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July Writing Contest and New Featured Writer

By Editor, Section Site related
Posted on Wed Jul 02 2008 at 11:56 AM EST
More on: site news, sports writing contest, featured writers (all tags)

Hey folks, please congratulate Diane Grassi on becoming our latest featured writer. Diane has been contributing to the site for a while now, won a couple of writing contests, and provides a much needed serious viewpoint on sports on this site. You can check out Diane's archive of stories here. Congrats Diane!

Second, I see a bunch of new writers on the site so it's time for another monthly 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 and rules after the jump.)

• The Contest begins on the 1st of every month and ends on the last day of that month. (e.g. July 1st to July 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 July Contest, any article published between 7/1 and 7/31 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 July Contest ends on August 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: Set of steak knives
• Third Prize: You're fired

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

If you have any questions, drop me a line : editor@sportscolumn.com.

Good luck everyone!

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