Photo Contest: Signs of Spring

Update: This contest is now closed. Thanks to everyone who entered. We loved seeing all your fun fall photos! Check out the winners here.

There’s no place like the Pacific Northwest in the fall. What’s your favorite activity to do as a family to welcome fall? 

Share your favorite fall photos with ParentMap for the chance to win over $1,300 in prizes from Grand Ridge Plaza in Issaquah Highlands. This is your chance to shop, dine and play on us!

We’ll collect entries from October 9-22, 2017.

Thank you to our contest sponsor, Grand Ridge Plaza in Issaquah Highlands.

How to Enter

1. Snap — Gather your favorite fall photo.
2. Share — Upload your photo to Instagram with hashtag #fallinthesound and tag @parentmap.
3. Win — Follow @parentmap on Instagram and we’ll let you know if you win!

Grand Prize

One lucky winner will receive more than $1,000 in gift cards and services to enjoy at these Grand Ridge Plaza merchants in Issaquah Highlands. 

• Bai Tong Thai Restaurant ($100 gift card)
• barre3 Issaquah Highlands (one month of unlimited classes, $225 value)
• Frame Central (gift certificate for $100 in framing services)
• Sorella Salon ($100 gift card)
• HomeGoods ($100 gift card)
• Ulta Beauty ($100 gift card)
• francesca’s ($100 gift card)
• Carter’s ($100 gift card)
• Sip at the wine bar & restaurant ($100 gift card)

Total prize value: $1,025

Second Place Prizes

Two lucky winners will each receive the following prize package. 

• Frame Central (gift certificate for $100 in framing services)
• One dozen PinkaBella Cupcakes ($38 value)

Total prize value: $138 per winner

Grand Prize: Running with the Tulips

Our grand prize winner — vanjaguzovski — will receive a $1,000 Indulge Package from Redmond Town Center.

Includes:

• $250 Redmond Town Center gift card
• $100 gift certificate to spend on any FIT4MOM programs
• Gene Juarez gift bag (includes iDetangle brush, Bumble and Bumble gentle detangle shampoo and conditioner, nail polish)
• One month of free classes to Gymboree Play & Music ($175 value)
• $25 gift card to Island Time Eatery
• Gift certificate for a family paint session for four and four tickets to a story time at The Painted Palace ($140 total value)
• $25 gift card to Thai Ginger
• $50 gift card to Pro Image Sports
• $100 gift card and teeth whitening gift certificate at Redmond Dental Smiles ($550 value)
• Amethyst crystal cluster from Utopia ($45 value)
• Drawing kit with pencils, eraser, sharpener and paper from VALA ($25 value)

All prizes valid at Redmond Town Center locations only

2nd Place: Puddle Jumping

Our second place winner — jules10b30 — will receive six tickets to see Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Ballet on Broadway on April 15 at 2 p.m. ($240 value)

Third Place: Rainbow on Ruston Way

Our third place winner — saraha0011 — will receive a family admission pack to Woodland Park Zoo. Prize includes two adult and two student admission tickets. ($67.80 value)

Passes expire 12/31/2017

The Fine Print

This photo contest will begin at 12:01 a.m. October 9, 2017, and ends at 11:59 p.m. on October 22, 2017.

Each submission must be a digital photo, 100 percent your own work and comply with the contest rules. You can submit up to one photo per day.

The submission must demonstrate the theme of the contest. ParentMap has sole discretion in determining if the photo demonstrates the theme. 

ParentMap editors will choose the winners and notify each winner by commenting on his or her Instagram photo entry. Winners will be notified on or before Monday, October 30, 2017. You must claim your prize within seven days of being notified or else you forfeit the prize and an alternative winner will be selected.

Use of photos: Upon entering one of ParentMap’s photo contests, you are acknowledging and giving consent that your photo may be used on ParentMap’s website, social media pages, print publications or email newsletters without compensation.

Entrants must be legal residents of the United States, and must be 18 years of age or older to enter. Entrants may not be an employee of ParentMap or involved in any part of the administration and execution of this giveaway. Entrants must not be an immediate family (parent, sibling, spouse, child) or household member of a ParentMap employee.