Announcing our Fish Alaska magazine

Reader Recipe contest winner!

Teri Robl of Fritz Creek won our First Annual Fish Alaska magazine Reader Recipe Contest with her Moroccan Style Wild Alaska Salmon. Look for the feature article in the February 2006 issue with the winning recipe.

Finalists and Judges: From left to right: Louis Cusack, Teri Robl, Denise Denison-Erkeneff, Andrea McGuire, Chef Kellie Thompson, Chef Al Levinsohn, Melissa Norris

 Finalists

May Finalist: Teri Robl (Fritz Creek, Alaska) Morrocan Style Wild Alaskan Salmon

June Finalist: Louis A. Cusack (Anchorage, Alaska) Louie¹s Seafood Etouffe

July Finalist: Denise Erkeneff (Soldotna, Alaska) Halibut Bagna Cauda

August Finalist: Andrea McGuire (Wasilla, Alaska) with her Halibut Burgers with Summer Roasted Sauce

Cook-off: Saturday, September 17 at Kincaid Grill, Anchorage Alaska

Judges: Chef Al Levinsohn, Chef Kellie Thompson and Melissa Norris

Special thanks to all of you for submitting your recipes. Watch Fish Alaska
magazine for information on next year's recipe contest and look for the full
feature article with a behind the scenes look at the 2005 contest coming
this winter.

Thanks a million to our sponsors: HRM Fish Camp, PenAir, Allen & Petersen's, Kincaid Grill, Bradley Smoker, Foodsaver, Alyeska Resort, Troutbeads.com, Mountain View Sports, 6 Robblees, Tuf Line, The Original Bug Shirt Company, Alaska Raft and Kayak, and Alaska Enterprises Cookbooks.

The Grand Prize Winner Will Receive:

• 6 day/6 night fishing trip on the Nushagak with HRM Sports
• Flight for 2 to Dillingham from Penair
• Stainless Steel Bradley Smoker
• Allen & Peterson Gift Basket
• Foodsaver GamesaverTM Turbo Vacuum Packer
• One-day Raft or Kayak Rental from Alaska Raft & Kayak
• A Bug Shirt From The Original Bug Shirt

The Four Finalists Will Each Receive:

• Stay for 2 at Alyeska Resort and Tram Passes
• Mountain View Sports Center Gift Certificates
• Full Alaskan Variety Package from Trout Beads
• Tuf Line from Western Filament
• Fleece Vest from 6 Robblees
• An Alaskan Cookbook from Alaska Enterprises
• Allen & Peterson Gift Basket

Rules & Eligibility

To enter:  No purchase required.  Purchasing will not increase your chance of winning.  To enter, type or print your name, address, zip code, daytime phone number, e-mail address, along with your recipe's  name, ingredients and instructions, on one side only of an 8.5 x 11-inch plain white paper and mail to Fish Alaska magazine Reader Recipe  Contest,  PO Box 113403, Anchorage, AK  99511. Alternately, enter online. There is no limit to the number of entries you may submit, but each recipe must be original, unpublished and entered on a separate sheet of paper.  Mailed entries must be postmarked no later than August 25 and received no later than September 1, 2005. Entries received online must be received by Midnight, Alaska standard time, August 31, 2005.  Entries will not be acknowledged or returned.  Sponsors are not responsible for lost, late, mutilated, or misdirected mail.  By entering this contest you grant Fish Alaska magazine the right to edit, adapt, copyright, and publish any or all entries and use these entries in any media form without attribution or further compensation.  Each entry must include a note with how you came up with the recipe. Recipes must list ingredients and exact quantities in order of use, followed by directions in paragraph form (including cookware type, cookware size, cooking time and temperature and number and size of servings). Monthly finalists will be notified by the second week of the month after the month for which they’ve won.  Any finalist who cannot be easily located at the phone number and address provided on entry form or who is unable to attend the final judging will forfeit the chance to compete. Names of finalists will be posted on our website monthly after June 15, 2005.  All entries become the property of Fish Alaska magazine. All finalists will be required to sign a statement of originality and eligibility, a release of liability, and a grant of ownership rights of the recipe to Fish Alaska magazine. Fish Alaska magazine reserves the right to edit, adapt, copyright  and publish any or all entries and may use these entries in any media form without attribution or further compensation.  Entries will be judged on originality, taste, visual appeal, texture and nutritional content. Final judging will be held in Anchorage, Alaska at Kincaid Grill on September 17, 2005. Finalists will prepare their winning recipes at the grill where the Grand Prize Winner will be selected. Entries will be judged by Chef Al Levinsohn, Kellie Thompson, and Melissa Norris. Judges’ decisions are final. The Grand Prize winner will receive a trip for two to the Nushagak River hosted by HRM, Inc., a stainess steel Bradley Smoker, a gift basket from Allen & Petersen and more. Names of winners and their four winning recipes will be posted on our website following the judging and will be published in a future issue of Fish Alaska magazine. By acceptance of prize, winners consent to use of their name and/or photograph for publicity purposes without further compensation except as prohibited by law.  Federal, state, or other taxes will be the sole responsibility of the winners. Void where prohibited by law. All federal, state and local regulations apply.  Eligibility: Contest is open to all legal residents of the United States, its territories, Canada, APO and FPO addresses, 18 years of age or older by May 1, 2005. Employees of Fish Alaska magazine, sponsoring companies, their affiliates, subsidiaries, agents, suppliers, and promotion agencies are ineligible, as are members of employees’ household.