FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY - WINNERS SELECTED EVERY WEEK
PRIZES!!!
GRAND PRIZE:
A $12,000 scholarship to a Michigan public university.
FIRST PRIZE: A $5,000 scholarship to a Michigan public university.
FOUR (4) SECOND PRIZES: A $2,337.50 scholarship to a Michigan public university or community college.
FOUR (4) THIRD PRIZES: A $1,000 travel voucher for a vacation to one (1) of the following destinations (destination to be determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion): Boyne Mountain Resort, Crystal Mountain Resort, the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island or Thunder Bay Resort. Vacation packages include three (3) days, two (2) nights accommodations
ONE (1) FOURTH PRIZE: A $500 vacation package to metro-Detroit, including two (2) days, one (1) night accommodations at a hotel of Sponsor's choice.
ONE (1) FIFTH PRIZE: A $500 vacation package to West Michigan, including two (2) days, one (1) night accommodations at a hotel of Sponsor's choice.
TWENTY-SIX (26) SIXTH PRIZES (one (1) awarded per week): A $50 Meijer gift card. Terms and conditions of gift card apply.
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TELL US YOUR STORYWhat do you love about Michigan? What do you want to change? What's your best vision for our state's future? Residents statewide can tell us in words, photos with captions and online videos. We're offering $25,000 in scholarships, and other prizes. We're also offering weekly Meijer shopping sprees, so the sooner people enter, the better their chance to win! The competition is open thru March 2008.
PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR FULL NAME AND EMAIL ADDRESS IN YOUR ENTRY SO WE CAN CONTACT YOU IF YOU'RE A WINNER.
To Enter Essays, Stories, & Poems:Email your entry (700 words max) and an entry title in the email subject line to contest@thecenterformichigan.net. We review all entries before posting.
To Enter Photos:Email your single photo entry with a caption (350 words max) that describes both your photo and your vision for Michigan's future to contest@thecenterformichigan.net. Don't forget your entry title in the subject line. Or, email us a link where the photo is already posted online, along with a caption.
To Enter Audio or Video:Email your entry title and a link to where your audio or video file (3 minutes max) is hosted on the Internet.YouTube and Google video offer free hosting.
Read a Winning Entry Every year since I was very little my family and I would travel Up North to Mackinaw at least three times a year. At least one of those times we would take my grandparents with us. My parents, my sister and brother, my grandparents, and I would all cram into a minivan and take the 6 hour journey Up North to Mackinaw...[read more]
Read Another Winning Entry This is Ginger, a Kalamazoo Animal Rescue dog of dubious pedigree and loving nature. In the winter one of her favorite places is Kalamazoo College's Lillian Anderson Arboretum. The Arboretum includes woodland, marsh and meadow but our favorite spot is a path through lofty pines. It reminds us of the incredible wealth that was generated by Michigan's pine forests and of the fact that those forests are forever lost..[read more].
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