The Week contest: BP Slogan - June 18, 2010

Welcome to The Week's "What Next?" contest, an invitation to test your powers of imagination with challenges inspired by current events.

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Results: We asked you to come up with an upbeat new slogan for BP, and you flowed forth with:

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FIRST PRIZE: Gushing with pride

Jeffrey Contompasis, Ashburn, VA

SECOND PLACE: Reducing shark attacks by 100%!

Jennifer Miller, Eagan, MN

THIRD PLACE: Paving the way for alternative energy legislation!

Bethany Wheeling, Finksburg, MD

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

Still a better track record than Union Carbide!

Bryan F. Smith, Austin, TX

Don’t worry, BP happy

Paul Wysocki, Oceanside, CA

Hundreds of off-shore wells and only one disaster

Margaret Cooke, East Lansing, MI

Helping you to discover other vacation destinations

Beth Simon, Oakland, CA

Resurrecting Kevin Costner’s career

Barbara James, Bedford, MD

Put an oily pelican in your tank

Greg Benson, Athens, GA

Oil? We’ve got you covered

Michael Robell, Lansing, MI

Oil? We’re swimming in it!

Mike Reiss, New York City

We bring the oil to YOU

Carol Blackburn, Rockville Centre, NY

There’s more where that came from!

John Light, Nathrop, CO

The wave of the future

Walter Tarczyniski, Richmond, CA

What can brown do for you?

Paul Juhasz, Stephenville, TX

You can’t spell “absorption” without BP

Ashley Ryan, Catonsville, MD

When a carbon footprint isn’t enough

John P. Kalil, Phoenix

We bring gooey things to life

Bette S. Baysinger, Ridgecrest, CA

Sharing our resources with America

Stephen H. Smith, Fredericksburg, VA

Helping the Gulf move beyond Katrina

Jeff Burger, Ridgewood, NJ

From sea to shiny sea

Judith Cottrill, The Bronx

God save the sheen

Nate Williams, Reading, MA

Buy our gas so we can afford to clean up the spill

Melane Craver, Lawrenceville, GA

Oh, right, like you never spilled anything.

Mark Miller, Los Angeles