Asking nicely almost always works with me. And begging is an almost surefire pass to getting about anything your heart may desire. So when several potential entrants into the Mortgage Creative Writing Contest approached Jason Sardi and myself with a request for a short extension of our contest deadline, we agreed.
Why? Because it's the end of the month and many of you have closing deadlines tomorrow. Something we can both understand. After all, business is why we're here in the first place. Ok, some of us anyway!
CONTEST ENTRY DEADLINE IS EXTENDED TO NOON ON SUNDAY, MARCH 30TH
WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 31ST
All other rules remain unchanged:
First prize will be awarded 1000 points and be Featured on ActiveRain and in Localism!
Second Prize will be awarded 750 points
Third Prize will be awarded 500 points
All other entries will receive 200 points*
Give us your best, most dazzlingly creative, and most informative mortgage post ever! You don't need to be in the mortgage business to enter, as evidenced by some of the terrific posts that have been entered so far.
See them here:
Mortgage Creative Writing Challenge Entries
Entries will be scored on the following elements with each category weighted equally:
Category 1 - Creativity/Originality of Content & Subject Matter
Category 2 - Actual Mortgage Info helping Customers & Realtors alike; Relevance to Today's Market.
Category 3 - Readability/Lay-out, alas the Staging of the Post.
And finally, keep in mind the following rules.... 
1. You may enter as many posts as you like, but it must be completely original and authored by you.
2. Submit your post to Localism and any other groups you choose.
3. You must include the following Tag: Mortgage Creative Writing Challenge.... if you don't, you haven't entered the contest.
4. Bribing the judges will disqualify your entry - unless it's some serious cash! :)
5. DEADLINE for submitting entries is Friday, March 28th.
6. Winners will be announced Sunday, March 30th and the winning post will be re-presented here.
7. Only 200 points will be awarded per PERSON regardless of the number of entries submitted - with the exception of the Winners.
If you have any questions at all or simply wish to send chocolate our way, feel free to email Jason or myself!
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