Official CNE Blogger Contest

We are EXcited to launch the fifth edition of our blogger contest or the Official CNE Blogger Contest 5.0! Would you like to be an Official CNE Blogger?

Our 10 winners or Official CNE Bloggers will visit as often as they’d like during the 2012 CNE and be the eyes and ears of the fair! You’ll contribute content to the newly redesigned Official CNE Blog, “tweet” about your CNE visits on Twitter, and shoot pics/videos for Facebook, Pinterest, Flickr, Twitter and YouTube…and all on a Rogers smartphone!

Each Official CNE Blogger receives the following:

• A smartphone provided by Rogers for use during the fair
• Two CNE 18-day Admission Passes (grounds admission)
• One 18-day Parking Pass
• CNE Meal Tickets
• At the conclusion of the fair:
  • A high end smartphone courtesy of Rogers
  • Pair of VIA Rail passes for the Windsor-Quebec corridor
  • CNE prize package, including Ride All Day Passes for next year’s fair

Entry Instructions:

• An original entry submission 250 words or less written by you
• Indicate your specialty: blog writing, photography, video, etc.
• Your entry should be saved as a Word document with your name in the file name
• Ensure your complete contact information is included with your entry
• Send entries to: cneblog@theex.com
• Entry deadline: Thursday, August 2, 2012

Details:

• Ten Official CNE Bloggers will be selected from entries received
• Each Official CNE Blogger will submit at least 3 blog entries, each based on a 2012 CNE visit
• Official CNE Bloggers will “tweet” during their CNE visits and take pics/videos, which will be posted on the CNE’s Facebook page, Pinterest, Flickr album or YouTube channel (or other sites as deemed appropriate)
• All content becomes the property of the CNE and is subject to management approval prior to posting
• Winners must be available to attend an Official CNE Blogger Orientation on Monday, August 13 at 6 p.m.

On behalf of everyone at the CNE and Rogers, we are looking forward to your entries!

CNE Ferris wheel photo by
2011 Official CNE Blogger Andrew Gayman

CNE Fun Facts

• Number of seconds it takes to travel 110 feet to the top of the Mega Drop: 52 seconds, and only 3 seconds to fall.
• The number of bead necklaces thrown during the CNE Mardi Gras Parade each year: 500,000 beads .
• The land span of the CNE grounds, including parking: 192 acres.
• The number of eggs laid in The Farm each year: 325 eggs. 
• Kilos of carrots consumed by Kristen the Belgian Horse during the CNE's HorseCapades: 442 kilos of carrots.
• The number of football fields the teddy bears given away at last year's CNE would cover, if lined up from end to end: 572 football fields.
• Miles would be traveled if you rode every turn, everday, on the Polar Express at the CNE: 835 miles.
• The average number of glasses of Old Fashioned Lemonade sold each day: 1,000 glasses.
• Tones of manure produced by the CNE Horse Show and The Farm: 1,921 tons.
• Decks of cards the CNE uses annually: 15,240 decks of cards.
• Pounds of dough Tiny Tom Donuts uses during the fair: 20,000 lbs of dough. 
• Pounds of Mardi Gras beads that will be used for this year's parade: 14,480 pounds of beads. 

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