VALDOSTA — OK, all you procrastinators: You only have two days left to enter recipes in the 40th Anniversary Valdosta Daily Times Cookbook Contest.

The deadline is Thursday.

New entries in the contest include Taresa Hancock of Adel; Dana Armstrong of Route 1, Lakeland; Monique Nagel and Olivia Nagel of Mayday; DeAna Bujnowski, Carol Herndon, Lydia Keene, Deborah R. Rehberg, Leslie Sherwood, Holly Wheelis and Jean Woske of Valdosta.

Other entries have come from

• Teresa Davis of Homerville;

• Glenda Bennett of Lake Park;

• Penny Ray of Nashville;

• Jim Jammes and Magan Smith of Ray City;

• Emily Crews of Stockton;

• Barbara Barker, Debbie Broomberg, Denise Charles, Debbi Hart, Ellen Squires McCarthy, Deanna W. Smith, Claire Spriggs and Marie S. Wood of Valdosta.

To enter, simply e-mail your recipes to vdt.recipes@gaflnews.com. Adults 16 and above may enter as many as nine recipes while those 15 and under may enter one recipe in the children’s category. The adult categories are Appetizers, Salads, Breads, Vegetables, Meats, Desserts, Cookies and Candies (one category), diet foods, and 40th anniversary cake decorating.

Be sure to include your daytime phone number as well as your mailing address so we can inform you if you have been selected as one of the 50 contestants to bring your already prepared dishes to the Taste-off June 7 at Valdosta Technical College.

Although those participating in the 40th Anniversary cake-decorating category will bring their already baked cakes (and no pre-made decorations), the decorating will be done during the two hours of judging the other nine categories. The winner will receive a scholarship to the Valdosta Technical College Cooking School for one quarter.

The nine other categories will be judged for Creative Design Winner and Runner-up and presented with prizes from Belk and Valdosta Greenhouses.

Grand Prize will be awarded $300, the Grand Prize Runner-up $200, the remaining seven first places $50 and 10 second places $25. Centerpieces will be given to the third places.