I have a theory that goes like this - when times are bad, people look for alternatives, and these days those people look online. What do they see? Coupons for savings and contests that offer hope.

This is the start of a Golden Age of Web Contests in Canada. Its probably the start all over the world but who cares, its Canada we care about because these are the contests thatare the easiest to win, but only if you are Canadian of course

Over time the unemployed masses will become professional contest participants. They will develop rituals that transform them in their new careers. First these folks will adopt disposable email addresses and then begin to frequent at least one decent contest index website, and the best of these sites breaks down their list of offerings into different prize categories and then again into deadlines.

The pros enter contests that require special skills because this eliminates much of the competition. They usually only focus on the hard stuff and get good at crafting short creative writing assignments, making Twitter poems, and going anywhere they can leverage their special skills, not the least of which is the fact they are working full time.

The professionals also recommended that people find and enter contests that offer more than one prize. The odds of winning something are dramatically increased in contests with multiple prizes.  Find contests with ‘prize schedules’ where there’s a quota to be dispensed according to demographics and time.

The professionals will change the landscape again, but right now there are two years of record breaking prizes at amazing odds to be had online, in Canada.