Two months after they started, the first contests ended on September 1st 2009 and three winners were recognized and rewarded. These members will soon be contacted by Lenzr admin re: delivery of prizes.
Emergency in Toronto had 15 photos and gathered over 300 total votes. The contest was sponsored by Bristall Morgan and offers an Esquire Verve 2020 luxury watch as reward. The winner is mpirra. This photographer's bio reads, 'I have been an amateur photographer for the past 30 years. Would like to go pro one day'. The winning photo, entitled Firefighter saving lives carries the helpful Caption "Toronto Firefighter returning from a fire". This image won the contest with 55 green thumbs up. Emergency in Toronto event was the most rigidly thematic of Lenzr contest cycle #1. The web challenge tasked users to upload images of Toronto's frontline emergency respeonse workers in action and because of the stern criteria it received the fewest votes, but perhaps the most attention. Some of our favourite photos have been uploaded here
Summer in Toronto had people snapping and submitting shots of anything and everything outdoors in Toronto . The rules were fast and loose to encourage mass participation. This was the most successful contest with 58 pictures uploaded and over 3700 votes. This contest was sponsored by myCELLmyTERMS and offers as reward one smart phone. The winner is Snickerzmom, whose bio reads, 'just me, a great BF and three cats’. She wins the grand prize with a picture of a man (her father?) at the Blue Jays game. Dad at the Game had 112 green thumbs up and the caption may have contributed to the success of this image. Caption "This is one of my favourite pictures of my Dad. For me, enjoying the game with my Dad is one of the best things about TO. It's our time!" Stay tuned for more details on Snickerzmom meeting representatives of myCELLmyTERMS to declare her choice and receive the grand prize. Which phone will she choose?
Best Toronto Skyline had 46 photos submitted, including some amazing shots with lightning and ducks and vintage shots of the skyline that have all together gathered up over 2500 votes. The Best Toronto Skyline contest was sponsored by Lenzr.com and brought a lot of attention to the site. The prize is a Pentax Optio P90 digital camera. The winner is DuCourt, who describes himself in the third person in his Lenzr.com profile, "Thomas is a long-standing freelance entertainment and audio technician in the Toronto film industry that's attempting to transition into more of an on-set photographer". The photo entitled Looking back is a wonderful panorama shot of the city and bears the Caption 'I took this photo looking back from one of my favorite Toronto hang-outs - THE DOCKS driving range down on Cherry St.'  This photo won the prize with 107 green thumbs up.