Carolyn In The News
These articles are archived by their published date, and either feature Carolyn, or The Contest Queen. Articles dealing with relevant contesting/sweeping topics can be found in the “In Other News…” section. All articles are in Adobe PDF format, unless otherwise noted.
| 2011.10.31 | Ask America’s Ultimate Experts, Q “I want to win cash and prizes!“ by Jennifer Leonard, Woman’s World October 2011 |
| 2010.10.25 | Crazy Companies: Bizarre But Successful Business Ideas by Jeanette Mulvey, BusinessNewsDaily Managing Editor |
| 2010.05.11 | Ways to make your passion pay Alison On Money by Alison Griffiths, Metro Canada |
| 2010.05.03 | How to Become a Royal Winner With the Contest Queen by Aaron Broverman, Wallet Pop Canada |
| 2010.03.25 | Free Cars! Cash Prizes! Just Ask Contest Pros by Sarah Needleman, The Wall Street Journal |
| 2009.10.14 | Contest whiz works at winning by Carola Vhynak, thestar.com |
| 2009.10.14 | ‘Contest Queen’ makes own luck by Carola Vhynak, torstar news service |
| 2009.10.09 | Contest Queen Shares Winning Secrets by Bobbi Dempsey, MainStreet |
| 2009.09.28 | The Thrill Of The Win Contest hobbyists get in the game by Lisa Kadane, Calgary Herald |
| 2009.09.26 | Contest Queen Carolyn Wilman is a pro at winning prizes. She shares her secrets at a seminar next weekend. by Paula McCooey, The Ottawa Citizen |
| 2009.06.30 | You may get lucky at annual event by Mike Morin, nashua telegraph |
| 2009.02.26 | Winners of the downturn by Thien Huynh, In The City — 24Hours Toronto Edition |
| 2009.02.00 | And the winner is… by Michele DeLuca, commoncentsmagazine.com |
| 2008.08.24 | You can’t win if you don’t enter – Book review by ghtea5, You can view the original blog entry here. |
| 2008.07.00 | Eyes On The Prize - According to those who enter contests as a hobby, winning is everything—even if first place is a booster seat or barbecue they don’t needby Steve Burgess |
| 2008.03.06 | Winning For A Living - CBC Doc Zone ReviewThe Reviews Page |
| 2008.03.06 | ‘Contest Crack’ keeps people chasing dream prizes What’s On Winnipeg |
| 2008.03.06 | ‘Winning For A Living’ a documentary about people with one blinding ambition: win contests by Vinay Menon |
| 2008.03.05 | Carolyn Wilman takes ‘Winning For a Living’ to a whole new level by Denette Wilford, TVGuide.ca |
| 2007.09.15 | Contest convention a first for Canadian players by Caroline Shaheed, Special to CTV.ca |
| 2007.08.30 | Lady Luck Canada’s Contest Queen Carolyn Wilman Spills Her Secrets by Mike Dojc |
| 2007.08.22 | Entrepreneur has all the luck “Canada’s Contest Queen” helps people to win big by Roger Pierce, BizLaunch.ca |
| 2007.08.20 | Oshawa couple wins 83 prizes in one month “Contesting” a growing trend with conventions, contest clubs by Jillian Follert, Durham Region |
| 2007.04.30 | The Secret to Contest Success by Mariève Inoue for divine.ca |
| 2007.02.15 | Want to win $10,000 a year? Duncan Hood, MoneySense Magazine |
| 2007.01.06 | Contest Crack The thrill of chasing prizes spawns addicts’ clubs in Toronto—one member won a trip to Sweden to see a band she doesn’t like. |
| 2006.12.00 | Killing The Contest Junkies by Maureen Bulley |
| 2006.11.17 | Attracting Luck DurhamRegion.com — Carolyn Wilman, the “Contest Queen” and author of “You Can’t Win If You Don’t Enter”, will be at Odyssey Books and Resource Centre. |
| 2006.07.17 | Eclectic Closet: Random Thoughts & Ponderings Book Review When I attended BookExpo Canada in June, I briefly met Carolyn Wilman aka “The Contest Queen” where she was promoting her book You Can’t Win If You Don’t Enter, a how to guide on being a winner. |
| 2006.05.04 | Women Can Do Anything’s Bonnie Staring Book Review You Can’t Win If You Don’t Enter When I saw the front cover, I felt that all was right with the world. Finally, a book that spoke to me in a way that no other had ever been able to. |
| 2006.03.22 | Ontario woman makes contest-winning a career Do you think winning contests has something to do with luck? Think again. |
| 2006.03.19 | And the winner is… her again (TORONTO STAR) Contest Queen | When the 2001 dot.com crash left marketer Carolyn Wilman without a job, she decided to ‘just win everything I need.’ Now she makes a career out of contests. |
| 2006.03.15 | The Luck of the Draw Contest Queen of Oshawa Appeared in the Oshawa Express Newspaper |
| 2006.03.01 | Luck Be A Lady Stop standing on the sidelines watching other women have all the luck — the great boyfriends, the killer jobs, the amazing traveling adventures. You can have it all too! We’ve got 10 real ways for you to stop envying others — and start living the charmed life you’ve always wanted and deserve. |
| 2006.02.13 | Contest Queen — Marketing Mag February 2006 Think you’ve got an iron-clad contest? Carolyn Wilman, Canada’s ‘contest queen’ says too many contests are full of holes and marketers are on the losing end |