Advance ‘Hobbit’ Screening Contest in New Zealand

Middle-earth tour guide and New Zealand dweller Jack Machiela of The Noldor Blog alerted us to this contest!
A local fabric softener company managed to snag seats for an advance screening of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey on December 12, 2012. That’s one day before the film is released to the rest of New Zealand!
See full contest details below.

Terms and Conditions
1. The Promoters of this competition are Foodstuffs (Wellington) Co-operative Society Limited, Foodstuffs (Auckland) Limited and Foodstuffs South Island Limited (Foodstuffs).
2. The competition commences on 15th October 2012 and runs until close of trade on 25th November 2012 (the Competition Period).
3. You will receive an entry in the draw each time you purchase any two Cold Power or Cuddly products from any of the following participating New World supermarkets during the Competition Period and swipe or scan your Fly Buys card at the time of payment at the following New World Supermarkets:

• New World Upper North Island – Turangi and Taumarunui north
• New World Lower North Island – stores in Wellington, Wairarapa, Taranaki, Manawatu, Wanganui and Hawkes Bay regions only.
• New World South – all stores in the South Island

5. The prize winners will be drawn by Loyalty New Zealand Limited (Fly Buys) on 28th November 2012 by random electronic selection from all entries. The first eligible winner drawn from each of the three New World regions will win a pre-release private screening of The Hobbit for him or herself and thirty (30) friends. There are three major prizes to be won, one for each New World region.
Prize / s
a). There are three (3) major prizes to be won.  The 3 major prize winner/s will each receive a pre-release private screening of The Hobbit for him or herself and thirty (30) friends.  The screenings are only available at Hoyts Cinemas in the following locations; Auckland, Hamilton, Christchurch & Dunedin and Reading Cinemas in the following location; Wellington.  Exhibitor partners may be subject to change.  Due to multiple format options for this film further restrictions may apply.  A minimum of seven working days prior notice is required for all bookings and screenings to take up the screenings, including 3D, and all screenings are subject to availability at the time of booking. The screenings can only be taken on the 12th December 2012 prior to the public release of the movie.  If a winner is unable to redeem the prize on the 12th December 2012, a private screening can take place after the 21st January 2013.  This is subject to availability and limitations may apply. Accommodation, travel and other expenses related to taking up the prizes are not included.  $RRP = Money can’t buy.

If you live in New Zealand, it’s well worth it to take advantage of this offer! Good luck to all those who enter!
Jack, who organizes the Wellymoot Tolkien Society, would also like to get the word out about the box office at the Embassy Theatre.

It looks like Wellington MAY have a line party. We held Welly-moot (the meeting of Wellington’s Tolkien enthusiasts) at the Embassy Theatre yesterday. I spoke to the Elly, the manager there, and asked her when Hobbit tickets to the December 13th opening would be available. She said at 12:01am Nov 7th (online), and 09:00am next morning (physical box office). I asked her if she would consider opening the physical box office at midnight as well, and she said she’d consider it IF she got enough demand for it.
Please if you know anyone in Wellington who wants to stand in line for the world’s FIRST official tickets (keep in mind our midnight happens an hour before anyone else’s midnight!!), get them to send an email to Elly, the manager of Wellington’s Embassy Theatre, at manager@deluxe.co.nz, with a subject of “Please open the Box Office at 12:0am, Nov 7th for Hobbit Tickets!”. If it opens, I plan to be there on the night – let’s see how many others we can get to join us!
Elly is a very nice person, and TOTALLY enthusiastic about The Hobbit, so please be nice to her when you email her!

There is a lot going on for Hobbit fans in New Zealand! If you live in Wellington, please join Jack in emailing Elly at the Embassy Theatre. And if she does open up early for all of the Hobbit fans, I’m sure she wouldn’t complain if you brought her some coffee and a breakfast pastry!

Advance ‘Hobbit’ Screening Contest in New Zealand

Middle-earth tour guide and New Zealand dweller Jack Machiela of The Noldor Blog alerted us to this contest!
A local fabric softener company managed to snag seats for an advance screening of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey on December 12, 2012. That’s one day before the film is released to the rest of New Zealand!
See full contest details below.

Terms and Conditions
1. The Promoters of this competition are Foodstuffs (Wellington) Co-operative Society Limited, Foodstuffs (Auckland) Limited and Foodstuffs South Island Limited (Foodstuffs).
2. The competition commences on 15th October 2012 and runs until close of trade on 25th November 2012 (the Competition Period).
3. You will receive an entry in the draw each time you purchase any two Cold Power or Cuddly products from any of the following participating New World supermarkets during the Competition Period and swipe or scan your Fly Buys card at the time of payment at the following New World Supermarkets:

• New World Upper North Island – Turangi and Taumarunui north
• New World Lower North Island – stores in Wellington, Wairarapa, Taranaki, Manawatu, Wanganui and Hawkes Bay regions only.
• New World South – all stores in the South Island

5. The prize winners will be drawn by Loyalty New Zealand Limited (Fly Buys) on 28th November 2012 by random electronic selection from all entries. The first eligible winner drawn from each of the three New World regions will win a pre-release private screening of The Hobbit for him or herself and thirty (30) friends. There are three major prizes to be won, one for each New World region.
Prize / s
a). There are three (3) major prizes to be won.  The 3 major prize winner/s will each receive a pre-release private screening of The Hobbit for him or herself and thirty (30) friends.  The screenings are only available at Hoyts Cinemas in the following locations; Auckland, Hamilton, Christchurch & Dunedin and Reading Cinemas in the following location; Wellington.  Exhibitor partners may be subject to change.  Due to multiple format options for this film further restrictions may apply.  A minimum of seven working days prior notice is required for all bookings and screenings to take up the screenings, including 3D, and all screenings are subject to availability at the time of booking. The screenings can only be taken on the 12th December 2012 prior to the public release of the movie.  If a winner is unable to redeem the prize on the 12th December 2012, a private screening can take place after the 21st January 2013.  This is subject to availability and limitations may apply. Accommodation, travel and other expenses related to taking up the prizes are not included.  $RRP = Money can’t buy.

If you live in New Zealand, it’s well worth it to take advantage of this offer! Good luck to all those who enter!
Jack, who organizes the Wellymoot Tolkien Society, would also like to get the word out about the box office at the Embassy Theatre.

It looks like Wellington MAY have a line party. We held Welly-moot (the meeting of Wellington’s Tolkien enthusiasts) at the Embassy Theatre yesterday. I spoke to the Elly, the manager there, and asked her when Hobbit tickets to the December 13th opening would be available. She said at 12:01am Nov 7th (online), and 09:00am next morning (physical box office). I asked her if she would consider opening the physical box office at midnight as well, and she said she’d consider it IF she got enough demand for it.
Please if you know anyone in Wellington who wants to stand in line for the world’s FIRST official tickets (keep in mind our midnight happens an hour before anyone else’s midnight!!), get them to send an email to Elly, the manager of Wellington’s Embassy Theatre, at manager@deluxe.co.nz, with a subject of “Please open the Box Office at 12:0am, Nov 7th for Hobbit Tickets!”. If it opens, I plan to be there on the night – let’s see how many others we can get to join us!
Elly is a very nice person, and TOTALLY enthusiastic about The Hobbit, so please be nice to her when you email her!

There is a lot going on for Hobbit fans in New Zealand! If you live in Wellington, please join Jack in emailing Elly at the Embassy Theatre. And if she does open up early for all of the Hobbit fans, I’m sure she wouldn’t complain if you brought her some coffee and a breakfast pastry!

Advance ‘Hobbit’ Screening Contest in New Zealand

Middle-earth tour guide and New Zealand dweller Jack Machiela of The Noldor Blog alerted us to this contest!
A local fabric softener company managed to snag seats for an advance screening of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey on December 12, 2012. That’s one day before the film is released to the rest of New Zealand!
See full contest details below.

Terms and Conditions
1. The Promoters of this competition are Foodstuffs (Wellington) Co-operative Society Limited, Foodstuffs (Auckland) Limited and Foodstuffs South Island Limited (Foodstuffs).
2. The competition commences on 15th October 2012 and runs until close of trade on 25th November 2012 (the Competition Period).
3. You will receive an entry in the draw each time you purchase any two Cold Power or Cuddly products from any of the following participating New World supermarkets during the Competition Period and swipe or scan your Fly Buys card at the time of payment at the following New World Supermarkets:

• New World Upper North Island – Turangi and Taumarunui north
• New World Lower North Island – stores in Wellington, Wairarapa, Taranaki, Manawatu, Wanganui and Hawkes Bay regions only.
• New World South – all stores in the South Island

5. The prize winners will be drawn by Loyalty New Zealand Limited (Fly Buys) on 28th November 2012 by random electronic selection from all entries. The first eligible winner drawn from each of the three New World regions will win a pre-release private screening of The Hobbit for him or herself and thirty (30) friends. There are three major prizes to be won, one for each New World region.
Prize / s
a). There are three (3) major prizes to be won.  The 3 major prize winner/s will each receive a pre-release private screening of The Hobbit for him or herself and thirty (30) friends.  The screenings are only available at Hoyts Cinemas in the following locations; Auckland, Hamilton, Christchurch & Dunedin and Reading Cinemas in the following location; Wellington.  Exhibitor partners may be subject to change.  Due to multiple format options for this film further restrictions may apply.  A minimum of seven working days prior notice is required for all bookings and screenings to take up the screenings, including 3D, and all screenings are subject to availability at the time of booking. The screenings can only be taken on the 12th December 2012 prior to the public release of the movie.  If a winner is unable to redeem the prize on the 12th December 2012, a private screening can take place after the 21st January 2013.  This is subject to availability and limitations may apply. Accommodation, travel and other expenses related to taking up the prizes are not included.  $RRP = Money can’t buy.

If you live in New Zealand, it’s well worth it to take advantage of this offer! Good luck to all those who enter!
Jack, who organizes the Wellymoot Tolkien Society, would also like to get the word out about the box office at the Embassy Theatre.

It looks like Wellington MAY have a line party. We held Welly-moot (the meeting of Wellington’s Tolkien enthusiasts) at the Embassy Theatre yesterday. I spoke to the Elly, the manager there, and asked her when Hobbit tickets to the December 13th opening would be available. She said at 12:01am Nov 7th (online), and 09:00am next morning (physical box office). I asked her if she would consider opening the physical box office at midnight as well, and she said she’d consider it IF she got enough demand for it.
Please if you know anyone in Wellington who wants to stand in line for the world’s FIRST official tickets (keep in mind our midnight happens an hour before anyone else’s midnight!!), get them to send an email to Elly, the manager of Wellington’s Embassy Theatre, at manager@deluxe.co.nz, with a subject of “Please open the Box Office at 12:0am, Nov 7th for Hobbit Tickets!”. If it opens, I plan to be there on the night – let’s see how many others we can get to join us!
Elly is a very nice person, and TOTALLY enthusiastic about The Hobbit, so please be nice to her when you email her!

There is a lot going on for Hobbit fans in New Zealand! If you live in Wellington, please join Jack in emailing Elly at the Embassy Theatre. And if she does open up early for all of the Hobbit fans, I’m sure she wouldn’t complain if you brought her some coffee and a breakfast pastry!

photo contest 2012 : Win a £6,000 African Photo Safari

Digital Photographer magazine has teamed up with Capture Safaris to bring you a fantastic wildlife photography competition. We’re inviting you to enter your best wildlife images for a chance to win an incredible African photo adventure!

The prize

The winning photographer will get to choose one of three amazing seven-day Capture Safaris tours for the ultimate photographic experience:

• Birds, Beast & Feast Trip to Ruaha/Selous  29 October – 4 November 2012

• Big Cats of the Serengeti 11 November – 18 November 2012

• Calving Season in the Serengeti  15 March – 22 March 2013

The tour combines the experience of an African safari with expert tuition from a pro photographer on-hand during your trip. You’ll have an experienced tour guide to help you explore the landscape and track the game. Your guide will help you to get into the ideal position for capturing the best shots throughout your safari.
After a day’s shooting, you’ll rest your head in some of the best camps and lodges, ensuring you enjoy a touch of luxury for a truly memorable experience. Workshops are held each evening in-camp so you can share your photos with your fellow travellers and learn new tricks to try out the next day. Here are just a few of the great reasons why you should enter today:

• Specialist photography tuition
• Trained guide
• Only four people per vehicle

• Plenty of space in the car to shoot from
• Maximum of eight people per tour
• Luxury accommodation
• Flights included

• Practitioners of responsible tourism

How to enter

Simply email us your best wildlife photograph for a chance to win this amazing prize. You can only send one photo, so make sure it’s your best shot!

1. Pick your best wildlife shot
2. Ensure it is high-resolution, 300dpi and at least 23cm wide
3. Email your image to safari.comp@dphotographer.co.uk
4. Winner is announced in issue 123 of Digital Photographer

Visit the Capture Safaris website to find out more about their amazing photo trips

Competition Terms and Conditions

Your image must be your own. Images that have won previous competitions will not be accepted. Please do NOT watermark your image. Your image credit will be added by the Digital Photographer design team. Imagine Publishing and its partners have the right to substitute the prize for similar items of equal or higher value. Employees of Imagine Publishing (including freelancers), their relatives or any agents and employees of Capture Safaris are not eligible to enter this competition.
By entering this competition you agree for Digital Photographer, its licensed editions and Capture Safaris to use your image for promotional purposes within the context of this competition. The editor’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. Prizes cannot be exchanged for cash. Full terms and conditions are available on request. From time to time, Imagine Publishing and Capture Safaris may send you related material or special offers. If you do not want to receive this, please state it clearly on your competition entry.
The winner is responsible for arranging their own travel/kit insurance for the duration of the trip. Immunisation jabs may be required. You must be available to travel during the dates specified on one of the three trip options.

Source : http://news.dphotographer.co.uk/news/dp-team-news/win-a-6000-african-photo-safari/

“Images From the Edge” photo contest deadline extended to April 16, 2012

MEDIA RELEASE

Hawai‘i National Park, HI – Friends of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park (FHVNP) has extended their deadline to enter the first annual “Images From the Edge” photo contest. The new submission deadline is Monday, April 16 at 5:00 p.m. Hawai‘i Standard Time.

“Since our Web site redesign and photo submission page took longer to launch than originally planned, we wanted to make sure everyone had time to upload their photos to the site,” said FHVNP General Manager Julie Mitchell.

All images will be considered for inclusion in a special multi-image slideshow on April 28 at the Kilauea Visitor Center. All finalists’ photographs will be exhibited from June 8-17 at the Volcano Art Center Gallery.

“We also changed our opening reception of the ‘Images From the Edge’ photography exhibit to Friday, June 8,” Mitchell explained. “We didn’t want to conflict with the reception for the Hawai‘i Photo Expo.”

Besides being exhibited, other prizes include a helicopter tour for two, a zipline adventure for two, a private Volcano tour for two, gift certificates for Big Island Candies, gift certificates for Hawai‘i Volcanoes Institute field seminars, and more.

The contest is open to anyone with an original photograph taken in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park within the last three years. Photos may be color or black and white and can cover any subject matter. All ages and skill levels are welcome.

“We encourage both island residents and visitors from afar will enter the contest,” said Mitchell.

First, second, and third place awards will be given in three categories: Amateur-Beginner, Amateur-Advanced, and Professional. There will also be from three to seven Honorable Mentions.

For full contest rules and to enter, visit www.fhvnp.org. The entry fee for up to 3 photos is $25, payable online by credit card.

FHVNP appreciates assistance and donations from the following supporters: event co-sponsor Volcano Art Center, judges Rick Decker & Alvis Upitis, Ken & Mary Goodrich of Hawaii Photo Retreat, and Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, plus Big Island Candies, Blue Hawaiian Helicopters, Hawaii Forest & Trail / Kohala Zipline, Hawai‘i Pacific Parks Association, Nui Pohaku Adventure Tours, Volcano Places, and Volcano Video Productions.

Source : http://www.hawaii247.com/2012/03/30/images-from-the-edge-photo-contest-deadline-extended-to-april-16-2012/

Contest 2012 : Photo courtesy of the Hellfire Symphony

Photo courtesy of the Hellfire Symphony

If you are someone who loves drawing The Great Cheyenne & The Great Malaki invite you to enter this contest! We want to showcase our fans and friends talents ! All artwork will be posted on our sites in a brag album!

Submit your drawing of The Hellfire Symphony together (Malaki & myself ), or individually Malaki alone or Cheyenne alone. It is up to you “THE ARTIST” it could be one of your favorite moments of a picture you saw of us you really liked or something we did at a show that you couldn’t forget….any and all are welcome to enter and join in the fun . You can use any medium of your choice – pastels, charcoal, acrylic, oil, colored pencils, markers you are the boss!

1st Place winner will receive a 12” x18” Hellfire Symphony autographed poster “Hot Off The Press” which I have just received Drawn by an amazing artist Eric Neuschwanger

2nd.place winner will receive an 8”x10” autographed picture of your choice Cheyenne or Malaki or image of both in action

To enter to win you must submit your entry by the deadline April 10, 2012

You can scan and email it to gr8cheyenne@yahoo.com or you can mail it to :

Locke Lord

Att: Great Cheyenne

111 South Wacker Drive

Chicago, IL 60606

44th floor

Mailed entry must be received by April 10, 2012

Catch The Great Cheyenne at these MWR promotions later this month!!!

For image galleries of the evil tag team look up:

follow us on twitter @TheGreatMalaki  also @thegr8cheyenne

https://www.facebook.com/thegreatcheyenne

https://www.facebook.com/thegreatmalaki

or you can Google images or you tube key words :

The Great Cheyenne wrestler

The Great Malaki wrestler

The Hellfire Symphony

GREAT LUCK TO YOU ALL!!

Source : http://www.chicagonow.com/great-cheyenne/2012/03/hellfire-symphony-drawing-contest-enter-now-deadline-april-102012/

Symmetry Photo Contest April 2012

It’s competition time! The Shutter Pals April 2012 Photographer Competition is now open for entries, so get out there and start taking some photos!
This Month’s Photographer Competition Theme is Symmetry
Open your eyes and you will see that symmetry is all around you. From man-made objects such as buildings and furniture, to elements of nature such as flowers, trees and insects, symmetry is everywhere.
To many symmetry in photography is a thing of beauty. In fact, scientists have found that symmetry is inherently attractive to the human eye!
To help bring awareness to how symmetry visually dominates our everyday lives Shutter Pals is organizing a photographer competition around this theme. So get out your cameras and start taking photos that showcase symmetry in the world around us!
This competition is open to everyone (see prizes, entry and terms below) and gives you the chance to win a great prizes!
Each person may enter only one photo that showcases symmetry is everywhere. A photo of a symmetrical building, flower petals, a car tire, the face of a tiger, a doorway, etc. are just a few ideas to get you started.
Additional ideas and tips for the competition can be found here Using Symmetry in Photography.
We look forward to seeing what you come up with!
Photographer Competition Prizes, Entry and Terms
Prize Details: One winner. Winner receives a copy of the book The Complete Photographer: A Masterclass in Every Style and Subject by Tom Ang and a DVD copy of Pro Studio Backgrounds and Backdrops by FreeDigitalPhotographyTutorials.com.
Eligibility: Open to all. Must be registered on www.shutterpals.com. It’s free to join. Photo Entry Rules: Only one photo entry per person. Photo entry must come straight out of the camera and not processed in any manner. The only editing allowed is cropping the photo to achieve better balanced symmetry. This photography competition is being judged on your skill as a photographer not post-processing. File upload must be a jpeg and under 2 mb.
How to Enter:

1. Sign into www.shutterpals.com.
2. Upload your photo entry to your personal photo collection.
3. Click on the “New Reply” button below to reply to this thread.
4. Click on the camera icon in the pop up window and choose “Import a Photo.” Select the photo entry you uploaded to your personal photo collection in step 2.
5. Include a title and description below the photo telling us why you think your photo represents best example of symmetry in the world around us.
6. Click the submit button to add your photo entry to the photographer competition.

How Photo Entries Will Be Judged: Shutter Pals will pick the top three finalists. for the photographer competition. A public rating will then be opened for members to vote on their favorite photo out of the three finalists. The photographer’s photo with the most votes will win.
Deadline for Photo Submission: April 30, 2012
Copyright: Copyright of the images will remain the property of the photographer. Usage Rights: Shutter Pals reserves the right to use all photo entries as it wishes for display in all areas of the website and for promotional advertisements for future photography competitions. In all cases where such photos are used, Shutter Pals reserves the right to do so without obtaining the further prior permission of the Participant and without offering any compensation in any form.
We hope you have fun taking photos for the April 2012 Photographer Competition and look forward to seeing all of the photo entries. Please share this competition with your friends by email, facebook, twitter, google+, blogs, websites, etc.
Contest Website: http://www.shutterpals.com/