Discus Awards

Nominate yourself or someone you know for a Discus Award!

The Discus Competition is kicking off the dress shoes, grabbing a towel, and putting on some SPF 50. Take a trip around the world, courtesy of some shutterbugs in the Discus Awards community. They've snapped gorgeous photos at beaches everywhere from Long Island to Spain, San Diego to Honduras, Newport to Vietnam, and beyond! Vote for your favorite beach picture by Friday, May 20th at 11:59a.m. ET and you can help one of these camera stars win a Discus Awards mesh bag!

Which beach photo is your favorite?
	Caitlin Maples - "Long Island Sound"		Phuong Ta - "Phan Thiet Beach, Vietnam"
	Delara Fadavi - "Crystal Cove, Newport Beach"		Kevin Yin - "Coronado Island, San Diego"
	Hannah Lee - "Love"		Samantha Litter - "Long Island Lighthouse"
	Jane Roberts - "Barcelona, Spain"		Preeya Bhakta - "Shining Rays"
	Jason van der Merwe - "Honduras"		Jessica Hale - "Wrightsville Beach, NC"

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Nominate yourself or someone you know for a Discus Award!

The April 2010 Discus Competition features an array of impressive artwork created by Discus Award winners. For a brief description of each piece, click on the "Continue Reading" link underneath the poll. You can click on any of the pictures to enlarge the image and get a better look at it before you vote for your favorite. 

The voting period will end on April 17th and the winner will be announced on the Discus Awards Facebook page the following week!

Which Discus Award winner's crafty creation do you like best?
	April McCreary's "Midnight Sun"		William Freitag's "Miniature Army"
	Megan Schlenker's "Thomas the Monkey"		Yana Nikolayeva's "Surrealism"
	Cina Catteau's "The Beatles"		Connor Ludwig's "Bird"
	Katy Hutto's "Pensive Young Man"		Christie Evenson's "Ice Skates"
	Seongwoo Lee's "Heart of America"		Scarlett Correa's "Glass Menagerie"

...continue reading

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This latest installment of the Discus Competition looks forward to the calming climate of spring, when birds chirp, flowers bloom, and everyone generally feels much better about themselves.  We have ten "Spring Snapshots" featured below, each one fired off by an all-around high school student with a passion for photography.  Vote for your favorite picture before March 16th and help one of these talented shutterbugs win an iTunes gift card!

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Whose spring photo is your favorite?
	Hailey Ratto		Brittney Wood
	Phoebe Sullivan		Andrew McGregor
	Matthew Sanchez		Delara Fadavi
	Sophia Shalabi		Pat Koceniak
	Vighnesh Iyer		Danielle Hucker

Have you taken high-quality pictures that are deserving of Discus Competition consideration? 'Like' our Facebook page for updates on future Competitions...information available ONLY on our page!

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For our second ever Discus Competition, we're going to melt your hearts with a variety of perspectives on the romantic setting of the sun. If you're like us, many of you haven't seen the sun for a little while now, and we thought there was no better way to reintroduce you to our world's energy source than to soothe you with its retiring beauty.  Gaze in awe at these natural masterpieces and then vote for your favorite.  The Discus Award winner with the most votes by Valentine's Day will win an iTunes gift card, so make sure you hurry before the sun sets on this competition!

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Bonnie Buffington	Chelsea Medeiros	Hannah Lee	Haley Carman	Taylor Knobloch

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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the first ever Discus Awards competition! Four Discus Award winners submitted artistic, creative pictures of a butterfly, and one of these four skilled individuals will soon receive a $10 iTunes gift card.

Here's how it works:

1. Feast your eyes on each of these winners' masterpieces
2. Vote for your favorite picture
Note: Voting closes at 11:59pm EST on Sunday, January 16th
3. The winner of the iTunes gift card will be announced the following week on the Discus Award Facebook page

Now, without further ado, here are the images (click on an image to enlarge):

Rebecca Jones - "The Monarch"	Tyler Gottfried - "Backyard Butterfly"
Nicole Ruff - "Butterfly Palm"	Kathryn Klokker - "Butterfly"

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