I am something of an avid Online Sweeps gal. I win lots of little prizes every month and I've won a few big ones in the past year. (I won a years supply of Cereal 8 weeks ago!) I notices that there are a number of swell online sweeps and contests where the prizes are Musical Instruments. It occurred to me that Mudcatters should win some of these! Most folks who win autographed Guitars wind up selling them on Ebay or somesuch.    I didn't put this in BS because it is about music and musical instruments.

In this thread - I will enter the details of contests and the links to them. If you wish to add to this thread, please abide by the following format:

NAME OF SWEEPS/CONTEST
DATE CONTEST ENDS
TYPE OF ENTRY (Simple, Creative, Survey, membership, etc.)
TERMS OF ENTRY (Daily, Weekly, Monthly, One Time Entry Only, Snail mail Entry only, etc.)
WHO MAY ENTER: Such as USA/Canada, USA only, International, UK only, Canada/UK etc. etc. and any age restrictions that apply
BRIED PRIZE(S) DESCRIPTION
BLICKIFIED Link to The Contest Entry page or: BLICKIFIED Link to page where one can click on entry form Make sure you test the blickified links by previewing your post.

That's it!

Here are some to get us started:


Gohastings.Com Lee Ann Womack Guitar Contest
Ends 6/3/2005. Winners determined by 6/10/2005
Simple Entry
Daily Entry
Open to all over the age of 18
Prize: Acoustic Guitar Autographed by Lee Ann Womack
ENTER HERE


TeenPeople Guitar Giveaway! Win a brand new guitar signed by awesome music artist, Anna Nalick
Electronic entries must be received by 11:59 p.m. EDT, June 3, 2005.
Creative entry - 200 word essay on who is your favorite Guitarist and why.
One Entry per Person
Open to US Residents 13 to 21 Years of Age (sign up your kids)
Prize is a Guitar whose approxiamte retail value is $300. I assume it's an Acoustic Guitar...they usually are in these type contests.

ENTER HERE



Interpunk Vibrators Guitar Contest
Contest ends June 6, 2005
Simple Entry
One Entry Per Person
Doesn't specify any age or residency requirements for Entry
Autographed Guitar - type not Specified
Enter Here



I will be adding more contests in the next hour. At any given time, there are usually about 20 Online Contests/Sweepstakes/drawings for Musical Instruments and there's no reason that Mudcatters shouldn't have as good a chance as anyone. I hope you all enjoy this thread. Give me a few days to list all the current ones. If you wish to add a contest to this list, please use the format I described above and please limit it to Musical Instruments or equipment only and not to CDs. There are thousands of CD contests/sweeps and they would just clutter up the thread and defeat it's purpose.

The purpose is to get more of these free instruments into the hands of people who will actuslly PLAY them and not just sell them on Ebay!