Archive for 'Contests'
Beloved Belize writing contest Winners
Posted on October 20, 2009 in Contests, Guest Contributors, Island Life
Thanks to all who entered Beloved Belize writing contest. Miss Lydia won first place hands down and after sleeping on it the judge chose second and third place. In addition to the prizes below all winners will be printed in San Pedro Sun and Ambergris Daily.
First place Winner – Lydia Langston – 6 months [...]
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Social Day
Posted on September 30, 2009 in Contests
What a social day at the tacoshack. Jack and Mitch stopped by this morning – Jack was checking the new boat and Mitch popped in to chat a bit and to see if we needed anything at the store. Next were Molly and Cindy for a quick hello. Then Lara came to hang [...]
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Twitter Perspective
Posted on September 29, 2009 in Contests, Island Life
Thanks to Dorian he sure put things in perspective for me today. I have been here thinking about how dizzy I am feeling – been trying to fight off a cold or flu since Sunday. Saw Dorian’s twitter about the Prime Minister of Belize being diagnosed Dengue and followed link back to Ambergris Today Blog [...]
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Beloved Belize Writing Contest
Posted on September 14, 2009 in Contests, Island Life
With last week marking the start of a new school year – I thought it would be timely to have a writing contest. There is so much to say about Belize and so many talented writers out there. So get your ideas together and bring your submissions to life.
For those who like inspiration you can [...]
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What a ride
Posted on March 20, 2009 in Contests
It is not often that I would say I have writers block but today is one of those days. I even went for a soak and listened to the radio to clear my head but I am just way too excited to slow my brain down.
It is the last day of public voting for the [...]
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More More More
Posted on March 19, 2009 in Contests
Great job everyone the response I have gotten for Belize Please photo contest and to everyone’s Belize pics has been amazing.
So good in fact that I had to share more of the winners images with you. Since Barnacle Bill came up a winner in 2 categories I posted a few more of his and linked [...]
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Everyone’s a Winner
Posted on March 18, 2009 in Contests
Everyone who entered the Belize Please photo contest gets an A for effort – well truth be told some might get A- for not following instructions ha ha.
Congratulations go out to Davelle and JudyAnn you have both had your numbers drawn for prizes. I would also like to send a special shout out to to [...]
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Honorable Mentions
Posted on March 17, 2009 in Contests
With so many great pictures here are 3 honorable mentions from my star judges Maya Beth and Ruthie – presented in that order.
Attention all winners the prize notification emails have been sent out so if you did not get one for some reason please email me.
Tomorrow everyone who entered the contest will have a picture [...]
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Belize Please photo contest Winners
Posted on March 16, 2009 in Contests, Cool stuff, Island Life, Useful information
Shout out to everyone that entered Belize Please photo contest 2009 and made it a big success. I would also like to thank my judges Maya Ruthie and Beth as well as the local businesses who donated prizes… Pedro’s Pizza – Tropic Air – Lime Bar & Grill – San Pedro Fitness Club – CG [...]
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Mystery judges revealed
Posted on March 15, 2009 in Contests
7:00 am and I have already triple checked all the entry folders for the contest and am now registering the last of the new entries which brings the total up to 48. My guess was that I would get about 50 entries so not too far off.
Judging party starts at 3 pm – soon you [...]
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More surprises
Posted on March 14, 2009 in Contests
Yesterday’s sneak peek went over well so I decided to post a few more for you this morning. One of the judges emailed me after seeing yesterdays pics and said it will definitly be some work tomorrow.
Fabulous prizes for the contest winners… Pedro’s Pizza Gift Certificate – Lunch at Lime Bar & Grill – 1 [...]
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Sneak peek
Posted on March 13, 2009 in Contests
Here is a sneak peek of some of the entries for the photo contest. Since there are so many fantastic pics to choose from – I drew numbers to get the 5 people whose then I picked one from each of their folders.
I saw the sun rising as a big orange ball this morning and [...]
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Crunching numbers
Posted on March 12, 2009 in Contests, Useful information
Usually when you enter a contest you have no real idea of how many you are up against and just find out at the end if you won a prize or not and that’s the end of it. I decided to post a contest breakdown for everyone so you can get a better idea of [...]
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Full Moon Fun
Posted on March 11, 2009 in Contests, Island Life
I am update on registering latest photo contest entries and getting excited for tonight’s Full Moon Party at Catamaran beach bar.
BBQ – Tanya and Zac will be drumming with fire Shows throughout the night and something new burning mask which will be cool – remember it is a good time to set intentions during a [...]
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Action packed
Posted on March 10, 2009 in Contests
So much action here it is hard to catch it all like the other day when I was sitting on our veranda and saw a kid go cartwheeling by or the countless times I have seen interesting doubles on bikes.
I just clocked in entry number 36 for the photo contest – time is running out [...]
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Creative is in the eye of the beholder
Posted on March 9, 2009 in Contests
My friend once told me a story about how his kindergarten teacher singled him out for not drawing a bunny correctly – as an adult he was a very funny creative guy in many ways but said incident had a big affect on how he felt about himself in regards to his drawing abilities.
Whose to [...]
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Nature ranks high in Belize
Posted on March 8, 2009 in Contests
Living on a tropical Island definitely ranks high on the nature scale – there is no shortage of wonderful Belize nature images as you can see from my pictures below. The sky is ever changing – there are always colorful flowers blooming and I never grow tired of beach – palm trees and brilliant [...]
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