Fall Giveaway Festival

If you have a lot of time on your hands, or just really want an iPad2 head on over to  Sassy Mama in LA, Simply Stacie, Makobi Scribe and Matter of Cents. All four blogs are offering you a chance to win an iPad2, sponsored by retailmenot, which I've already mentioned is a favorite site of mine for finding great coupon codes. In addition, over 100 other blogs are also running contests worth at least $25. The links are either at the bottom of the Fall Giveaway Festival posts on each blog or under a giveaway tab. 


So go click away and hopefully win a prize.

Monday Contests

Here are some links for contests to enter today. Many of them are expiring soon. Many are also on Facebook, which will require you to have a Facebook account and to Like the sponsoring company on Facebook.

Lucky Magazine - October Lucky Breaks: http://www.luckymag.com/breaks/luckysweeps#slide=1 (expires October 31st)
Lucky Magazine - Win a trip to Lucky Shops (Facebook): http://www.facebook.com/LuckyMagazine?sk=app_185591521465419 (expires September 24th)
Lucky Magazine - Lucky Style Spotter Sweestakes: http://stylespotter.luckymag.com/special_offers (expires October 11th)
Ann Taylor - AT Insider (Facebook): http://www.facebook.com/AnnTaylor?v=app_139993212700692 (Daily Prize)
Self Magazine - Win Amrita Singh Jewlery!:
https://secure.self.com/magazine/sweeps/1011_amrita_singh/entry/long/ (expires October 17th)
Denim Therapy - 7 For All Mankind Flare Leg Jeans (Blog Giveaway, requires a blog comment, and to like Denim Therapy and 7 For All Mankind on Facebook, and follow Denim Therapy and 7 For All Mankind on Twitter): http://blog.denimtherapy.com/2011/09/7-for-all-mankind-flare-leg-jeans-giveaway-enter-before-september-23rd/g/  (expires September 23rd)
GNC Live Well - bpi Prizes (Facebook): http://www.facebook.com/GNCLiveWell?v=app_155399697825855 (expires September 24th)
Nissan - Win a Nissan Leaf or weekly prizes (Facebook): http://www.facebook.com/innovationforendurance?sk=app_113206415420204 (expires April 29th, 2012)
Talbots - Win a Trip to New York (Facebook, requires photo): https://www.facebook.com/TALBOTS?v=app_100142423390621 (expires today, September 19th)
Cherokee - $100 Gift Card to Target (Blog Giveaway, requires a blog comment): https://www.google.com/reader/view/?tab=my#stream/feed%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.sundrymourning.com%2Ffeed%2F (expires September 21st)
Cherokee - 1st Day of School Photo Contest (Facebook, requires photo): http://www.facebook.com/cherokeeusa?sk=app_229374760434753 (expires September 30th)
Marie Claire Magazine - Trendsetter Looks (Facebook): http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/MarieClaire?sk=app_216264411740316 (expires September 30th)
Marie Claire Magazine - Gotta Have It (Facebook): http://www.facebook.com/MarieClaire?sk=app_190322544333196 (Daily Prize)
Dillard's Inc. - Lovestruck Vera Wang Giveaway: http://www.dillards.com/fbtwo/fbcontest?campaign=fcbk_Lovestruck (expires September 23rd)
Lilsugar - J. Crew Gift Card (Need to Like lilsugar and J. Crew on Facebook): http://www.lilsugar.com/Show-Us-Your-Crewcuts-Back--School-Style-Win-1000-18871093 (expires September 27th)
Clinique - Lucky Day Sweeps (Facebook): http://www.facebook.com/clinique#!/clinique?sk=app_196634163690983 (expires April 2nd, 2012; weekly prize)
Drugstore.com - Sonicare Giveaway (Facebook): https://www.facebook.com/drugstore.com?sk=app_104368186292004 (expires today, September 19th)
Parenting Magazine - Hasbro Game Pack Giveaway: http://www.parenting.com/sweepstakes.jsp?ID=1000012669&src=soc&dom=tw (expires October 12th)
Real Style Network - Glee Season 2: http://www.realstylenetwork.com/index.php/Glee-Giveaway/glee-giveaway/menu-id-369.html (expires September 26th)

Good Luck!

Sweepstake Sites

There are many great contests out there, some have huge prizes, such as the house that can be won at HGTV.com every year. Others are small, such as a free lipstick or mascara. However, it can often be challenging to figure out where to start looking for great sweepstakes.

Magazine websites are usually a good place to look. Conde Nast (Glamour, Self, Allure, Lucky), Hearst (Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Redbook), and Meredith Corporation (Parents, BHG, Fitness, LHJ) are all great places to start. However magazine contests are only the start of the many great sweepstakes companies run.

To go beyond magazine contests, it is often necessary to use a site that has a large listing of sweepstakes. My personal favorite is BigSweeps.com, which is best when you set up a login because it allows you to set preferences and keep track of which contest you have entered. Another good site is the Contests and Sweepstakes page on About.com. While it doesn't contain the most comprehensive list of sweepstakes, it does break out contest by category, such as big sweepstakes or cash sweepstakes, and has a good description of each contest and the date they end. The other site I often use is Sweepstakes Advantage, which has a large listing of more obscure contests, such as ones people run on their blogs.

There are so many more sweepstakes sites out there, but these are just my personal favorites.