You may have noticed that it’s crazy long this year. Don’t freak out. This isn’t a homework assignment. Just fill out 10 or more categories, and you’ll be entered in our Best of the Springs Sweepstakes, and your choices will help shape the most inclusive Best of the Springs section ever.

As always, we’ll have some of our staff picks, but we’ve vastly expanded the readers’ categories because this is YOUR guide to the best in the region. Your input matters.

Now, about that stuff you can win:

FIRST PRIZE: $500 in gift certificates for your choice among the 2009 Best of the Springs winners.

FIVE OTHERS will each win $100 in gift certificates from 2009 Best of the Springs winners.
(No Gazette employees or their families are eligible, and you must live in the Pikes Peak region to win. Deadline is midnight on March 14th.)

The winners of our Sweepstakes and the winners of our Best of the Springs survey will be announced in the magazine and at gazette.com on May 14th.