Contests and Awards         

 

The Greater Pinnacle Peak Association organizes contests and makes awards in support of its mission and to foster communication and community service. We use The Peak, e-Peak Newsletter, and this Web site to recognize winners by publishing their entries. If you'd enjoy having your work published, we invite you to enter one of the contests below.

 

 

GPPA Contests and Awards

2012 College Environmental Grant

     Every spring, GPPA awards at least one college grant to a graduating Cactus Shadows senior.  Graduating seniors who have been accepted for college in the coming fall are invited to submit applications for the award. The applications are evaluated by a GPPA committee based on the past performance and future potential, with particular focus on activities demonstrating a commitment to desert preservation, wildlife conservation, and the protection of quality of life in our community. Applicants are also asked to submit referral letters from two teachers and a paper describing what the work they have done to help the environment we live in.

2012 Summer Fun Nelssen Photography Contest

Rules and Submission Guidelines-2011

Entry Form and Information Sheet (PDF)-2011

Prize List-2011
       

What are you waiting for? Starting looking for that perfect photograph. The  the Greater Pinnacle Peak Association and A Peek at the Peak (The Peak) magazine is   sponsoring its 8th annual Summer Fun Photography Contest. Prizes will be awarded in two divisions, Adult and Youth (18 and under). What do you think is worth preserving in our community? Photograph it and send us the photograph. Entries must be original photographs taken by the entrant in Scottsdale, Carefree, Cave Creek, Rio/Tonto Verde, or north Phoenix. The deadline for submitting entries will be July 31, 2012.   

8/23/2011. The entries for the 2011 Summer Fun Photography Contest have been posted on our Images From The Peak Web site. Click here for information about Images From The Peak and to access the Web site and view the photographs. The photos are in gallery category "2011 Summer Fun Photo Entries." Photographs from earlier contests are also posted on the site.

To view information about previous contest winners, click here.

 

2012 Summer Fun Write Stuff Contest

Rules and Submission Guidelines-2011

Entry Form and Information Sheet (PDF)-2011

Prize List-2011

     Next summer the Greater Pinnacle Peak Association (GPPA) and A Peek at the Peak (The Peak) will be sponsoring the 8th Annual Summer Fun Write Stuff contest with adult and youth (age 18 and under) divisions.  Contestants are required to write an original 500 word fiction or non-fiction story, essay, poem about what's worth preserving in our Sonoran Desert community. Is it a critter's habitat? Desert flora, fauna, and vistas? Urban sprawl? Local history? The entry can be humorous, serious, or both. Be creative!

Winning entries will be published in The Peak, recognized in e-Peak Newsletter, and published on GPPA's Web site.  Entries will be judged by The Peak’s editorial staff and industry professionals.

The deadline for submitting entries will be July 31, 2012.  Contest details will be published in 2012.  

To view information about previous contest winners, click here.

 

Find the Quail Contest

     This contest is designed to increase advertiser response. The Greater Pinnacle Peak Association’s original logo we've placed the quail  in an advertisement somewhere in A Peek at the Peak (The Peak)  magazine. Readers of The Peak, either the print or digital version, are asked to find the quail and identify the “host” advertisement. A new contest begins with the publication of The Peak. To winner receives a $25 gift card.

Write Stuff Contests

     From time to time, the Greater Pinnacle Peak Association and A Peek at the Peak magazine sponsor writing contests. Past contests have required entrants to submit cowboy poems, tall stories and articles about desert preservation. Winners receive valuable prizes and their submissions are published in The Peak and on this Web site. See information about previous contests below.