Overview

Cold weather is the perfect time for warm soups.  Share your favorite recipes for homemade winter soups for a chance to win an awesome immersion blender, fame and glory. 

What about chili and stew, you ask? Go ahead and submit them all - we're hungry, and we want your recipes!

So what will you make? It'soup to you!  I'm sure you'll have a souper idea from some souperlative soups!  But get cooking, because this contest closes in two weeks!


A first-rate soup is more creative than a second-rate painting.
- Abraham Maslow

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Multiple entries are accepted, but each entrant can only win one prize. Contest is open to international entries. Contest closes for entries at 11:59pm PST, Jan 23.

Requirements

Ready to enter the Homemade Soup Contest? Excellent, here's how it works.

Publish! - Publish a new Instructable that shows how to make a wonderful soup. Instructables must be published during the contest period to be eligible. That's from Jan 4th to Jan. 23 (11:59pm PST).

Enter! - Upon publishing your Instructable you'll see checkboxes for open contests. Select the Homemade Soup Contest. If you missed it and it's eligible, it will show up below.

Now what? - Entries need to be accepted by a moderator before they're in the contest. This usually happens quickly, but can take up to 48 hours. What matters is the submission time, not acceptance time. So if you enter it at 11:59pm on the last day, it can be accepted the next morning and still be in the contest. And then it's on to the...

Voting Phase - After the contest closes for entries, it immediately enters the voting phase. At this time, any Instructables user can vote for as many entries as they want. Voting can be done on the Instructable page or here on the contest page. These votes help determine the...

Finalists - Half of the finalists are determined by the user votes, and the other half are determined by Instructables staff. It's our own checks and balances system. Then it's on to the...

Judging Phase - A panel of judges made up of Instructables staff, friends of Instructables, and respected members of the community judge the finalists. Each judge rates the entries on a scale of 1 to 9 and we average out the ratings to determine the winners.

Winners! When the winners have been decided they are announced here on the contest page. Both winners and non-winners will be notified when this happens so you don't need to keep checking. We do as much as we can to determine the winners as quickly as possible, but sometimes there are emergencies, lost Wifi connections, and other bits of randomness that cause a delay. All the same, if you entered, we will let you know when the results are posted.

OK, then, good luck and have fun!

The Homemade Soup Contest is closed.

5 Prizes

First Prize (2 winners)


Two first prize winners will receive Cook's Illustrated top pick for immersion blenders!  The Kaloric Sunny Morning Stick Mixer creates velvety smooth soups and smoothies in no time. 

Also included is an Intructables Prize Pack which includes a one-year Pro membership, patch, and more!

Runner-Up Prize (3 winners)


Three Runners-Up will receive an Intructables Prize Pack which includes a one-year Pro membership, patch, and more!
How It Works

Write an Instructable

Create a new Instructable that fits the guidelines outlined in the contest description above. To be eligible, Instructables must be published between Jan 4, 2011 and Jan 23, 2011 (11:59pm PT).

Enter

Upon publishing your Instructable you'll see checkboxes for open contests. Select Homemade Soup Contest. If you have entries currently eligible for entry, it will also show up by clicking "Enter this Contest" on the right side of this page.

Accepting

Entries are accepted by Instructables staff within one business day Monday - Friday. What matters is the submission time, not acceptance time.

Judging

A panel of judges made up of Instructables staff and respected members of the community rate the finalists. The averages of the ratings determine the winners.

Winners

When the winners are decided they will be notified and announced here on the contest page.