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March Writing Contest and New Featured Writer

By Editor, Section Site related
Posted on Tue Mar 04 2008 at 11:39 PM EST
More on: writers, sports writing contest (all tags)

She's been a featured writer for a couple of months now but I've never formally announced it. Please welcome Kris Pollina aka YankTank as our newest featured writer.  Despite being a Yankee fan, her columns were consistently great and she definitely deserves it.  

Second, it's been a while since we've had an official writing contest so I am officially kicking off the March writing contest.  Every story submitted (except Journals) will be eligible for the Monthly Writing Contest. Every member can give each story up to 5 points. (You can find the voting console in the right column of the story page) The winner for the month is the article with the most points at the end of the Voting Period. That's it! And no waiting around for updates form me, you can find the current standings here.

Please read all the details below including prize information.

• The Contest begins on the 1st of every month and ends on the last day of that month. (e.g. March 1st to March 31st). Each month represents a separate "contest".
• Every published story on the site during the month of the contest is eligible, except for Journal Entries. So for the March Contest, any article published between 3/1/07 and 3/31/07 is eligible. There is no limit to the number of articles you have in the contest.
• In order to give articles that are published the last week of the month a fair shake, the voting for the month doesn't end until the 7th day of the following month. (e.g. voting for the Marc h Contest ends on April 7th)
• By entering the contest, you agree that the management of Sportscolumn.com has final say in all matters related to the contest. You also warrant that any article submitted by you is your own original work. Any article that violates the copyright of another person or company is ineligible and contest entry will be voided. In addition, any attempts to manipulate the contest will result in a voided entry.

• First Prize: $100 Gift Certificate to Amazon.
• Second Prize: $50 Gift Certificate to Amazon
• Third Prize: Copy of John Feinstein's excellent book Tales from Q School
  

You can check the current standings of the writing contest here.

If you have any questions, drop me a line : editor@sportscolumn.com or discuss it in our Support forum.

Good luck everyone!

Oh by the way, if you're on facebook, add yourself to the sportscolumn group.