Are your family meals legendary?  Have your family recipes been passed down from generation to generation? Do you think you have the best home cooked food out there? If the answer is YES then this is the cooking competition for you…
UKTV FOOD is looking for 2 family members who are desperate to show that their family’s food is as good as it gets; nutritious, delicious, mouth watering, home cooked food that keeps you coming back for more…
For an application form and more information, write to ryan.stowell@shine.tv or apply on line at www.applyfortv.com/cookoff 

Have you gone into business with a good/best friend?(Preferably other women though male friends may also work – NOT partners however) If you are willing to talk about the good and bad experiences you’ve had you could feature in an upmarket online women’s magazine that focuses on the lifestyles and working world of affluent women.
Contact Barbara Walshe, Coutts Woman, barbarajwalshe @ yahoo.co.uk by 14th May, 10:00

I’m looking for case studies who have been forced back to work recently because of the credit crunch. Case studies must be mothers, and willing to have their story appear in a popular mother and baby title.
Thanks in advance, Joycellyn Akuffo www.motherswhowork.co.uk

Wanted – entrepeneurial career-women! As part of a long-running feature, I’m looking for inspiring ladies to photograph and interview who have decided to become ‘recession proof’.
Do you know a policewoman that’s training to join the circus? Or a lawyer who has taken to the road on night shift as a truckie? If so, I’d love to find out more. Please email jessica.simmons @ yahoo.co.uk

Via GettingInk:
I’m working on a feature for a small business magazine looking at the process of applying for grants and subsidies. I’m looking for small businesses of all kinds to talk about things like:
- how they found out about sources of funding
- the challenges involved in making an application
- whether this kind of funding has made a difference to their business
- advice and tips on successfully winning funding
I’d also be interested in speaking to consultants and other experts who can offer tips to small businesses on this topic.
email Sally: mail …

Calling All Amateur Mumprenuer Inventors…
…we’re looking for Britain’s next must-have toy!
What do Monopoly, Slinky and Barbie all have in common?
They were all invented by amateurs.
Do you want to see your own toy invention on shop shelves?
Inventors must impress a major toy retailer to take on one new winning toy.
If you think you have got what it takes to create the next big toy please send us some info about yourself and your product as well as some contact details to rosie.oconnor@renegadepictures.co.uk

Deadline 23 March:
A journalist is looking for a man aged between 30 and 45 who has chosen to stay at home to look after his children while his partner returns to work. The idea is that both partners are happy with this lifestyle choice, and feel that it shows an equality of opportunity that may not have existed a few years ago.
If this sounds like you, email antonia@acpr.co.uk

Case study wanted for leading women’s magazine. Get in touch by 19 March:
Have you had a ‘Eureka’ moment on holiday and gone on to set up a successful business/invent a product? We’re looking for ladies aged 20-35 (strictly) to tell us their story asap.
Email antonia@acpr.co.uk if this sounds like you and you want to get some great coverage for your business.

Getting Ink is a site where journalists post case study requests. It is worth signing up for daily updates as you may be able to  get some free publicity for your business. Today, a freelancer for a national parenting magazine is looking for birth stories. Follow the link to find out more here.

The market for case studies within women’s magazines and newspapers is exploding. Natasha Courtenay-Smith explains the appeal and how to use case studies to gain publicity for your business or client.
Ten years ago, I rarely used the term ‘real life case study.’ Save for women’s weekly magazines such as Take a Break, which have always predominately featured individual’s personal stories told in first person (as though it is they themselves writing the piece), there simply wasn’t such a demand for what is termed ‘real life’ within the press.