In 1916 the Wyoming Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) ran a contest inviting the public to submit possible designs for a Wyoming flag.

There will also be a 12-week contest on a Web site, fanlib.com, inviting viewers to contribute ideas for show scenes as part of a continuing story line.

In October 1957, Beat the Clock ran a contest inviting viewers to submit drawings of what Bennett, who was never shown on camera, might look like.

When Mr. Wondrich ran a contest inviting readers to invent a signature drink for Esquire, he received one entry involving whiskey and Country Time lemonade mix.

The Ottawa edition of Frank received notoriety in 1991 when the magazine ran a satirical advertisement for a contest inviting young Tories to "Deflower Caroline Mulroney."

In mid-2012, the band launched a contest inviting fans to submit their own versions of the song "Untouchable", using Dragonette's original lyrics alone.

"Mad TV" even recently held a contest inviting viewers to send in videos of their own skits.

Flemming Rose, editor of the Jyllands-Posten is told to take a vacation after he commented the paper "would run the cartoons" published by Hamshahri in its contest inviting cartoons satirising the holocaust.

In January 2007, the band launched a contest inviting fans to cover or remix the first track, "My Sword Hand's Anger".

With the kind of marketing flair that made a household name out of a business begun in an abandoned gas station 16 years ago, the company announced a contest inviting its customers to explain why they should succeed Mr. Cohen.