Inland 360 readers, it’s your time to shine

A reader called the other day to ask when this year’s Best of the Inland Northwest gets started, and I’m happy to share that the answer is Saturday.

Inland 360, The Lewiston Tribune and The Moscow-Pullman Daily News launched the Best of the Inland Northwest community choice awards last year to recognize local businesses and individuals through community-driven nominations and voting. It’s back this year, with more than 170 categories, and you can start making nominations this weekend.

The nomination round — on our publications’ websites at inland360.com, lmtribune.com and dnews.com — continues until Feb. 21. Just click Best of the Inland Northwest, and you’ll see instructions for how to submit a nomination. The top three nominees in each category advance to the voting round, from April 16 to May 6.

The awards cycle culminates with a gala set for June 26 at the Clearwater River Casino & Lodge, east of Lewiston. There, the top nominees and winners, nominated and selected by community voting, will be celebrated.

We’re excited to see your nominations — from restaurants to auto mechanics to hair salons, and so much more — so start thinking about what local services you’d like to recognize and get ready to make your voice heard.

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If you have a comfort watch — a show or movie you return to again and again — you’d like to share, make sure you submit it before the end of the day Friday.

Tell us, in 200 words or fewer, what show or shows you love to rewatch, and why. Include your name and city of residence, and indicate where the shows can be found.

Send your submission to arts@inland360.com with “comfort TV” in the subject line, or by U.S. mail to Inland 360, P.O. Box 957, Lewiston, ID 83501.

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Entries for this year’s Inland 360 cover contest, due Feb. 7, can be emailed, with “cover contest” in the subject line, to contests@inland360.com.

They also can be dropped off at the Lewiston Tribune office, 505 Capital St., or mailed (please don’t fold your artwork) to Inland 360, P.O. Box 1387, Lewiston, ID 83501.

Don’t forget:

• Work containing AI elements must be labeled accordingly.
• Inland 360’s cover is vertical: 10.5 inches wide by 12.5 inches high. That ratio is important so we don’t have to crop your artwork to fit.
• Indicate how you created the image: photography, painting, collage, drawing?
• Include your name, address, email and phone number so we can contact you and credit you for your work.

The Inland 360 logo will be placed somewhere in the design if you don’t include it. You don’t need to include your signature on the artwork; we will give all artists attribution.

Contact Inland 360 editor Mary Stone at mstone@inland360.com or (208) 848-2244 if you have questions about the contest.