In addition to running UPICKEM’s National College Basketball Bracket, Atlanta Journal-Constitution is hosting their 5th annual custom designed Slam Dunk Contest for local high schoolers to show off their skills on the court. Slam dunk kings post a video of their best dunk in hopes to win the contest, what a fun idea! The AJC does a wonderful job of promoting this contest on their blog and created a powerful promotional video below:
Cynthia Daniels Du-Bose, the AJC’s Senior Producer weighed in on the contest:
Established as a round-by-round contest, Slam Dunk – now in its fifth year – has never awarded its winner a prize. It operates simply off of giving “buzz” and “bragging rights” to its winner. Our goals for 2011 are to increase interactivity; and to establish “buzz” around the contest. Right now, we are pegged to announce the winner right before the state championships begin.
WROC-TV is running our nationally administered Red Carpet Movie Awards contest which takes place on Sunday, February 27th. The contest is set up so users choose the actor, actress or movie they believe will take home the prize for highly anticipated categories. Well, personally, we are rooting for WROC to win an award for their :30 commercial spot.
Super Bowl Sunday is quickly approaching and Citizen Tribune (Morristown, TN) is doing a fantastic job of engaging their readers with this Super Sunday Giveaway contest. Readers answer Super Bowl related trivia questions and are entered to win one of three perfect football-themed prizes (32″ HD TV, Blu-Ray Player or Pizza Party from Hungry Howie’s). UPICKEM offers a nationally run Super Bowl contest, but this is a great example of a custom-designed contest.
ArkansasMatters.com (Little Rock, AR) capitalized on the wild winter storms they have recently endured with this snowman photo contest. On January 10th, they garnered a whopping 690 submissions! This is a fantastic example of how powerful a simple photo submission can be if administered correctly. Fantastic work.
The pro football season is becoming more intense than ever as playoff games are underway. In honor of the Packers success, Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI) decided to send one lucky reader on an all-expense paid trip to the game in Atlanta. Die-hard packers fans sent a photo of themselves with the GForce poster (included that week in the paper) – one random submission received the trip for two. TMJ 4, the local TV station, reported on the story and even filmed the winner receiving her prize. The clip is posted on the welcome page of the contest. What a unique idea for a giveaway contest!
Holiday contests are always a hit and this house decorating photo contest from WPRO-FM (Riverside, RI) fits the bill as well. The Christmas lights surrounding the contest is a nice touch, as well as the outline of the contest in the side panel. The highest vote-receiving submission is awarded a $500 gift certificate to Christmas Decor by Seascape and $1,000 cash form Lite Rock 105 – what great prizes!
