This is the final weekend for BP's A Little Better Game contest, in which customers can win prizes, including free gas.

You are eligible to receive a game piece when you buy five gallons or more at a BP gas station. See the attendant for your game piece (some stores may hve run out already). If you win, you then go online to alittlebettergame.com to verify and claim your prize. The contest runs through May 5.

Starting today, you can enter a contest from Rita's Water Ice to win prizes, including one grand prize of $25,000.

The scratch and win game is being held to celebrate Rita's 25th anniversary. In addition to the scratch and win part of the game, you can also visit www.ritas.com to enter a second-chance drawing for the $25,000 or even a trip to Mexico. The contest continues for the whole month of May.

A few weeks ago, I wrote about a contest from Ted's Montana Grill to try to locate its biggest fans. Now the entries have been narrowed down to the top 10, and you can score a BOGO certificate just for voting. You can find the info here... 

Hallmark is giving away a trip to Vegas for Mother's Day, including roundtrip airfare, hotel and spending money. If you want to enter, the contest is open through May 10. You can find it here.

Most laundry rooms I know of could use a little TLC, and Spray N Wash is giving away a $10,000 laundry room make over. There are also a number of other prizes you could win.

You can find the contest here...

3M and Post-It is hosting a contest where you could win a $100 gift card. I'm unclear about whether that would be a $100 gift card only good for purchasing Post-It products. But imagine what you could do with $100 of Post-It Notes...! You can enter here.

Sign up this week to receive the Target sales flier each week by e-mail and you will be entered in a contest to win a Target gift card. The company is giving out 40 $25 gift cards per week and one $1,000 gift card.

You can sign up through Saturday here...

Just think of what you could buy wiht $30,000...

The contest is co-sponsored by American Express and CBL & Associates, the company that owns Triangle Town Center and Cary Towne Center.

You can find the entry form here. 

Of course, as a professional writer, I am all for ways to encourage kids to write — especially if they are free!

Write More Education Resources is offering free scholarships for its writing track out camps. It has centers in North Raleigh and Cary. The scholarships are not based on need and the application deadline is a rolling one, depending on the start date for the camp you want to attend. Kids in grades one through eight are eligible. You can find the application form here.

Country Crock is asking you to take the Calcium Quiz. Take it and you could win a $25 gift card. Or, you could win the grand prize — a family trip to Yellowstone National Park. Check it out here.