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Are you an emerging Do-It-Yourself All-Star? Ready to show off your skills to the world? Enter the D.I.Y. All-Star Contest 1st Home Edition. One talented first-time homeowner will win the Grand Prize of $5,000 in merchandise from True Value and an in-home consultation with Steve Watson, our resident D.I.Y. expert and host of HGTV’s “Don’t Sweat It”.

Entering is easy - submit a short essay along with a video of a home improvement project that shows off your best work. Or nominate someone you think is an emerging Do-It-Yourself All-Star. Then it’s up to the voters and Steve Watson to decide. Entries must be received by 8/22/08.

Contest is open only to, and both Nominators and Nominees must be individual legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are at least 18 years of age.

Judging of Essays and Photo(s): All Essays and Photo(s) OR Video will be judged by an independent qualified panel of judges, whose decisions are final and binding on all matters relating to this Contest, to select up to twenty Semi-finalists. All entries (essay and Photo(s) OR Video) will be judged based on the following equally weighted criteria,:

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  • (#1) helpful “1st Time Do-It-Yourself” role to others, 
  • (#2) relevance to Theme and
  • (#3) “Do-It-Yourself” accomplishments. 

Video will be judged based on how well the Video supports and represents why the Nominee is a “1st Time Do-It-Yourself All-Star”. 

The scores for the Essays (75%) and Video (25%) will be combined to arrive at a total score for the Nomination. 

Semi-finalists’ Video and Essays will be posted for public voting at www.StartRightStartHere.com between 12:00:01 a.m. CT September 4, 2008 and 11:59:59 p.m. September 18th, 2008. The public will be asked to vote for the Semi-finalist who best represents the ”1st Time Do-It-Yourself All-Star ” theme. The four Semi-finalists who receive the highest number of votes will be eligible for the Final Round of Judging.

The Grand Prize winner will be determined by Sponsor from among the four Finalists using the same criteria as described above. Grand Prize winner will be notified by telephone, postal mail, express mail and/or e-mail on or about October 1, 2008.

Prize: One Contest Grand Prize: A 2-hour in-person project consultation from Steve Watson, host of HGTV’s “Don’t Sweat It,” at a site designated by winner in conjunction with Sponsor and up to $5,000 to spend at a True Value store near the winner’s residence.

To enter this Contest click here 

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