Cute local contest alert! Sock It To Me, a small local business the started six years ago at the Saturday Market and has grown into a nationally distributed company, is holding its fourth annual design-a-sock contest. There are prizes for first, second, and third place, with the first-place winner receiving $500 cash and the chance to see their sock design produced and available for sale by Christmas!

- Owner, Autumn, in New York

Send your submissions here by 5 pm on Friday, September 25!