Got what it takes to be The Food Network's Next Food Network Star? There's an open casting call in Chicago on July 12th.

Head over to the Doritos site to vote for fellow Hoosier Don Becker's commercial to be shown during the Super Bowl. Read all about him at the Shelbyville News' website. You can keep voting until January 25th. Good luck Don!

Holy cow! Mrs. WYA! actually won one of the prizes from Allure Magazine's month of Free Stuff that we blogged about back in August and it just came yesterday. It is M Lab's Anti-Aging Treatment Cream that is valued at $260! Now, the question is whether to use it (and potentially fall in love with an expensive product that she would never buy or, worse, it would disagree with her skin) or post it on Ebay. Still, it is way fun to win stuff! Thanks Allure and M Lab.

Want to be on TV, in magazines, and on the radio? MyNDY, Channel 23 is searching for someone who will be the face, voice, and personality of their station for a year. You even get a paycheck for representing the station. The first audition is just a week away on October 16th- check out the details here.

Don't forget, the Allure Magazine Free Stuff continues until the end of the month. There are giveaways every hour during weekday afternoons (and today at 4PM there is a killer pair of shoes up for grabs).

It is August and that means the chance to win free stuff from Allure Magazine everyday.

Think you can build a better burger? It might be worth 50K.

Win a walk on part on our newest obsession, Mad Men.

1/2 Price Deals

WXNT is offering "1/2 Price Hook-ups" on their website. This means that you can purchase gift certificates for various places for 1/2 of their value. So, $25 for $50 worth of classes at Invoke, $50 worth of food and/or drinks at Urban Element for $25, $50 worth of salsa classes for $25, etc. etc. They announce new offers each week at 10AM on Thursdays so tune in.

Win a foodie road trip to NYC.

Know someone who perservered after losing a spouse or parent? You have until this Friday, May 23rd, to share their inspirational story with State Farm and possibly win 10K for them. You just have to write a 1000 words or less telling their story. What a great program to honor someone who has overcome such a loss.

YOU CAN BE IRON MAN!!!

This is a neat little contest that costs you nothing to enter. Check out this site and enter here. Hasbro is offering 3 lucky Grand Prize winners the honor of having an Iron Man figure made...with their face!!! In addition, you get the VIP treatment at the Hasbro HQ in Rhode Island to pick it up. Hurry, the contest ends 9/30/08.

Calling all grill masters

Send Mario Batali your best grilling recipe with a video demonstration and maybe you can tailgate with him, and Rachael Ray, at the Dickies 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on November 2nd at the Texas Motor Speedway. Mario seems like he'd be reeeeeeeeeeaally fun to tailgate with.

Ft. Wayne area readers, you have until May 20th to complete Fort Wayne newspapers' "Best of" survey for a chance to win a summer grill package. What a nice chance to give a shout out to some of your favorite places and maybe win a grill for yourself.

Bertolli wants to give you free dinner and Netflix movies for a year. You could get all of those classic movies that we've been recommending. Enter here.

In case you fell in love with that new Counting Crows CD, www.indy.com is giving away a pair of tickets to their Verizon Wireless show with Maroon 5 everyday from now until April 11th. Scroll to the bottom of the Indy.com homepage to enter.

Free Comic Book Day Contest

There is still a little over a month until Free Comic Book Day and we will remind you when it gets closer to that day on May 3rd http://www.freecomicbookday.com/. However, the folks at Free Comic Book Day are having a You Tube contest in which you make a mini commercial declaring your love of comics, superheroes, or Free Comic Book Day itself. You could win a $250 gift certificate to your favorite comic book store. http://www.youtube.com/user/FCBD08

American Greetings contest

So, you roll your eyes when you read the lame greeting cards at the store, right? Well, sharpen your wits and check out this caption contest from American Greetings http://www.americangreetings.com/retailers/humorvote.pd You have until May 11th, 2008 to come up with a clever caption and you could win $1000 and the honor of having them publish your card.