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August 2008 Writing Contest and July Winner

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Posted on Thu Aug 14 2008 at 10:32 AM EST Printer Friendly Page
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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

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Posted on Wed Jul 02 2008 at 11:56 AM EST Printer Friendly Page
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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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March Writing Contest and New Featured Writer

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Posted on Tue Mar 04 2008 at 11:39 PM EST Printer Friendly Page
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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.

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July Writing Contest is underway

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Posted on Mon Jul 02 2007 at 9:34 AM EST Printer Friendly Page
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Thanks to all the writers who made submissions into the June Writing Contest.  Voting for the May Contest will continue until midnight 7/7/07 so go ahead and get your votes in.  Here is a list of all stories eligible for the June contest.

That said, it's a brand new month so flex those fingers and get cracking on your next column.  The July writing contest is underway.  All columns published during the month of July will be eligible and the voting for the July contest ends 8/7/07. See below for prizes and details.

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Congrats to the May Writing Contest Winners

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Posted on Sun Jun 17 2007 at 12:07 PM EST Printer Friendly Page
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It was a close race but in the end, Trevor won with The NBA Needs A Leader. YankTank takes second place for the second straight month with The MLB Japanglicize Movement and bsd takes third with The other side of the Kentucky Derby.

Congratulations to all three, your prizes are on their way.

Don't forget that the June writing contest is underway and despite Matt Waters early lead, there's still plenty of time to submit your columns.

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June 2007 Writing Contest

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Posted on Sun Jun 03 2007 at 6:08 PM EST Printer Friendly Page
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Thanks to all the writers who made submissions into the May Writing Contest.  Voting for the May Contest will continue until midnight 6/7/07 so go ahead and get your votes in.  Here is a list of all stories eligible for the May contest.

That said, it's a brand new month so flex those fingers and get cracking on your next column.  The June writing contest is underway.  All columns published during the month of May will be eligible and the voting for the June contest ends 7/7/07. See below for prizes and details.

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And the April writing contest winner is...

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Posted on Wed May 09 2007 at 7:23 PM EST Printer Friendly Page
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Native American Prospects Hold Key Between Past & Present by Diane Grassi.  Congratulations to Diane for picking up first place.

2nd prize goes to YankTank with Boston: Bean, Beer, and a Buffalo and 3rd prize goes to Trevor Freeman with Why Kevin Durant Should Stay In School.  Trevor also takes home the cumulative votes prize because his column about the Golden State Warriors got plenty of votes also.  You can see the April top 20 standings here.

Thanks to everyone who submitted columns in April.  Don't forget that the May writing contest is underway.

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The May 2007 Writing Contest is underway!

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Posted on Tue May 01 2007 at 8:16 PM EST Printer Friendly Page
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Thanks to all the writers who made submissions into the April Writing Contest.  Voting for the April Contest will continue until midnight 5/7/07 so go ahead and get your votes in.  Here is a list of all stories eligible for the April contest.

That said, it's a brand new month so flex those fingers and get cracking on your next column.  The May writing contest is underway.  All columns published during the month of May will be eligible and the voting for the May contest ends 6/7/07. See below for prizes and details.

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Sportscolumn's Monthly Writing Contest is back!

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Posted on Tue Apr 03 2007 at 1:37 PM EST Printer Friendly Page
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Everyone, it's been a long time coming but we finally have the return of the Sportscolumn Monthly Sports Writing Contest. Here's how it works:

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.

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