Writing Contest Rules Inside
Learn how you can enter for a chance to win $100 and other cool prizes! 🤑
Hi there,
I hope this email finds you in great health and wealth.
Last week, I announced The Side Hustle Club would be hosting a writing competition.
This week, you can find the rules of the competition at the end of this newsletter.
What have you got to lose? It’s a free chance to win $100 and get your writing exposed to a larger audience.
P.S. A big welcome to all our new readers. Let us know what you think of the newsletter by hitting the feedback links at the end - thanks!
Have a great week and I hope to see your stories submitted to the publication!
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🏆 Writing competition rules 🏆
Please read the rules carefully and reach out if you have any questions. To ask a question, you can reply directly to this email or message me on LinkedIn.
To enter the competition, you must:
Be a writer for The Side Hustle Club (Find out how to apply, it’s easy!)
Submit your draft to be published in The Side Hustle Club publication on Medium.
It must be an original short story, written by the submitter.
Participants retain rights to their submissions.
No previously published short stories.
Free to enter.
Here are the submission guidelines:
Call for submissions opens Monday, June 28.
Deadline to submit: Tuesday, July 20 at 11:59 p.m.
You can only enter one draft to be considered in the competition.
You must leave a note to indicate the draft you’re entering in the competition. It can be done by leaving a private note on Medium.
The topic of the story must fit The Side Hustle Club’s submission guidelines. Basically, it has to be about: side hustles, extra income, finance, financial planning, or money.
There is no mandatory word count.
The winner will be determined by:
Highest readership percentage.
What is readership percentage you ask?
Basically, I don’t like being subjective. I considered having a panel of experienced writers/editors review each story, rank them, and then determine a winner based on who we thought best wrote the best story that fit the publication.
I decided not to do that because it’s biased and I’m lazy.
Instead, I came up with the idea of readership percentage. Medium allows me to see the views/reads of every story published in the publication. I can also see the number of followers any writer has on Medium.
Readership percentage will be determined by the number of reads your submitted story gets, divided by the number of followers you have/the publication has.
Additionally, views for your story will only count toward the competition for the first 10 days after it’s published. That way, I can schedule the stories throughout July and not worry about publishing everyone’s story at the same time.
It makes it a more even playing field for writers with a smaller number of followers on Medium.
Winner will be announced in Aug. 2 newsletter.
1st place: $100 via PayPal
2nd place: Your story will be pinned as a featured story in the publication for all of August.
3rd place: Your story will be featured as a top story in this weekly newsletter.
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