PORT ANGELES — Wanted! A theme for the 10th annual Windermere Sand Sculpture Classic at this summer’s Arts in Action festival on the Port Angeles’ waterfront.

If your theme is picked by a judging committee, you will win $100 worth of Port Angeles Downtown Dollars, which can be used as cash at participating downtown merchants.

Mail your suggested theme, including your name, address and phone number, to 2012 Sand Sculpture Theme, c/o Peninsula Daily News, P.O. Box 1330, Port Angeles, WA 98362.

Entries must be postmarked no later than Monday, May 7.

All entries must be mailed — not hand delivered — and become the property of Nor’wester Rotary, organizer of the annual festival.

Multiple entries are allowed, but each entry must be on a separate piece of paper and mailed in its own envelope.

Only residents of Clallam and Jefferson counties are eligible to enter the contest.

Entries may be submitted by an individual or a group.

There is no age limit for entrants.

The winning entry in the theme contest will be chosen on the basis of creativity, originality and appropriateness to the festival.

In case the winning theme is suggested by more than one person, the entry with the earliest postmark will be declared the winner.

This year’s sand sculpture contest is presented by Windermere Real Estate and co-sponsored by Peninsula Daily News and other local businesses.

Members of the Port Angeles Nor’wester Rotary Club; employees of Windermere Real Estate in Port Angeles, Sequim, SunLand and Port Ludlow; employees of Peninsula Daily News — and the immediate family members of these three groups –

are not eligible to enter the contest.

Last year’s theme was “Wonderful World of Sports,” submitted by James Shelley of Sequim.

Other past themes:

* 2010 — Legends of Science Fiction

* 2009 — Wonders of the World

* 2008 — Great Inventions

* 2007 — Circus Comes to Town

* 2006 — Fun on the Farm

* 2005 — Legends, Fantasies and Myths

* 2004 — Under the Sea

* 2003 — Fairy Tale Characters

The theme must be broad enough to allow the sand sculptors creative license, said Doc Reiss of Nor’wester Rotary and Windermere Real Estate.

“The more generic, the better,” said Reiss

Other participants

Sand sculptors from the United States and Canada will participate in the Windermere Sand Sculpture Classic during the Arts in Action festival July 27 – 29 at City Pier and Hollywood Beach.

Spectators will be able to watch as piles of sand come to life in intricate forms as the skilled craftspeople do their work.

The sculptures will be judged, and winners will receive cash awards.

The annual street fair also features food, live music, a car show and about 50 arts and crafts vendors.

For more information, phone Steve Zenovic of Nor’wester Rotary at 360-417-0501.