Blog to Paradise - We have our winners!

Posted by: Jane Kollmer

Great news, everyone!

I'm pleased to announce the winners of our first "Blog to Paradise" competition. The following professionals took home the top prizes.

Julie K. Irving, RT(R)(M)(CT), owner and recruiter for the staffing company, XRAYZ 4U, LLC – who received a total of 26 blog comments during the competition – took home top honors in the "Blogger" category.

According to Irving, "The contest has been a great way to entice professionals to begin communicating via blogs. I've thoroughly enjoyed the time spent blogging and conversing with others around the country about the future of radiology and staffing."

Irving thanks all those who participated with her, and she encourages them to continue checking the site.

Irving has been awarded a $250 cash prize for being the blogger who received the most comments during the competition. She plans to deposit the winnings into her 4-year-old's savings account. "Every little bit helps," Irving says.

Congratulations, Julie! Thanks to all of our other bloggers and commenters who posted during the contest.

The grand prize – a dream vacation for two valued up to $1,250 – was awarded to Emily A. Wagner, BSRS, RT(R), of Snook, Texas. Wagner, who is the clinical coordinator of radiologic technology at Blinn College, read and commented on many of the rt image blogs, increasing her chances of winning the dream vacation and promoting interaction among the blogs. As an educator, Wagner says she couldn't pass up the opportunity to network with others in her field and be entered for a chance to win the contest.

Wagner says she enjoys reading rt image because she can gain knowledge about upcoming technologies to share with her radiology students. She also encourages the students to add www.rt-image.com as a source for their papers and projects.

"Your site is awesome!" Wagner says. "I am new to teaching a 'modalities' class for our radiology students, and your site has been great for me to learn about new and upcoming technologies in multiple areas."

For her dream vacation, Emily plans to take her husband to a resort in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. She says, "I was so sad this year, because I could not afford to have a 'couples' trip with my husband, since we took our kids snow-skiing at spring break, so you've made my year - maybe my life!" Congratulations, Emily! Check back with rt image for photos from Emily's dream vacation on www.rt-image.com.

**Also, we would like to thank the Blog to Paradise sponsor, Imaging On Call for making this competition possible.**