Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Mix matching outfits and smiles with snow and you get a true Michigan moment caught on camera to capture the weekly prize.
Sometimes Michigan's hot spells actually make us long for the cooler days of winter, so this week's Your Patch of Michigan photo contest winner was as welcome as a cool breeze. Among the nearly 100 photographs submitted in last week's Your Patch of Michigan photo contest was Catherine Sareini's picture of girls in matching outfits enjoying a snowy winter day in Dearborn's Fairlane Woods. Sareini's entry was selected as the winner for the week of June 18-24, the fourth week of the Your Patch of Michigan 2012 photo contest. Sareini wins two gift certificates worth a total of $50 to two local businesses. You, too, can share your visions of Michigan in photos in the Your Patch of Michigan photo contest. Every week through Labor Day we'll have …
Monday, June 25, 2012
Show off your favorite photos from anywhere in the state. We'll award weekly prizes for the photos that say 'Michigan' in content, tone and spirit.
There are many places, events and people that make Michigan special – from Up North, downstate, in the U.P. and everywhere in between. Michigan has an allure that cannot be denied. So why not share your visions of Michigan in photos in our Your Patch of Michigan photo contest, and possibly win a prize for doing so? Last week, nearly 100 photos were submitted to the contest, showing off some of what is the best Michigan has to offer – and more importantly, what Michigan means to each person. For the entire summer, we'll pick a winner every week based on voting by a panel of Michigan Patch editors. Each weekly winner will be announced on Wednesday and earn a prize worth up to $50. This week's prize: two pavilion tickets to the Santana …
Monday, June 18, 2012
Show off your favorite photos from anywhere in the state. We'll award weekly prizes for the photos that say 'Michigan' in content, tone and spirit.
There are many things that make Michigan special – from Up North, downstate, in the U.P. and every place in between. Michigan has an allure that cannot be denied. So why not share your visions of Michigan in photos in our Your Patch of Michigan photo contest, and possibly win a prize for doing so? Last week, more than 100 photos were submitted to the contest, showing off some of what is the best Michigan has to offer – and more importantly, what Michigan means to each person. For the entire summer, we'll pick a winner every week based on voting by a panel of Michigan Patch editors. Each weekly winner will get a prize. For the week of June 18-24, we'll award a gift certificate or other prize worth approximately $50. After Labor Day, we'll …
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
With more than 100 stunning photos submitted, choosing a winner was not easy.
For many people, Michigan means lakes and beaches. It's the beauty, the fresh air, the beach walks and bonfires and family cottages and memories of vacations that make it special. Megan Gunnell's family has a place up north near Onekama and it was on the Lake Michigan beach there that she took the photo that wins the second week of the Your Patch of Michigan 2012 photo contest. "This photo was taken about 3 years ago. At the time, my daughter Hannah was 3 and my son Elliott was 7," Gunnell said. "We had all just arrived as an extended family up north for the weekend at my mom's place near this beach and the kids were dying to get to the beach and run around. My daughter to this day still bounds with joy and prances around in the sand every…
Monday, June 4, 2012
Show off your favorite photos from anywhere in the state. We'll award weekly prizes for the photos that say 'Michigan' in content, tone and spirit.
There's just something about Michigan that makes it special. Whether it's on a lake Up North or in a backyard downstate, Michigan has an allure that cannot be denied. So why not share your visions of Michigan in photos in our Your Patch of Michigan photo contest, and possibly win a prize for doing so? Last week, more than 170 photos were submitted to the contest, showing off some of what is the best Michigan has to offer – and more importantly, what Michigan means to each person. For the entire summer, we'll pick a winner every week based on voting by a panel of Michigan Patch editors. Each weekly winner will get a prize. For the week of June 4-10, the prize is four tickets to Taste of Dearborn on June 20, an $80 value, courtesy of the …
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Show off your favorite photos, from Up North to your own backyard. We'll award weekly prizes for the photos that say 'Michigan' in content, tone and spirit.
Editor's note: Week one of the contest is closed, but follow Patch each week week this summer for more installments! Michiganians have a love affair with their state. From Up North to their own backyards, our state has an allure that cannot be denied. So why not share your visions of Michigan in photos in our Your Patch of Michigan photo contest, and possibly win a prize for doing so? For the entire summer, we'll pick a winner every week based on voting by a panel of Michigan Patch editors. Each weekly winner will get a prize. For the week of May 24-June 3 (a little longer this first time because of Memorial Day weekend), the prize is a $50 gift certificate to Katherine Lynn Salon in Troy. After Labor Day, we'll pick a grand prize winner …
Monday, September 26, 2011
Out of nearly 2,000 photos submitted, the grand prize choice wins a Mackinac Island adventure.
Sunsets, family reunions, beaches, city skylines, tubing on lakes, Tiger games, wildlife, Mackinac Island and so much more. Those are among the nearly 2,000 images readers shared over eight weeks of the Your Patch of Michigan photo contest. So it was tough to choose just one grand prize winner from the eight weekly winners, but we did: Beth Potts' snapshot of her new husband, Chris, during their honeymoon canoe trip to Isle Royale in Michigan's Upper Peninsula last summer. "We packed everything into the canoe and he navigated our way along the south shore to Moskey Basin, where we camped overlooking the bay," said Potts, of Grosse Pointe Woods. "We've both traveled internationally and around the U.S., but you don't have to leave Michigan …
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Grand prize winner to be announced next week.
Our love of sports is a huge part of what makes Michigan what it is, illustrated by the winners of our final weekly Your Patch of Michigan photo contest. During Week 8 - the final week - of the contest, more than 160 photos that share readers' visions of Michigan were submitted for a grand total of nearly 2,000 entries during the eight weeks. We had two winners this week: Kristin Schreck of Rochester Hills' snapshot of the exciting end of a Detroit Tigers game and Grosse Pointe native and current Up North resident Gretchen Dorian's capture of the finish of this year's Port Huron-to-Mackinac Race. Early next week, we will announce the grand prize winner selected from all of the weekly winners. The grand prize winner will receive a …
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Readers submit more than 100 photos of their favorite Michigan spots and moments each week.
Michigan is full of school pride and love of nature – both depicted in the winning photos from Week 6 and Week 7 of our Your Patch of Michigan photo contest. In Week 6, which saw more than 100 photos submitted, Terri Melvin Denhof shared a winning photo of a bunch of diehard Michigan State fans with mascot Sparty showing off their devotion to MSU. The Week 7 winning picture was more subdued but just as inspiring, as Bill Beckley captured snow covered tulips braving a late April snowstorm showed. "It demonstrates just how unpredictable Michigan weather can be, but the beauty of a Michigan spring will prevail," said Beckley of Ypsilanti. A close second among the 150-plus submitted photos that week was a snapshot of a storm cloud threatening …
Monday, September 12, 2011
Show off your finest photos, from Up North to your own backyard. We'll award weekly prizes for the photos that say "Michigan" in content, tone and spirit.
From Up North to our own backyards, Michigan has an allure that cannot be denied. Why not share your visions of Michigan in photos in our Your Patch of Michigan photo contest, and possibly win a prize for doing so? Through Saturday, we'll pick a winner every week based on voting by a panel of Michigan Patch editors. Each weekly winner will get a prize. For the week of Sept. 11-17 – our final week – we have two prizes: a $30 gift certificate to Somerset Collection in Troy and a $50 gift certificate to Pointe Electronics in Grosse Pointe. After Saturday, we'll pick a grand prize winner from the eight weekly winners. The grand prize winner will receive a certificate for a two-night stay at Mission Point Resort on Mackinac Island (to be used…
Beth Reeber Valone
12:05 pm on Friday, June 22, 2012
Great, thanks Colleen! more ›