http://www.beefcookoff.org/contest.aspx

Description:
Submit your best healthy beef-focued recipes into the Beef Checkoff Program's 2013 National Beef Cook-Off Contest and you could win $25,000 or one of seven $1,500 prizes.

Eligibility:
US residents who are not food professionals, 18+

Start Date:
January 15, 2013

End Date:
April 15, 2013

Entry Frequency:
Unlimited entry per person.

Sweepstakes Prizes:
Grand Prize: $25,000 cash. (ARV: $25,000)

Regional Prizes (7): $1,500 cash. (ARV: $1,500)

Additional Comments:
To enter, submit an original and tasty beef-focused recipe that includes broadly appealing ingredients from the fruit and vegetable, grain products, and dairy products groups. You can enter your recipe into one of the following categories:
•Belt-Tightening Beef Recipes,
•Semi-Homemade Beef Recipes,
•Real-Worldly, Real Simple Beef and Potato Recipes, or
•Craveable Fresh Beef and Fresh California Avocado Recipes.

See the rules for additional details.
20 finalists will be selected on the basis of Taste, Appearance, Convenient Preparation and Cooking, and Healthfulness and Nutritional Balance. One finalist will be chosen by public vote.

A panel of food experts will judge the finalists' recipes to select the winners.