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Contests and Awards
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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.
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Headlines and Announcements
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GPPA Contests and Awards
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2010 Summer Fun
Nelssen Photography Contest
This summer the
Greater Pinnacle Peak Association and A Peek at the Peak (The Peak)
magazine is sponsoring the 7th annual Summer Fun Photography Contest.
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.
The deadline for submitting entries is July 31, 2010.
Click here to view and
print the advertisement and entry form from
the July/August 2010 issue of The Peak
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PDF 275 KB).
Click here to for Peak article
describing contest, rules, and prizes.
To view information about
previous contest winners,
click here.
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2010 Summer Fun Write
Stuff Contest
This summer the Greater
Pinnacle Peak Association (GPPA) and A Peek at the Peak (The
Peak) is sponsoring the 7th 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.
The deadline for submitting entries is July 31, 2010.
Click here to see advertisement and entry form from
the July-August 2009 issue of The Peak
.
PDF 275 KB).
Click here to for Peak article describing
contest, rules, and prizes.
To view information about previous contest
winners, click here.
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2011 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.
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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.
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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.
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