We're past the half-way mark, contestants! Well over 100 subscriptions to Veer Marketplace have been given away and there still plenty more up for grabs. And don't forget that the grand prize round is approaching, where someone will win a laptop prize package worth $8000. Visit the contest page for all of the details and dates.

Here's a list of this week's daily contest winners and their entries:

Contest #20: If S.P.O.T. was an acronym, what could the letters stand for?
@Emizzon Entry
@EONBOT Entry
@Jsultemeier Entry
@Jefftopping Entry
@HDcreative Entry

Contest #21: Take a photo themed "STUCK".
@eheuer: Entry
@ranaezauner: Entry
@zackeroni: Entry
@Jmdarby99: Entry
@milesrh: Entry

Contest #22: Caption this Veer Marketplace image.
@smartbunny: Entry
@danciupuliga: Entry
@Pensaloca: Entry
@GregTreadwell: Entry
@hidobrado: Entry

Contest #23: Make a person or animal using only office supplies.
@cherylgeller: Entry
@CristinaBDGD: Entry
@jbanananananana: Entry
@sherbris: Entry
@xwalax: Entry

Do you love playing with type? Are you up on your current events? This week we're asking you to create a type sample based on current events. Find an article online about something interesting or offbeat, then choose a typeface and create a type specimen that represents the article.

We've been doing a similar thing over the past few months with Kerned Events, so feel free to check out the gallery for over a hundred examples – like this one about the skinniest building in Greenwich Village and this one about a prank zombie contingency plan.

Entries will be judged and the 5 best type specimens will win $199 subscriptions for Veer Marketplace. You can enter this contest as many times as you want.

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How to participate:

1. Search online for an interesting or offbeat news article.

2. Create a type specimen that interprets, sums up, or pokes fun at the news article.

3. Host your image wherever you like (Flickr, TwitPic, Veer Ideas, etc.).

4. Sign up or sign in to your free Veer Ideas account.

5. Post the URL of your image here, in the comments section of this post, along with the headline & link to the article you chose.

Having trouble signing in? See the first comment below, for help.

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Entries will be judged on sheer creativity! Also, how well your type sample relates to the news story. Your specimen can include words from the article, but doesn't have to. You can use any typeface you like – it doesn't need to be one that Veer sells. You have until next Thursday (October 15th, 11:59pm PDT) to enter. We'll announce and post the five winners here and on Twitter (VeerUpdate) on Friday.

For more information and eligibility requirements, visit the contest page.

Good luck and have fun!

The fourth week-long has been judged, and you have all been found excellent. We asked you to submit a pair of photos themed Before & After. The judges picked five winners from all of the entries (see them all in the comments section of this post). And the winners are:

GoGoBoots for Entry
Katie Raymon for Entry
one half dognut for Entry
Catalyst for Entry
Alice's Muse for Entry

Congratulations! Each of the winners will receive a one-month subscription to Veer Marketplace worth $199.

Time passes. Things change. What's left can be drastically different than what you started with. For the third week-long challenge, we're asking you to create a pair of photos themed “Before & After”.

Entries will be judged and the 5 greatest pairings will win $199 subscriptions for Veer Marketplace. You can enter this contest as many times as you want, but make sure it doesn't get in the way of feeding your pets.

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How to participate:

1. Dream up a concept.

2. Take two photos - one themed “Before” and one themed “After”.

3. Host the resulting image (or images, if you want to post them separately) wherever you like (Flickr, TwitPic, Veer Ideas, etc.).

5. Sign up or sign in to your free Veer Ideas account.

6. Post the URL(s) of your photo(s) here, in the comments section of this post.

Having trouble signing in? See the first comment below, for help.

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Photos will be judged on originality, creativity, and concept! You have until next Thursday (October 8th, 11:59pm PDT) to enter. We'll announce and post the five winners here and on Twitter (VeerUpdate) on Friday.

For more information and eligibility requirements, visit the contest page.

Good luck!

So far, contest winners have received over 90 subscriptions, plus a handsome Word T-shirt. We're nearing the halfway point in this marathon of giveaways, so check out contest page for details about entering.

Here's a list of this week's daily contest winners and their entries:

Contest #15: Complete the phrase "BLANK would be a great mascot for BLANK."
@strangetikigod: Entry
@throcktherocket: Entry
@gomike13: Entry
@ijyoung: Entry
@hippiegirljess: Entry

Contest #16: Take a photo of your best "OMG WTF!" expression.
@sthursby: Entry
@andrewplatham: Entry
@chuckldesignerd: Entry
@StephDillon: Entry
@stantonholmes: Entry

Contest #17: Take a photo of signage with amazingly good/bad type.
@MetEveryday: Entry
@TheDwindler: Entry
@civ67: Entry
@missyjilly: Entry
@meowsk: Entry

Contest #18: Caption this image of a man looking skyward with binoculars.
@widowsNorphans: Entry
@carijean: Entry
@doland: Entry
@findheather: Entry
@AlfalfaAnne: Entry

The third week-long contest was the wordiest yet. We asked you to download a page of fridge-poetry-esque words and arrange them into something witty, poignant, or poetic.

The judges judged and five winners were picked from all of the entries (see them all in the comments section of this post). The winners of "Shuffle" are:

Greg Carley for Entry
First Dark for Entry
Christina Cook for Entry
Shannon Pawliw for Entry
Taylor Tietjen for Entry

Congratulations to the winners, and an earnest round of applause for all who entered!

Everybody's got something to say. So, for the third week-long challenge, we're asking you to write a little something, magnetic fridge poetry style.

Using the sheet of words provided, piece together something absurd, a poignant statement, a wry witticism, or even an actual poem. You can keep your entry short and sweet or ramble on, make it industry-related or comment on the cosmos.

The entries will be judged and the 5 most well-crafted combinations will win $199 subscriptions for Veer Marketplace. You can enter as many times as you want.

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How to participate:

1. Download the PDF.

2. Print & cut out the individual words (you can do this on-screen if you like).

3. Choose and arrange words into an interesting sentence, phrase, or poem.

4. Take a photo (or a screenshot) of your creation.

4. Host the file wherever you like (Flickr, TwitPic, Veer Ideas, etc.).

5. Sign up or sign in to your free Veer Ideas account.

6. Post the URL of your photo here, in the comments section of this post.

Having trouble signing in? See the first comment below, for help.

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Entries will be judged on originality, creativity, and typographic excellence! You have until next Thursday (October 1st, 11:59pm PDT) to enter. We'll announce and post the five winners here and on Twitter (VeerUpdate) on Friday.

For more information and eligibility requirements, visit the contest page.

Happy shuffling!

We gave away another 25 subscriptions to Veer Marketplace this week, bringing the total so far to 66. There are still plenty of contests left so check out the contest page for details about entering. Here's a list of this week's daily contest winners and their entries:

Contest #10: The logo for BLANK reminds me of BLANK.
@crafty_pants: Entry
@heatherwassing: Entry
@VolkMedia: Entry
@Jayson44: Entry
@fegabi: Entry

Contest #11: Take a photo themed "MOSTLY METAL"
@mmmbeesly: Entry
@splorp: Entry
@thisisnation: Entry
@kimbott83: Entry
@teknolawgik: Entry

Contest #12: Take a photo of an enviable desk toy/collection.
@thRealSouthside: Entry
@VoodooDahl: Entry
@brunsvold: Entry
@rabbitwall: Entry
@jippityjuice: Entry

Contest #13: Caption this Veer Marketplace photo of a gamer.
@MirkoIvancic: Entry
@sharonljmoore: Entry
@jryanpowell: Entry
@krisraser: Entry
@AnubisibunA: Entry

For the second week-long contest, we asked you to choose a word, choose a typeface, then combine them to create an interesting one-word type sample.

There were tons of great entries (see them in the comments section of this post), but in the end, five outshone the rest. The winners are:

Bree Smith for "Flip Flop"
Cassandra Mitchell for "Fresh"
APT. J | CREATIVE for "Bokeh"
Ron Haake for "Plagiarize"
Eloise Ardilya for "Giraffe"

The winner of the additional bonus prize, a kelly green Word T-Shirt from the Veer merch store, was Bree Smith!

Congratulations to all of the winners, and thanks to everyone who entered! Keep an eye out for another type-related contest coming soon.

We asked you to fill in the blanks for the phrase: "The logo for BLANK reminds me of BLANK." and there was no shortage of witty and scathing comparisons. Especially that Arby's one. Yikes.

Here are the five that got the most votes from our judges:

@crafty_pants: The logo for Sherwin Williams reminds me of the movie "Carrie".

@VolkMedia: The logo for Toyota reminds me of a guy wearing a sombrero.

@Jayson44: The logo for Google Chrome reminds me of the game Simon...

@fegabi: The logo for Special K reminds me a of a headless red person, waving at me.

@heatherwassing: The logo for The Chicago Cubs reminds me of the universal power symbol, only on its side. And with the word "ubs" in it.