This is an online sweepstakes with a twist. A lot of people are going to pass on entering because each entry requires a recipe, but it is not a recipe contest. The rules clearly state that you can get the recipes from other sources as long as you name the source (cookbook, website, grandma, etc.) and do not use any of the recipes from the sponsor's website.  Your recipes will not be judged. Winners will be selected via a random drawing. So even though it is not a recipe contest it does require a little extra effort to enter this one. The old saying is true...the harder it is to enter, the easier it is to win!

To find the “Cooking With My Honey Bear” Sweepstakes on the SweepsU.com Sweepstakes and Contest list do a Custom Search by typing honey in the Contest Name field. To find true Cooking Contests and Recipe Sweepstakes select "by Type" and then select "Recipe/Cooking/Food Contest".

Take care and win BIG!

Gwen Beauchamp

The FAO Schwarz Fall Into Fun Sweepstakes is offering 4 fabulous bundles of toys as prizes. The Best Buy® Halo®: Reach New York City Flyaway Sweepstakes is giving Xbox 360 consoles to 25 winners. There are dozens more current sweepstakes offering great prizes that you can use for gift giving during the holidays. But you need to be entering these Game and Toy giveaways right now in order to have any prizes you win delivered before the holidays.

Judging agencies can be notoriously slow in shipping prizes to sweepstakes winners. You will receive them, but not always as soon as you would like. I have always entered the sweepstakes offering hundreds or thousands of small prizes throughout the year than hide them as they are delivered. It has been a big help with my holiday budget to start the season with free gifts and stocking stuffers. So, if you haven't already started working on your holiday stash...GET BUSY! Oh...and be sure to keep an eye out for local promotions. Not only do they give you better odds of winning, they are usually a little quicker with the prize deliveries as well.

To find the FAO Schwarz Fall Into Fun Sweepstakes, Best Buy® Halo®: Reach New York City Flyaway Sweepstakes and other sweepstakes offering games and toys as prizes on the SweepsU.com Contest and Sweepstakes list do a search by clicking on "by Prize" and "Games/Toys/Video Games & Systems". To find a specific prize such as Xbox 360 consoles, do a Custom Search by typing xbox in the Prize Description field.

Take care and win BIG!

Gwen Beauchamp

It’s finally happening! Only four more weeks of Beta Testing and SweepsU.com will be launched as a full-fledged website. Of course, this also means there are only four weeks left to get your entries in for the SweepsU.com Contest & Sweepstakes open only to our Testers. You can still be one of the two lucky winners of a brand new Netbook and a LIFETIME subscription to SweepsU.com. Scroll down to read the contest rules or you can look them up on the Sweeps List, but don’t waste any more time…Beta Testing and the Sweepstakes both end on June 30^th!

Gwen

P.S. Be sure to keep an eye out for a very special message from the SweepsU.com team with our price structure and subscription options.  It won’t be long now!

SweepsU.com Beta Tester Sign-Up Sweepstakes & Contest

Eligibility: Open only to registered SweepsU.com Alpha and Beta Testers. Previous winners are eligible to win again.

Promotion End Date: June 30, 2010

Promotion Drawing Date: Within five (5) business days of the end of the promotion period.

Entry Limit: There is No Limit to the number of entries submitted by any one person.

How to Enter: Login to SweepsU.com and click on "Sweeps and Contests". In the menu on the left side of the page, you will see "Invite Friend." Click on it and type in the first and last name and email address of a friend you are inviting to be a Beta Tester at SweepsU.com. You can also include a personal message to your friend if you would like. Click on "Send Invitation" and you are done.

You will receive one (1) entry into the Sweepstakes and one (1) entry into the Contest for each new Beta Tester who signs up as the result of your invitation. You will not receive an entry if your friends do not complete the Beta Tester registration.

Each new person who signs up to be a Beta Tester for SweepsU.com will be eligible to enter the Contest and Sweepstakes by inviting their own set of friends.

There will be two (2) Grand Prize winners:

• Contest Grand Prize winner - The person who invited the most people who responded and completed the Beta Tester registration process
• Sweepstakes Grand Prize winner - randomly drawn from all the entries received

If there is a tie for the Contest Grand Prize, the winner will be determined by a random drawing of the tied entries. The Contest Grand Prize winner is not eligible for the Sweepstakes Grand Prize. There is a limit of one (1) prize per person.

PRIZES:

One (1) Contest Grand Prize: An Acer Netbook (ARV $300) and a Life-time subscription to SweepsU.com (ARV: Priceless!)

One (1) Sweepstakes Grand Prize: An Acer Netbook (ARV $300) and a Life-time subscription to SweepsU.com (ARV: Priceless!)

Two (2) Sweepstakes Runner Up Prizes: Five (5) large bars of Scharffen Berger Premium Milk Chocolate (courtesy of TuttiFoodie.com) (ARV $20)