Gratitude can be very valuable to the person on the receiving end, but by entering Western Union’s
Thanks a Thousand Sweepstakes
, you could turn the tables and win a $1,000 prize just by giving thanks via a photograph, video or essay to a deserving person in your life. Simply enter the contest once and you’ll be included into successive daily drawings for the duration of the contest, June 17, 2012, until you win. This is not a scholarship, per se, but it’s definitely easy and the money could, of course, be used towards tuition and fees.
Application Process
Western Union’s Thanks a Thousand Sweepstakes application starts off by asking for your email address. You’re then taken to a page where you’ll be required to add a few basic details so that they can contact you. Finally, you’ll be given the choice to submit a video, photograph or essay detailing how thankful you are to someone in your life. Pretty straightforward. Winners are selected daily and their entries will be posted online for the world to view. If you’re having a hard time thinking of someone to thank, you might not’ve known about this sweepstakes if it hadn’t been for EasyScholarshipsNow.com so don’t be afraid to give a shout-out to yours truly (wink).
Three Ways to Enter
For those interested in the particulars, here’s a rundown of some specifications that might come in handy. Again, there are three ways you can enter this contest and each method has specific guidelines that you must follow: 1) If you’re entering with a video, make sure it’s no more than 10 MB in size and in either .mov, .mpg, .wmv or .avi format; 2) if submitting a photo,آ the image cannot exceedآ 3 MB andآ should be inآ either .png, .gif, .jpg or .jpeg; 3) if writing an essay,آ it must be atآ leastآ 250 to 1,000 characters long and contain a shout-out to an important person you owe a debt of gratitude too. A title is required for each method not exceeding 35 characters. As long as you’re at least 18 years old, you’re eligible to enter.
More Scholarship Sweepstakes
Remember, you can always head over to the Scholarship Sweepstakes List page to find and apply for more contests that offer decent cash awards. Scholarship sweepstakes are super easy that generally only require registration and that you be eligible to enter. These programs will pop up unexpectedly from different businesses and organizations across the nation and will often only last for a short period of time. If you don’t want to be left in the dark, it’s a good idea to hook up with a source (like this site). To make things easy,آ you could subscribe to the آ RSS feed orآ have posts sent to your email address .آ Good Luck!
