Rules for GMA Weekend Best Bites Challenge

Oct. 20, 2007 — -- Is there a restaurant in your community that has it all -- great food, great atmosphere, great people? The one place that captures the flavor and uniqueness of your town? And is there one truly mouthwatering local dish there that keeps you coming back for more?

If so, "Good Morning America Weekend" wants you to tell us about that restaurant and that one dish. If your entry gets the most votes from our panel of judges and viewers across America, your restaurant will be featured on national television, and you could win a trip to New York City for two that includes a meal at one of Manhattan's fine restaurants.

Read the rules below and click here to enter the GMA Weekend Best Bites in America Challenge online.

Contest Overview:

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.  Challenge open to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and District of Columbia, 21 years of age or older. Challenge sponsored by Good Morning America Weekend ("Show") and American Broadcasting Companies Inc. ("Sponsor").

Challenge Entry Period: "Good Morning America Weekend's Best Bites in America Challenge"  (the "Challenge" or "Contest") entry period begins 7 a.m. Eastern Time ("ET") on 10/20/07 and ends 11:59 p.m. ET on 11/4/07 (the "Challenge Period"). Sponsor computer is the official clock for this Contest.

How to Enter:

You may enter the Challenge by navigating the Internet and visiting GMA.ABCNews.com. Click on the "Good Morning America Weekend" site, and then click on http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Weekend/story?id=3765223.

To enter, you must submit an essay of 300 words or less telling us about your favorite local restaurant and why its atmosphere, food and people make it such a memorable experience. Please also tell us about your favorite dish there -- what makes it so delicious, and why it's a local favorite. Be sure to include the name, address and phone number of the restaurant in your entry, as well as the name of the owner and chef if possible. We also need your name, address, daytime phone number and an e-mail address where we can contact you.  The contact information for the restaurant and yourself does not count towards the 300 word limit in the essay.

Deadline for entries:All entries must be received by 11:59 p m Sunday,  November 4, 2007.

Eligibility Guidelines:

The restaurant you are submitting must be located in the United States or District of Columbia. Your favorite dish must be an original recipe. If you are a minor, you must include written permission from a parent or guardian to enter.  Employees of American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., its parent, subsidiary or affiliated companies, or the immediate family members or members of the same household of anyone so employed, are not eligible to enter or to win.

Judging Procedure:

The entries will be judged on the basis of originality, creativity, potential for on-air appeal and appropriateness for the Show. Decisions of the judges are final as to all Contest related matters.