Ploomy Writing Challenge
June 9, 2008 by msmarc
Do you know what men need to know?
Enter the Ploomy.com Writing Challenge and win free advertising to promote your own blog or website.
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DETAILS
Ploomy.com is the site that delivers what men need to know. Use this as inspiration and write an article of 500 to 1,000 words in length (if it’s longer, it better be really good). You can make our readers laugh, provide advice, compose a helpful list or just share some insanely useful knowledge. If you’re not sure what to write about, browse through our reader favorites on the right side of the site.
Articles must be original works and cannot have previously appeared on any website or blog.
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PRIZES
1st place:
- 2-months of advertising on Ploomy.com (125 x 125 banner ad on Ploomy.com to advertise your blog or website)
- Your article will be featured on Ploomy.com
- Ploomy.com t-shirt
2nd place:
- 1-month of advertising on Ploomy.com (125 x 125 banner ad on Ploomy.com to advertise your blog or website)
- Your article will be featured on Ploomy.com
- Ploomy.com t-shirt
3rd place:
- Your article will be featured on Ploomy.com
- Ploomy.com t-shirt
If we get way too many great articles, Ploomy.com reserves the right to give out more prizes.
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SUBMIT
To submit your article, send an email with your article in the main body of the email (we will not open any attachments). You may only submit one article per person.
Deadline for all submissions: Friday, June 27, 2008 (12 midnight PST)
Submit articles to: anthem123@yahoo.com
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VOTING
After we receive all submissions, our staff will select the top entries and let Ploomy.com readers vote for their favorites. Voting will begin on Monday, June 30, 2008 through Sunday, July 13, 2008.
Winners will be announced on Tuesday, July 15, 2008.
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OTHER DETAILS
Send any questions to anthem123@yahoo.com.
This writing contest is only open to United States residents. open to anyone in the world.
Prizes:
*You must have a valid U.S. mailing address to receive a Ploomy.com t-shirt. We will not ship to a P.O. Box or outside of the United States. If you live outside of the United States, in lieu of a t-shirt, you will receive one free week of advertising (125 x 125 banner ad) on Ploomy.com.
*You must provide the 125 x 125 banner ad to Ploomy.com.
*Ploomy.com reserves the right to select which months the advertisements run.
Submissions:
*Ploomy.com reserves the right to edit submissions before article appears on the site.
Voting:
*The highest rated entry (based on 5-star rating system) with a minimum of 50 votes will be declared the winner.
*In the event of a tie, the entry with the most individual 5-star ratings will be declared the winner.
“If we get way too many great articles, Ploomy.com reserves the right to give out more prizes.”
Brilliant :) I heard from a friend over there that those Ploomy t-shirts look pretty hot!
What if we have more than one blog, can we do more than ad during the 2 months?
@Richard - Yes, you can advertise multiple blogs. We’ll allow that. You just have to provide us with the banners and we’ll swap out accordingly. Oh yah and first you have to win the competition first!
Why is this challenge not worldwide? say,… Malaysia perhaps?
Sigh.
Thanks to those that emailed us asking if this contest could be opened up to those living outside of the United States. We’ve come to our senses and made it available to everyone.
We look forward to reading your submissions!
Where do you buy a ploomy t-shirt? There should be a link, that way people will think I won the contest.
@Diamondk21 - there will be a link soon where people can buy t-shirts. Please do submit something and people will think you won the contest.
Aww I saw this too late :(
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