{"id":985,"date":"2012-03-01T21:09:49","date_gmt":"2012-03-01T21:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cabinsforyou.com\/blog\/?p=985"},"modified":"2026-06-25T14:55:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T14:55:56","slug":"2012-photo-contest-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cabinsforyou.com\/blog\/events\/2012-photo-contest-winners.htm","title":{"rendered":"2012 Photo Contest Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"

The third annual Cabins For You photo contest has finally come to a close. After processing more than 320 fantastic entries, the staff here has picked the winners with the most unique, beautiful, or just plain cute pictures.<\/p>\n

We would like to thank all of our fans and entrants for all of their help \u2013 we couldn\u2019t have done it without you! To all of our dedicated fans who \u201cliked\u201d and commented on their favorite photographs, we took everyone\u2019s input into consideration when deciding upon the winners.<\/p>\n

We loved sifting through all the entries and enjoyed viewing everyone\u2019s photographs. Your pictures made us laugh, smile and feel as if we were worlds away from our offices. While browsing your entries, we couldn\u2019t help but be reminded why the Great Smoky Mountains are such a popular escape for nearly everyone. The breathtaking scenery, the precious moments that are shared, and the incredible wildlife that the Smokies have to offer are unlike any place else in the world.<\/p>\n

Because we received so many entries, we decided that five prizes just weren\u2019t enough! There were so many wonderful pictures that we just couldn\u2019t pick and added three more gift certificates to the prize list!<\/p>\n

The grand prize<\/strong> winner of the third annual Cabins For You photo contest will receive a $750 gift certificate to apply towards a Cabins For You stay and a new Kindle Fire. The runner-up<\/strong> will receive a $500 gift certificate to apply towards a stay. Third place<\/strong> receives a $400 gift certificate, fourth place<\/strong> a $300 gift certificate, fifth place<\/strong> a $250 gift certificate, sixth place<\/strong> a $150 gift certificate, seventh place<\/strong> a $100 gift certificate, and finally, eighth place<\/strong> will receive a $50 gift certificate.<\/p>\n

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Thank you so much for sharing all of your memories and one-of-a-kind photographs. You all were able to capture some truly amazing moments! Another big thank you to all of our fans for voting \u2013 we hope to see you all soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The third annual Cabins For You photo contest has finally come to a close. After processing more than 320 fantastic entries, the staff here has picked the winners with the most unique, beautiful, or just plain cute pictures. We would like to thank all of our fans and entrants for all of their help \u2013 we couldn\u2019t have done it without you! To all of our dedicated fans who \u201cliked\u201d and commented on their favorite photographs, we took everyone\u2019s input into consideration when deciding upon the winners. We loved sifting through all the entries and enjoyed viewing everyone\u2019s photographs. Your […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[292],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cabinsforyou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cabinsforyou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cabinsforyou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cabinsforyou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cabinsforyou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=985"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cabinsforyou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11085,"href":"https:\/\/www.cabinsforyou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/985\/revisions\/11085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cabinsforyou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cabinsforyou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cabinsforyou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}