You could win a $1.7 million mansion in Canada by just writing a letter. The entry fee for the contest is just $18.73 and you must include write why you deserve the home in any format… a poem, an essay or some other prose form.The woman who currently owns the home recently got hurt and can’t care for the big home anymore. She said she was inspired to give the house away in a contest by the 1996 film "The Spitfire Grill," in which the characters use a contest to sell a restaurant for the owner.