Contests and Challenges - How Do I Enter? Why Should I Enter?
Most months here on ActiveRain there is some sort of contest or challenge. Bloggers can participate, earn bonus points, and more important, probably learn a lot in the process.
So the first question is how do you participate?
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To find out about what the current challenges are, go to the top of the page, click on "Resources", and then click "Contests" on the drop down menu. There will be featured posts at the top of the page with the details of each current challenge. - Read each post that interests you! There will be instructions, sometimes a little hard to follow, that will tell you exactly what to do if you decide to take part in the challenge.
- There is going to be a requirement that you write a post. It's got to be an actual post, not a comment on the contest entry announcement.
- You will need to put a link to your post, usually in the comments section of the post announcing the challenge you are accepting, unless the challenge directions say to do it another way. Part of the challenge is reading and following the instructions.
- If you don't follow the rules, your post that you worked so hard on could fall through the challenge cracks or be disqualified.
Why should you participate?
- You can meet lots of other bloggers you might never have encountered before.
- You can learn a lot, not just by crafting your own entry, but also by reading other bloggers' entries.
- It's a great way to earn points. Most of the challenges give you points just for participating. If the challenge is competitive, you could win a bunch of extra points if the judges select yours as one of the top entires.
- Entering a challenge can be one of the more fun ways of participating on ActiveRain.
So if you are one of the bloggers who wrote a wonderful, insightful and long comment on the October Challenge, Advice for Newbies, you can take your comment and turn it into an honest to gosh post, and get a bunch of extra points in the process!
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