Mary and Michael are thrilled to invite you to the premiere of the Hollywood Dancesport Championships, November 4-8, 2009 at the Warner Center Marriott in Woodland Hills, CA. They’re going to roll out the red carpet and give you the star treatment. Read more…
Six of America’s most skillful and sensual pole dancers will perform amazing dance routines—showing off fluid and artistic moves, as well as astonishing athletic dance skills at the Pole Superstar Competition on October 1st. Read more…
The Center for Fine Art Photography invites photographers working in all mediums, styles and schools of thought to participate in this exhibition. Traditional, contemporary, avant-garde, creative and experimental works that include old and new processes, mixed techniques, and challenging personal, emotional or political statements are welcome. The exhibition is open world wide to all professional and amateur photographers working with digital or traditional photography or combinations of both. Read more…
Welcome to the Sony World Photography Awards; the global, annual awards programme for both professional and amateur photographers. Read more…
The contest is open to any amateur photographer (one who receives no income from photography) who is a member of a County Farm Bureau in California. Read more…
Carol Ann Duffy, the new Poet Laureate, is to chair the judging panel for a worldwide poetry competition for 7-11 year olds. National Poet of Wales, Gillian Clarke, will also be part of the esteemed judging panel. The Competition is organised by the Children’s Poetry Bookshelf, a poetry book club for young people run by the Poetry Book Society. To link with National Poetry Day on Thursday 8 October, children will be asked to write a poem in English on the theme of ‘Heroes and Heroines’. Read more…
Our drawing competitions are designed to inspire children’s imaginations and creative thinking. All children aged 10-12 are eligible to enter our Pre Teen Drawing Competition. We invite you to also try our Pre Teen Story Competition and Pre Teen Colouring Competition. Read more…
The American Kidney Fund’s 2010 Calendar Kids Art Contest winners were announced. Now in its 14th year, Calendar Kids is a nationwide art contest for children who are living with kidney disease. The Calendar Kids Program is sponsored by Amgen.
If you’re 18 or younger, have kidney disease, and live in the United States, you are eligible to enter our national art contest. We choose 13 winners whose drawings will illustrate our American Kidney Fund calendar, which is distributed nationwide. Not only will your drawing appear in our calendar – but you will also win a trip to Washington, DC! During this fun-filled weekend, you’ll tour the city, make friends with the other contest winners, and be honored during an awards dinner. The American Kidney Fund will be accepting new applications starting January 2010. Look out for more updates on the Calendar Kids!
The moment all you aspiring authors have been waiting for has arrived – we are thrilled to announce that our writing competition is now open to entries! Here are the all-important details:
• The competition entry must consist of either the first chapter and synopsis of a Harlequin Presents or Modern Heat novel
• Please email your entry to writingcompetition@hmb.co.uk
• The WINNER receives an editor for a year
• TWO RUNNERS-UP will be given critiques of their first chapter entries and an editorial consultation
• The competition will close on November 2nd 2009 and the winner will be announced in December 2009 on I Heart Presents
The Harlequin Presents and Modern Heat guidelines have very recently been updated and will be posted on this blog July 14, but if you can’t wait until then, we have updated all of our UK acquired series guidelines and they can be found here on eHarlequin.com.
And now for the serious part!
Rules:
• Your entry must be aimed at Harlequin Presents or Modern Heat
• Your entry must NOT have been submitted previously to Harlequin Mills & Boon
• Only ONE entry per person
• Submissions received after the closing date will NOT be assessed!
CONTEST PERIOD: The contest commences at 12:00 AM EDT on Tuesday, September 8th, 2009 and ends at 4:59 PM EDT on Monday, November 2nd, 2009 (the “Contest Period”). The random prize draw will take place at 5:00 PM EDT (the “Draw Time”) on Monday, November 2nd, 2009 regarding the “All Voters” prize as outlined below. The winners of the “Voter’s Choice” prizes as outlined below will be determined by 5:00 PM EDT on Monday, November 9th, 2009. Read more…
