PartSelect.com is giving away $5,000 worth of new GE Appliances to one lucky blogger! That’s $5,000 you can slice and dice anyway you want*. Pick your color. Pick your style. Pick a new fridge and stove, or new washer and dryer set. You win, you choose. To enter, simply choose one of our official blogging topics below, write a post** and send it to contests@partselect.com. It’s that easy! Official Blogging Topics: Tell us about your worst DIY...

The Gulen Institute Youth Platform has announced its second international essay contest, which is open to all high school students in grades 9th through 12th currently enrolled in public or private schools from across the nation and abroad. Topic of this year is: “Creating solutions for the challenges faced by children today” Awards for students Awards for teachers 1st place $ 3,000 1st place $ 1,000 2nd place $ 2,000 2nd place $ 750 3rd place...

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS The Down Under Essay Contest Deadline: January 31, 2012 Creative Nonfiction, in association with Tashmadada, seeks new essays for a special “Australia” issue. We’re looking for a variety of perspectives—from locals, expats, tourists, or anyone else—and will consider essays of all forms and focuses as long as Australia’s landscape, people, and/or culture are prominently featured; the stories are true; and submissions are...

The Erma Bombeck Writing Competition sponsored by Washington-Centerville Public Library and established in 1997 to pay tribute to hometown writer Erma Bombeck, one of the greatest humorists of the 20thCentury. The contest, now held every two years, opens for online entries ($15 entry fee) at 8 am (EST) Tuesday, January 3, 2012, and closes at 7:30 am (EST) Tuesday, February 14, 2012. Entries should be 450 words or fewer and cannot be published...

The 10th Annual FundsforWriters Essay Contest seeks nonfiction submissions. First prize $400. Five additional cash prizes. Zero entry fee and $5 entry fee categories. Theme: Diligence. Limit 750 words. Email submissions only. Receipt deadline: Midnight (Eastern Time), October 31, 2011 Guidelines at www.fundsforwriters.com/annualcontest.htm

Name the Squirrel Contest – http://www.leafguard.com/name-the-squirrel-contest.php Our LeafGuard Squirrel needs a name and we could use your child’s help to come up with one. Your child could win up to a $1,500 head start toward their college tuition. We are asking children 8 – 13 years old, to tell us what our squirrel’s name should be and to tell us why they have picked that name. Essays should be 150 words or less and...