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Autumn Porch Decorating Contest

Our first annual

Our autumn porch decorating contest is closed now. Thank you for stopping by. We announced the first and second place winners on Sunday, November 8th, 2009. We truly appreciate all the fantastic entries you submitted.

Do you decorate your porch for autumn? Then enter our first annual autumn porch decorating contest and show off your porch here. Perhaps you are crafty and like to create cushions, flower arrangements or other decorative accents for your porch for autumn. You don't need to be Martha Stewart to enter our contest [grins!].

Just read through these easy guidelines and then use the form below to send us a photo of your front porch decorated for autumn (past or present).

Include a few lines about how you decorated it and what inspired you. Or in the case of a craft, give a description of how you made it.

The prizes

The winning entry receives:

A $50.00 gift card to Plow & Hearth, and
We'll feature your porch photo on our home page for a week! (November 8-15, 2009). Thousands of site visitors will see it!

2nd place prize is this nice custom mug from Zazzle

The 2nd place entry will receive:

A beautiful coffee mug (like the one shown here) custom designed by us at Zazzle with the slogan "Life is short. Enjoy your porch."

All accepted entries may be shared on our site, but only the winning photo will be on our home page for a week.

Contest guidelines:

The autumn porch decorating contest begins on Monday, September 21st, 2009 and ends at midnight CST on Sunday, November 1st, 2009.
We are looking for decorated porches (or an area of your porch) with an autumn theme. It could be the entire porch, the porch steps, or even the front door with a beautiful wreath or other decoration.
Perhaps you are crafty and have made some unique fall decorations, cushions, or fall floral arrangements. Doesn't matter whether you have a small porch or portico, or a large country porch.
Once approved, your entry will automatically create a web page on our site that you can share with your friends and family.
After completing the form below, you will be asked if you want to be notified about your submission. Please say "yes" if you want to be notified about your entry. Otherwise we have no way of contacting you. Thank you.
Pictures may include pets but not individuals.
Please submit only your porch picture - not a picture from a magazine, a website, or your neighbor's home - using the form below.
Pictures from previous autumns are fine!
You are welcome to submit up to three (3) separate entries. For example, if several sections of your porch are decorated differently or you made several autumn crafts for your porch.

Judging

The founders of Front-Porch-Ideas-and-More.com have selected three independent judges who will decide upon the winning entry based upon (1) theme, (2) attractiveness, and (3) originality. The winning photo will be announced on our home page on November 8th, 2009. The results of our judges are final.

Note: Pictures submitted automatically gives Front Porch Ideas and More.com the right to use them on our website. Front Porch Ideas and More.com reserves the right to determine which photos will be posted on our site in order to protect the integrity, theme, and concept of Front Porch Ideas and More.com. Thank you for your interest in our first annual Autumn Porch Decorating Contest.

Submit Your Photo and Description Here

Do you decorate your porch for autumn? Great. Enter our first annual Autumn Porch Decorating Contest!

Title of Your Entry

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