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The August top 10 contests for registrations, submissions, and sweepstakes are in!

Top 10 Registrations:
1. WQSB Player of the Week 2011
2. KOB 4′s ‘The Voice’ VIP Audition Contest
3. Atlanta Journal-Constitution‘s 2011 College Football Pickoff
4. WLUK-TV’s 2011 Packers Family Night Jersey Giveaway
5. KOB 4′s Back to School Contest
6. Bigcountryhomepage.com’s “The Voice” Finalists Voting
7. Where Traveler‘s 75th Anniversary Las Vegas Sweepstakes
8. 104.5 The Zone’s Silly Underdogs
9. WISH/WNDY’s Colts Facebook Ticket Giveaway
10. EarthLink’s College Football Pick’Em Challenge

Top 10 Submissions:
1. Orange County Register‘s My Dog’s Face 2011
2. Sky-Hi Daily News Best of 2011
3. Anchorage Press‘s 2011 Press Picks
4. Southern Oregon Media‘s 2011 Readers Choice
5. Arizona Daily Star‘s ¡VAMOS! Vacation Photo Contest
6. WXYZ-TV’s Chevrolet Classic Car Garage
7. St. Louis Post-Dispatch‘s 3rd Annual Cutest Pet Contest
8. Journal Pioneer‘s Elton John Contest
9. The Citizens’ Voice‘s 2012 Pet Calendar Voting
10. Inside Columbia‘s Cutest Pet Contest

Top 10 Sweepstakes:
1. Our State‘s REEDS Jewelers Sweepstakes
2. Creative Crafts Group (QCA)’s Fabric For Life
3. KTLA-TV’s Chevy Cruze
4. Where Traveler‘s 75th Anniversary Las Vegas Sweepstakes
5. WJBK-TV’s Dream Team 2011
6. Chatelaine‘s Beauty100 2011
7. WJBK-TV’s Living the Suite Life Contest
8. MyFoxLA’s Disneyland Giveaway
9. Boys’ Life Magazine‘s Badge Magic Stick With Us! Giveaway
10. Our State‘s Simplicity Sofa Gift Certificate

With summer vacations in full swing, July is a great month to run a vacation contest like the one from our friends at The San Diego Union-Tribune. Whether its a photo contest or a simple sweepstakes, summertime is a great time to reach out to advertisers looking to attract new customers before the summer comes to a close and school starts. Here are some great summer travel contests to get you excited!

- JackFM’s Family Summer Vacation Photo Contest
- The Day‘s Summer Days Giveaway
- WTVC-TV’s Design Your Own Dream Vacation

Contest of the Month July 2011: Carefree Vacations from The San Diego Union-Tribune

The San Diego Union-Tribune has teamed up with multiple sponsors (Apple Vacations, Pleasant Holidays, Princess Cruises and many more) to giveaway four exciting vacation packages! Not only will three professional photographers vote on the winners, but one winner with the most votes will also get a vacation package!

Schools out for summer! With the arrival of June comes summer vacations, hot weather and outings with the family! Take advantage of all the fun activities your community has to offer by having a sweepstakes for tickets to baseball games and summer concerts. Don’t forget about all the awesome pictures people take on vacation! How about a “Memorable Moments” or “Beach Baby” contest?

Talk to your local advertisers about “Staycation” giveaways that can run in conjunction with your Daily Deal offers! Example: “Enter to win a summer pass to White Waters! Like us on Facebook and Sign up for our Daily Deal emails and be entered five more times!”

For more great summer contest ideas, check out our June, July and August archives.

The Daily Advocate (Greenville, OH) helped local kids get in gear for the school year with this well-executed coloring contest (love the list of sponsors listed across the welcome page). The hopeful artists download the picture to color right on the contest site and submit it to the paper. Winner receives a gift certificate for the usual back-to-school items. A fantastic late summer contest idea!

The Athletic Club and London Free Press want you to get back into shape this fall with their weight loss challenge. This two photo submission contests garnered a great number of entries and was very well executed. Love the logo on the welcome page!