UPDATE: You may continue to upload photos to our gallery, however photos uploaded after August 25th, 1:00am EST will not be considered eligible for contest prize consideration.  Photos uploaded after August 25th may still be featured on our site, or included in any future media related to this contest or butyoudontlooksick.com (slideshows, photo montage, video segments, etc). Thank you for your support!

Are you a “Spoonie”?

Do you love a “Spoonie”?

This photo contest is to celebrate butyoudontlooksick.com ‘s 7 year anniversary!  We are offering several prizes (listed below), and we are excited to see just how creative our readers can be! It will will also being interesting to see how far and wide “the spoon theory” has reached!

The contest is simple. Please take a photo of yourself holding a sign, or somehow stating “I am a Spoonie!” Write it on a poster, on your t shirt, on a napkin… whatever. As long as it is you and says “I am a Spoonie!” and has you in the picture. We want to show that we are people behind the pain. Do not worry about being perfect, or being all “pretty” for a picture – we want you just as you are. Feel free to add your name, your diagnosis, or anything else you want.

We will award prizes in 7 different categories to celebrate our 7 year anniversary! Prizes will include t-shirts, hats, and other select “spoon gear” from our new butyoudontlooksick.com online store which will launch at the end of this month!

Contest starts 8/10 and ends midnight EST 8/24, so you have 2 weeks to submit your photo!

Winners will be announced here on butyoudontlooksick.com by 8/27

1. 3 random winners (so do not worry if you are not a professional photographer!)

2. Most Creative (Go for it!)

3. Spoonie from furthest from Long Island, NY (include proof of where you live in the picture – landmarks, border signs, etc.)

4. Celebrity Spoonie Sightings (one prize will be awarded to a person who submits a photo that includes a celebrity or person of distinction supporting the “be a Spoonie” contest – either with, or without you in the photo as well)

5. Most Actual Spoons in Your Picture

6. Largest Spoon in Your Picture.

7. Most “Spoonies” in 1 picture (each member of the winning group will receive a beautil pewter spoon pin!)

All photos will be published and featured in our Spoonie Gallery. Photos uploaded MUST have a name and state/ country in the subject to be eligible for the contest. You may enter more then once, as long as photos are different in theme. See my example of a quick photo while writing this in the gallery below.

Click the Add Your Photo link above to upload your photo and add it to the gallery/slideshow. Your photo can be any size (JPG, PNG, or GIF files please), but must not exceed 2mb in size.  (If you have trouble uploading a picture try to resize it to something less then 640×480)

All uploads become property of Butyoudontlooksick.com and are subject to moderation prior to inclusion in the gallery. Please do not upload your photo more than once – if your photo has not been approved in 24 hours, please contact us. We appreciate your patience. All photos must be “family friendly”. Butyoudontlooksick.com reserves the right to edit, reproduce, replace, or remove any photo uploaded to the gallery at any time without prior warning or notice. By uploading your photo, you acknowledge that your photo will be publicly available on the internet, and agree to the terms outlined above. Please note that all decisions made by the butyoudontlooksick.com staff are final.

If you have any questions about the contest, or if you or your organization would like to sponsor a future contest, please do not hesitate to contact us.