Today’s Our 1st Blog Anniversary / Birthday!

It’s been a fun and exciting year writing about food, cooking, and the culinary arts here on HuggingtheCoast.Com, so we thought the best way to celebrate our first birthday was to start a (100% free) contest!

(Wondering what got us started blogging? Click here to find out more about the contest win that inspired this site!)

The Hugging the Coast.Com Winter Blog Comment Contest

Enter to Win! The Rules:

To enter, all you have to do is to leave one or more approved comment(s) on at least one of our daily blog posts published between 12/09/08 and 2/14/09.

Best of all, each approved comment gets you yet another entry into the contest!

Alas, this contest is open to U.S. residents only.

What Do You Mean By Approved Comment?

To cut down on the possibility of comment spam here on HuggingtheCoast.Com, all new comments are moderated before they are approved to appear on the site.

(After all, who wants to read spam comments about pain pills and other commercial quackery when they could be reading and discussing the joys of food and cooking?)

Best of all, each approved comment gets you yet another entry into the contest!

Prizes:

One First Prize Winner will receive a FREE $25 gift certificate from their choice of either Amazon.Com or Barnes and Noble.

One Second Prize Winner will receive a FREE one year subscription to their choice of one of the following delicious food, gourmet, and cooking magazines:

Cook’s Illustrated
Saveur
Cooking Light
Gourmet
Food and Wine
Bon Appetit
Vegetarian Times
Taste of the South

Deadlines:

The contest starts on 12/09/08 and ends on Saturday, 2/14/09.

Contest Winner Selection:

The two lucky contest winners will be notified by e-mail with the happy news on Friday 2/20/09 (so please make sure to enter a valid e-mail address in our comment form so we can let you know if you won)! Winners will be decided via random drawing.

The Fine Print:

All trademarks and registered trademarks remain the property of their respective owners. Prizes are not meant to imply endorsement or sponsorship by the various corporations and trademark owners depicted and/or described above.

Enjoy!

(Photo Credit: Birthday Cake by MShades.)

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