Contest and Awards Information

GPPA Contests and Awards

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 a compete set (three bound volumes) of Since You Asked, Arizona Veterans Share Their Stories, valued at $65. For information and rules, see Win $65 AHP Book Set.

2008 College Environmental Grant

Every spring, GPPA awards a college grant to a graduating Cactus Shadows senior. The amount of the 2008 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.

2008 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 5th 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 are posted here and will be published in the July/August issue of The Peak. The deadline for submitting entries is July 31, 2008. See information about previous contests below. Click here to see advertisement from the May/June issue of The Peak ( PDF 275 KB).

2008 Summer Fun Write Stuff Contest

This summer the Greater Pinnacle Peak Association (GPPA) and A Peek at the Peak (The Peak) are sponsoring their 5th Annual Summer Fun Write Stuff contest with adult and youth (age 18 and under) divisions. Contestants are required to write an original 500- to 1,500-word, fiction or non-fiction story, essay, or poem about a local desert critter, such as a coyote, javalina, turkey vulture, rattlesnake, pack rat, tarantula, scorpion, cactus wren, etc. Winners in each division are awarded valuable prizes donated by local businesses and GPPA, including resort stays, dinners, and gift cards. Contest prizes and rules are posted here and will be published in the July/August issue of The Peak. The deadline for submitting entries is July 31, 2008. See information about previous contests below. Click here to see advertisement from the May/June issue of The Peak ( PDF 275 KB).

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 the two quails and identify the “host” advertisements. A new contest begins with the publication of every issue of The Peak. To winner receives $55.

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.