Brave Little Blogger Contest Official Rules & Giveaway

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The Brave Little Blogger Contest is a FREE contest for all bloggers. It doesn’t matter whether you blog for fun or money, and no one here cares if you get 10 hits a day or 10 million.

Through blogging, we are all given a place to speak our minds. Yes, even if our ideas are unpopular. The Brave Little Blogger contest celebrates that and encourages bloggers to be bold.

Whether you’re a business writer, an amateur or professional blogger, a cashier, a journalist, or stay at home mom, you can and should participate in this bloggers’ community event.

If you don’t have a blog, setting one up is simple and free. Contact me if you need help getting started.

#BLBC12 Contest Prizes

(International winners may receive alternate prizes in some cases.)

1st Place Prizes

• $50 Amazon.com e-gift card
• Small Business Kickstart Kit ($17)
• Two Pens personal lesson on branding and tweeting via Google Hangout. We’ll teach you how to create an online persona, then use Twitter effectively to promote your writing and grow your platform. 1 hour. ($200)

2nd Place Prizes

• $35 Amazon.com e-gift card
• Small Business Kickstart Kit ($17)
• Professional proofreading and copy editing services for your book, short story, website, or print collateral from Mahesh Raj Mohan. (Proofreading will correct any typographical errors, and copy editing involves checking the content for internal consistency and offering suggestions). Up to 20 pages of content. ($200)

3rd Place Prizes

• $15 Amazon.com e-gift card
• Small Business Kickstart Kit ($17)
• Professional consultation and resume/cover letter package from Kristin Offiler. Includes a detailed questionnaire used towards developing the new resume, an email or phone consultation to identify the client’s goals (whichever you prefer), digital copies of the resume in .pdf and .rtf form, and one customized cover letter tailored to a specific job. ($150)

How to Enter the Writing Contest

• Write a 750-word (or less) blog post about the contest theme CENSORSHIP. The theme is a springboard for ideas. Don’t let it limit your creativity.
• Publish your response to the prompt on your blog or website. (Must be your original work.)
• Include the “official entry” button somewhere in your post by copying and pasting the code below. (Entries without the button do not qualify for prizes. To participate in the link-up without entering the actual contest, omit this step.)
  
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• Link to your actual post using the form below; do not link to your blog’s home page. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, ask me for help. One official entry per person.
  
  
  
• Deadline for entries is Saturday, March 31, 2012 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern.
• The top 3 submissions will be selected by the #BLBC12 judges, and their decision is final.

Contest Tips

1. Pretty much anything goes as long as your post relates to the censorship theme in some way. Personal essays, poems, microfiction, open letters and all other styles and formats will be accepted.
2. Contest officials will copy and paste the body of your entry (titles are not counted) into WordCountTool.com to make sure your entry is equal to or less than 750 words. All posts 751 words or greater will be disqualified and will not be evaluated by the judges. We strongly recommend you use this site to check your word count.
3. Visit and comment on other contestant’s entries.
4. If you’re having trouble coming up with a post, consider the following questions and prompts:

-Has your work or idea ever been censored?
-What would the world be like if ______ was censored?
-If you had the power to censor  someone or something what would it be?
-Write an open letter to a government official about censorship.
-Describe a fictional world and censorship’s impact upon it.
-Write about a banned or challenged book.

Enter the Giveaway!

I’m giving you more ways to win! Help me spread the word about the Brave Little Blogger Contest, and you’ll be entered to win USD $25 via PayPal. Winner will be announced on April 1, 2012.

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