Contests
Show us your best! Every month, co-op members’ winning photos and recipes are featured in the magazine and online. Plus, be sure to enter our travel and giveaway contests for your chance to win!
Congratulations to our July winners:
Recipe Contest: Make It Spicy
$500 Winner: Nancy Horton, Deep East Texas EC | Hemphill
Gary Crane, Victoria EC | Port O’Connor
Rick Gutierrez, GVEC | New Braunfels
Focus on Texas Photo Contest: Catch of the Day
Ray Bednar, Bluebonnet EC | Brenham
Tom Herrin, Pedernales EC | Spicewood
Jennifer Matula, Victoria EC | Victoria
Raymond Testa, Farmers EC | Royse City
Congratulations to the lucky winners in our Cast-Iron Skillet Giveaway.
Download a PDF list of the winners here.
Featured Contests
Enter to win 5 pounds of wild-caught Texas Gulf shrimp—the very best for freshness and flavor.
Using shapes, color, perspective, light and movement, you can transform everyday life into something new and unexpected. For November, show us how you capture the mundane and make it magnificent!
Christmas dinner gets all the attention, but what about the next morning? Share your best holiday breakfast recipe that can feed a crowd, and you could win $500. Our favorites will appear in the December issue.
Photo Contests
Focus on Texas: Abstract
Contest ends July 10, 2025
Using shapes, color, perspective, light and movement, you can transform everyday life into something new and unexpected. For November, show us how you capture the mundane and make it magnificent!
Focus on Texas: Country Life
Contest ends August 10, 2025
Hauling hay, feeding chickens, harvesting crops; there’s a lot that goes into country living. For December, show us what country life looks like to you.
Focus on Texas: Snakes Alive!
Contest ends September 1, 2025
Scaly, sneaky and often stunning, snakes are plentiful in Texas. For January, we want to see what you found slithering around.
Focus on Texas: From the Oil Fields
Contest ends October 10, 2025
Dangerous, dirty work keeps many Texans busy. For February, show us what life is like in the oil patch.
Recipe Contests
Holiday Breakfast
Contest ends July 10, 2025
Christmas dinner gets all the attention, but what about the next morning? Share your best holiday breakfast recipe that can feed a crowd, and you could win $500. Our favorites will appear in the December issue.
Oodles of Noodles
Contest ends August 10, 2025
Twirl, toss and slurp your way to some major dough with your best noodle recipe. Our favorites will noodle their way into the January issue, and the best will win $500.
Cheesecake
Contest ends September 10, 2025
Did you know they served cheesecake at the first Olympics 2,800 years ago? We want to serve yours while we watch the 2026 Games. The best recipe will score $500.
Barbecue Sides
Contest ends October 10, 2025
Superior sides can make a good barbecue great. For our March issue, we’re serving up your best fixin’s, with the top trimming earning $500.
