Showing posts with label Winners. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Winners. Show all posts

Friday, 25 November 2011

Orbs.com Announces Winners of the Share Your Knowledge Sweepstakes

Vancouver, BC (PRWEB) December 6, 2010

Orbs (http://orbsblog.com), a site creator for sharing and storing information, announced Toni Kay and Julie Fast as the Share Your Knowledge Sweepstakes grand prize winners. Both will receive a Kindle 3G. Twenty $ 50 gift certificates from Amazon.com were also awarded to runner ups. A full listing of all the winners is posted at http://orbs.com/sweepstakes.


The Share Your Knowledge Sweepstakes ran from October 28 to November 29, 2010. To enter, participants submitted their email and optionally answered the question: Whats something you know more about than other people? One name was drawn for the first Kindle and whoever referred that person to the sweepstakes won the second Kindle. The twenty gift certificated were awarded similarly. A total of 9,643 entries were received.


Over 6,700 people shared what theyre an expert of, said Emily Hirai, Director of Marketing at Orbs.com. Answers ranged from how to train for a marathon to how to go back to college at the ripe old age of 40. We believe everyone is an undiscovered expert. Websites like Orbs.com now make it possible for everyday people to proudly share what they know with others.


A listing of some of the most inspiring, unusual and funniest answers are posted at http://orbsblog.com.


About Orbs.com


Orbs.com is an informational website builder for sharing and organizing knowledge. It does not require any technical know-how to use and features drag and drop page organization and easy to use text editing. Members use their Orbs sites to share knowledge, collaborate with others and store information. They can make their site public or private to their members only.


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Glasgow, Scotland (PRWEB) November 01, 2011

Two bartenders, an ocean apart are excited and ready to pack their bags, cross the pond, switch countries and 'jobs' for two weeks as the winners of the first ever trans-continental Auchentoshan Switch. Auchentoshan

2nd Annual BMPA International Short Film Competition Announces Winners

Reading, MA (PRWEB) May 22, 2006

After a five-month, three-round judging process, the Boston Motion Picture Awards has declared Australias Beth Armstrong the winner of this years BMPA International Short Film Competition. Ms. Armstrongs short film Danya (produced by Luke Eve) explores the relationship between an eight-year-old girl (Danya) and her father (Patrick) after the death of Danyas mother. While Patrick responds by locking his late wifes belongings in her old sewing room, Danya responds by exploring the meaning of death.


Beth Armstrong has directed several films, including Danya; Tackle; the documentary Passion with a Pedigree (AFTRS), and a short feature entitled Cheek to Cheek, which was produced in association with Australias Film Commission. Her 1st place win in the BMPA International Short Film Competition has earned her over $ 1,000 USD toward her next production; a free copy of Final Draft screenwriting software; a web page dedicated to her film on the BMPA web site; a free subscription to Macworld Magazine; a free copy of Getting Loaded, the personal finance guide by noted author and financial speaker Peter Bielagus; a personalized trophy, and a personalized awards certificate.


Finishing in 2nd place this year is Whats Love Doing in the Mountains? (a Turkish/American production) written and directed by student filmmaker Yunus E. Firat, and produced by Matthew Quezada. Finishing in 3rd Place is the U.S. documentary Do You Want the Elephant Music, written and directed by Leslie Dektor, and produced by Faith Dektor. More information about these films is available on the BMPA official web site, http://www.bostonawards.com.


The BMPA International Short Film Competition was founded in 2004 by Boston-area filmmakers Aaron and Seth Howland of 7 Fluid Oz. Productions LLP (http://www.7fluidoz.com). Aaron and Seths credits include the short film The Albino Code (2006); the feature film Interrogation (2006), and the documentary/live concert DVD On the Way (2004). This years judges included award-winning actor/filmmaker Sayed Badreya (The Insider, True Lies, T for Terrorist); award-winning filmmaker Hari Das (The Photo, An Angel in the Office), and Boston-area filmmaker Lynn Weissman (SUV, Mon Amour: An American Love Story).


To learn more about this years BMPA International Short Film Competition, please visit http://www.bostonawards.com.


To learn more about the BMPA founders, Aaron and Seth Howland, please visit http://www.7fluidoz.com.


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