- Each week we will send you the Challenging Times by first class mail.
- This publication contains 5 new puzzles EVERY WEEK, predominantly composed of Word Search and Word Success puzzles. For our newest entry puzzle click here.
- You can solve the puzzles just for fun or you can pay the entry fee(s) and enter them into the cash prize contest - pitting your skills against the other puzzlers in our membership.
- Not only will you have access to more puzzles by subscribing to Challenging Times, but you will have the opportunity to win cash prizes too - UP TO $3200 PER WEEK!
- The cost is very reasonable too - less than 80 cents per week for a year's subscription! So why don't you subscribe today ?
GENERAL RULES
- Winning depends on a contestant’s skill. This is not a sweepstakes or a drawing.
- The entry fee is stipulated on each entry form. Each tiebreaker costs $1 for handling and judging. All puzzles have due dates.
- Approximately 75-85% will qualify for the first tiebreaker. 20-30% will qualify for the second if required. 2-10% will be winners.
- All prize checks will arrive in contestant’s mailbox approximately 8 weeks after the original due date. If the puzzle goes to a second tiebreaker, it will take about 13 weeks from the original due date.
- Winners may expect prize checks up to the maximum stipulated amount for each puzzle with an average of $25-$75, depending upon the skill of the contestants relative to the difficulty of the puzzle.
- Judges are employees of CM Publications, Inc. and a minimum of two people judge the entries. Entries are scored manually by using a key.