The No Cleaning Here blog is offering a $50 Amazon.com gift card for the most Scary Strange Recipe.
There is no limit to the number of recipes an entrant can submit. All recipes must use at lea
st one surprise ingredient, including, but not limited to, a condiment or vegetable in a desert, or a desert/sweet/fruit in a main dish. Example: Velvetta Fudge, or Mayonaise Cake. All recipes must be the original creation of the entrant or a recipe taken from another source, if slightly modified.
Recipes must be submitted via email no later than midnight August 31, 2008.
Robeez, makers of baby shoes and baby booties, is giving away one free pair of shoes each month for the 
best photos of babies or children wearing Robeez footwear.
To enter the contest, complete complete an online form and attach a digital photo of your little one wearing Robeez footwear. Monthly winners’ photos are featured in a Photo Gallery, and Robeez’s quarterly email newsletter.
Each contest begins on the 1st day of each month and ends on the next month’s first day. A winner will be selected within 10 days of the end of each contest.
Plugrá European Style Butter is offering $5,000, a trip for two to New York City and the chance to appear on a local food show alongside a professional chef for the best compound butter recipe in its Magnifique Recipe Contest.
Fifty runners-up will receive a butter bell crock handcrafted by a master potter.
Compound butters are a mixture of ingredients added to a primary base of Plugra European Style Butter. According to 
Plugra, blended butters are one of the fastest growing trends in cooking today thanks to the creativity and versatility they add to any meal. Butter combinations can complement any number of foods and even enhance pairings with specific wines.
To enter the competition, visit the Plugra website and follow the online registration and recipe-entry process. The contest runs through August 31, 2008.
For a good example of what Plugrá European Style Butter is looking for, see the recipe for Spicy Citrus Butter with Basil, Garlic, and Roasted Pecans which was a runner-up in Plugrá’s 2007 competition.
The second annual Ocean Spray Ultimate Cranberry Recipe Contest is offering a $25,000 cash prize for the best cranberry infused recipes using Ocean Spray products.
Recipes must be original, use Ocean Spray products and can be entered in a variety of categories ranging from beverages to baked goods. Recipes will be judged on creativity, ease of preparation, taste, appearance and appeal. Each finalist recipe will be featured on the Ocean Spray website.
There are two sections of the contest - one for home cooks and one for foodservice professionals.
The contest for home cooks began March 11 and ends at 12:00 p.m. EDT on May 30, 2008. The contest for foodservice professionals began March 11 and ends at 4:00 p.m. EDT on June 30, 2008 .
The contest is open to everyone. Visit the Ocean Spray website for official rules and entry forms.
Bolla Wines of Italy is having a “Taste of Your Town” Pizza Recipe Contest.
Seeking “the best regional pizza recipes in the United States,” the contest will favor entries with ingredients local to the contestant.
To enter, submit a pizza recipe that includes local ingredients that represent your part of the country along with a suggested Bolla wine pairing.
Five First-Place regional winners will receive a Bolla pizza pack (pizza cutter, pizza stone, pizza peel) and a Delonghi pizza oven. One ultimate champion wins a trip for two to the Bolla Winery in Verona, Italy, along with tickets to the 2009 World Pizza Championships in Europe.
A prize of $25 million is being offered for whoever can demonstrate to the judges’ satisfaction a commercially viable design which results in the removal of anthropogenic, atmospheric greenhouse gases so as to contribute materially to the stability of Earth’s climate. Announced by Sir Richard Branson and Al Gore, the prize is designed to encourage a viable technology which will result in the removal of at least 1 billion tons of atmospheric carbon dioxide equivalent per year. The initial closing date for Virgin Earth Challenge is 8 February 2010. If the judges deem that no design submitted by that stage is worthy of the prize, it will re-open for two more year-long phases..
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