August 2008 Writing Contest and July Winner

By Editor, Section Site related
Posted on Thu Aug 14 2008 at 10:32 AM EST
More on: site news, sports writing contest (all tags)

First off, congratulations to ScubaSteve for this article Past and Present. Steve wins a $100 gift certificate to Amazon. Runner up was Sportsfan22's column Gone 4-ever? Not so Favre.

The August contest is already underway. Everyone who has an article published is eligible for the contest. Please make sure you vote for your favorite articles at the end of the article by giving it a rating of 1 to 5.

Please read all the details and rules after the jump.)

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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.)

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