When does the new contest start and where can one apply?

Hi Starmade! We sadly had to postpone the summer side dish contest because Kikkoman partnered with us to do a recipe contest this summer that we needed to prioritize. This teriyaki tournament is still in progress—we picked the finalists and will soon be sharing them for everyone to vote on: https://food52.com/p/enter-our-tournament-of-teriyaki-recipe-contest-presented-by-food52-kikkoman

If we do any in the fall/winter, what contest topics would you want to see?

Thanks Nicole; I can get to it through the link you supplied, but I still can't find any sign of it on the contests page. It sure would be nice to know when a new contest was starting, as it is too late to enter this one, but I do check the contests page regularly to see if one is open. Just fyi I could not find it with the search tools on the site either. I was able to find it with an open google search on "food 52 tournament of teriyaki." but that seems roundabout since you'd have to already know the name of the contest to find it. But maybe I am doing something wrong; is there a secret I should know (eg "don't use firefox use chrome"?) As to the next contest I'd like to see something like "casual cakes dressed up and dressed down" -- or maybe "your best offbeat risotto" or "twisted risottos" or something like that.

Hi MMH! We have begun a new kind of contest! We announced it as part of our Tournament of Salads recipe competition that is currently running. We're trying a new thing with contests, where we create a pool of both community recipes and "professional" recipes, then ask everyone to help us winnow the contenders down until we get to the winner. 

I have yet to do a formal announcement of this next tournament, but you can begin to think about it, and submit a recipe for a summery side dish. The details are described below and also within this post: https://food52.com/blog/28415-food52-tournament-of-salads. You can also email me with questions: [email protected]. Thanks!