Time Out New York Wants Your Best Food Porn Pics

Today in Crowdsourcing Content news, Time Out New York managed to combine editorial, social media and friendly competition in a clever promo campaign.

To be specific, the image on the cover of the mag’s upcoming, always-popular Food & Drink Awards issue will come from a certain Instagram user with a gift for picking a great spot and composing a great shot.

The rules are almost painfully simple: post a pic taken at one of the many New York bars/restaurants on the Readers’ Choice nominees list (no selfies), add the tag #TimeOutFoodAwards…then sit back and wait for the instant gratification that will almost certainly never arrive.

On the one hand, this promo may encourage more people to play with their food.