submission and Judging Process:

♦ Step One – Register, for free, and become a proud new member of the World Photography Organisation.

♦ Step Two – Upload your Images into your portfolio

♦ Step Three - Select your best shots

♦ ♦ You may submit up to a total of 3 photographs into the competition for free submitted into any one Open category or spread across multiple categories.

♦ Step Four – Your images will automatically be shown in a live and public gallery for everyone to see

♦ Step Five - Your images will go through various pre-selection rounds by our officially selected 2011 Pre-Selection Committee, iStockphoto. iStockphoto’s Image Inspectors are just as passionate about imagery as we are and are dedicated to quality. 

♦ Step Six - If one of your images are selected to go into the top 100, you will then be judged by the 2011 Honorary Judging Committee – members of the World Photographic Academy.

♦ Step Seven - A shortlist of up to ten amateur photographers per category will be announced in February 2011.

♦ Step Eight - The 10 Category Winners, will be showcased as part of the official 2011 Finalists exhibitions in London, be published in the 2011 winner’s book and be announced to the worldwide press as Sony World Photography Awards Category Winners in March, 2011. 

♦ Step Nine - One grand prize winner will be selected from the 12 category winners by the 2010 Honorary Judging Committee and be awarded The Sony World Photography Awards Amateur Photographer of the Year.

♦ Step Ten – Smile if you have reached Step Ten – you deserve it! Along with all of the above, one lucky winner will also…

♦ ♦ Receive two return flights to London

♦ ♦ Receive two nights’ accommodation in a luxury London hotel

♦ ♦ Receive week-long passes to attend the World Photography Festival featuring screenings, workshops, exhibitions, talks and other events taking place throughout London in April

♦ ♦ Receive VIP tickets to attend the Gala Evening Awards Ceremony 

♦ ♦ And finally… Come on stage to collect their prize of $5,000 and a Sony gift.

RULES

♦ This is an international competition.

♦ The competition is free to enter and all images submitted must have been shot in 2010.

♦ Photographers may enter either the Professional or Open competition, it is not possible to enter both.

♦ For details of the rules, please click here.

HOW TO ENTER

Register on the official website and submit your entries in the proper competition and category.

This contest is organized by World Photography Organisation.

This is a free contest, which means that you can enter for free and without the need of paying an entry fee.

Winners announcement expected: 27 April 2011.

So, what are you waiting for!

Register now!