Contests and Awards 

                            

The Greater Pinnacle Peak Association (GPPA) and A Peek at the Peak (The Peak) magazine organize contests and makes awards to in support of their 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

2009 College Environmental Grant

     Every spring, GPPA awards a college grant to a graduating Cactus Shadows senior. The amount of the 2009 grant is $1,000. 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.

2009 Summer Fun Photography Contest


        This summer the Greater Pinnacle Peak Association and A Peek at the Peak (The Peak) magazine are sponsoring their annual Summer Fun Photography Contest for the 6th consecutive year. This year prizes will be awarded in for 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. Contest prizes and rules for the contest are posted here. The deadline for submitting entries is July 31, 2009. See information about previous contests below. Click here to see advertisement and entry form from the July/August 2009 issue of The Peak . PDF 275 KB).

2009 Summer Fun Write Stuff Contest

     This summer the Greater Pinnacle Peak Association (GPPA) and A Peek at the Peak (The Peak) are sponsoring their 6th Annual Summer Fun Write Stuff contest with adult and youth (age 18 and under) divisions.  Contestants are required to write an original 500- to 1500-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.

Contest prizes and rules for the 2009 contest are posted here. The deadline for submitting entries is July 31, 2009. See information about previous contests below. Click here to see advertisement and entry form from the July-August issue of The Peak . PDF 275 KB).

Find One Hidden AHP Logo

     This contest, which supports the Cactus Shadows Arizona History Project, is designed to increase advertiser response. The project's logo is hidden in an advertisement in The Peak magazine and a second a second in the listing of The Peak’s advertisers on this Web site. Readers of The Peak and visitors to this Web site are asked to find either logo. Entrants are entered into a drawing. The winner is awarded two bound volumes of Since You Asked, Arizona Veterans Share Their Stories, valued at $50. For information and rules, see Win AHP Books!

 

Find the Quail Contest

     This contest is designed to increase advertiser response. The Greater Pinnacle Peak Association’s logo is a quail and we place one quail in an advertisement somewhere in A Peek at the Peak (The Peak)  magazine and a second in the listing of The Peak’s advertisers on our Web site. Readers of The Peak and visitors to this Web site are asked to find either of the two quails and identify the “host” advertisement. A new contest begins with the publication of The Peak. To winner receives $50.

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.

2009 Preservation Award for Students

      Students who live and/or attend school a public school, charger school, or are home-schooled in A Peek at the Peak (The Peak) magazine’s distribution area (north Scottsdale, Carefree, Cave Creek, northeast Phoenix, and the Verdes) can enter this annual photo-journalism contest. Awards will be made to students who win GPPA’s Preserving Our Desert Writing Contest. Entrants are being asked to write about one of the following three themes: Preserving the desert: 1. Means native plants and wildlife will have a place to live, 2. Is part of the solution of saving the environment,3. Means visitors and residents can enjoy hiking and other outdoor activities.