CONTESTS & SURVEYS: MapleLine Magazine
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Sooke Spirit Festival Photo Contest (submit pics up to Dec.23/09)
Holiday
Season 2009 Photo Contest:
Submit photos that you take during the Sat. Dec. 5 Sooke Spirit Festival
event (with caption). Winning photos will be posted within MapleLineMagazine.com
and will also be made available to the Sooke Harbour Chamber of Commerce
for future promotions of their festival events.
Deadline is Dec.23, 2009. Submit jpeg images to: contest@maplelinemagazine.com
Two prize winners will be chosen. All photos must be of good publication quality, show a positive or interesting aspect of the event, and provide an informative/interesting caption. Decisions of the judges are final.
Two prize winners will be announced on this website: 1st prize $25 gift certificate from The Edge Restaurant and 2nd prize $20 gift certificate from The Stick Coffee House.
See more details in the Holiday 2009 issue of MapleLine Magazine or email or phone 250-642-7729.
CAT Photo Contest (closed Oct.31/09)
Fall Photo Contest:
Photos of cat(s) with an interesting caption. Winners chosen at random.
Photos must be of good publication quality, show a positive
or interesting aspect of the cat(s), and provide an
informative/interesting caption. Decisions of the judges are final.
Top prize winner: Gail Nash, for her photo of Cali, a 2-year-old curious cat, with the caption "Harry Potter is the cat's meow." Gail wins a Cat Companion Visit (value $20) from Walk, Sit and Stay in Sooke, BC.
All Art Show (July 10 to 12, 2009)
CONTEST WINNERS: At the MapleLine/Brookeline booth at the July 10-12 All Art Show at Sooke Legion Hall, the winners of the three available prizes were:
DAVID STOKOE, Sooke, BC: 12-months of access to a computer or business course of choice at www.elearningcanadadepot.com at a value of $59.95+gst
JOYCE GOWANLOCK, Sooke, BC: A one-year subscription (4 issues) to MapleLine Magazine, starting with the Fall 2009 issue. Value of $21.95+gst
DEBBIE CLARKSON, Sooke, BC: One workshop evening (includes mentoring for 30 days) in MapleLine's WRITING for BUSINESS & JOURNALISM training program. Value: $59.95+gst
Family Fair (April 25, 2009)
CONTEST WINNERS: At the MapleLine/Brookeline booth at the April 25 Family Fair at SEAPARC Leisure Complex, the winners of the three available prizes were:
ELAINE MILLER, Sooke, BC: 12-months access to a computer or business course of choice at www.elearningcanadadepot.com at a value of $49.95+gst
TINA D'ARCHANGELO, East Sooke, BC: A one-year subscription (4 issues) to MapleLine Magazine, starting with the Fall 2009 issue. Value of $21.95+gst
LAURIE LOUGHRAN, Sooke, BC: Invitation to write a feature article for MapleLine Magazine on the topic of her choice (within the issue themes). The value is (we'd like to think) priceless
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Mission Statement
MapleLine seeks to inform, educate, and promote open conversation about economic, social, educational and health care issues in Sooke, and to foster Sooke's role as a vibrant community within the Greater Victoria area and southern Vancouver Island region.
The print magazine seeks to facilitate the resolution of contentious issues by providing information and insight. We aim to think outside the box. Our quarterly schedule allows us to dig deeper toward fostering a greater understanding of interesting and stubborn issues.
Our online web-content mission is to be a "living-Web", an expansion of the themes established by the print version each issue. Online articles and features will be updated regularly, with links and content that serve our readers and support our advertisers. The blog provides an opportunity for reader input.
What's inside the magazine
MapleLine Magazine brings insightful articles and custom ads to a readership of 8,000+ (distribution of 4,000 x 2 readers per copy) in Sooke and southern Vancouver Island.
Current
local and regional news.
Social,
health and educational issues.
Political
and economic issues.
Arts &
culture, tourism, fitness & sport.
Contests,
surveys, crossword puzzles.
Letters
to the editor. October 8/09 (for the Nov.09-Jan.10).