Enter The 'Get Wild With Wild Rice' Recipe Contest!

It's time to get wild with your cooking skills! The Minnesota Cultivated Wild Rice Council is seeking your imaginative and creative recipes for its 7th Annual "Get Wild with Wild Rice" Recipe Contest.

Whether you're a culinary professional, an aspiring chef, or someone who simply enjoys cooking and the culinary arts, you're invited to participate in the competition.

Get your creative juices flowing and enter your most imaginative creation featuring the deliciously distinctive flavor of the only cereal grain native to North America -- wild rice!

Here's how it works. Recipes entered go head-to-head in a taste test conducted by culinary specialists. Participants have three opportunities to win: 1) Up to 16 finalists will be selected to have their recipes published and win wild prizes; 2) A Grand Prize of $500 will be awarded to one winning recipe chosen by a panel of judges; and 3) In September, winning recipes will be posted for an online contest celebrating National Rice Month.

America will vote for their favorite recipe and one lucky winner will receive a $250 People's Choice Award.

The contest opens May 16 and the deadline for recipe submission is June 13, 2016. Click here for full contest details.