It’s summer time and that means the chinchillas are reclining by the pool sipping lemonade or playing on their chinchilla sized pool toys. To help us pass these lazy summer days, we will be hosting a very special contest on Eventing Nation. Over the next few weeks our blogger contest will try to find the next member of the EN Team. It’s time for the readers out there who read EN and say “This is terrible, I can do soooooo much better” to step up to the plate.
Different members of the EN Team will judge each round and we will publish the submissions along the way. While I can only speak for myself, my judging style will be a combination of Judge Judy and Randy Jackson.
Here’s what you need to do to enter:
1) Have a desire to write part-time for Eventing Nation. This means 2-3 posts per week about eventing and eventing related ridiculousness in your own style. If you won’t have the time, don’t enter. If you want to write for and be read by the eventing community, then go for it.
2) A sample blog post/article of your BEST work from 300-600 words. This is your entry, so make it count. As you are writing it, remember that we will be judging for these four criteria:
–Interesting
–Funny
–Informative
–Creative
Don’t worry, your first entry doesn’t have to be all of these. We will need to see all four over the course of the contest, or at least three. If you do specialize it will have to be top-quality in your area of focus.
3) A short bio. Tell us your name, age, sex, where you live, what you do, your history with eventing, and anything else that is interesting or important. Keep it short but tell us why you are the pick. Oh, and include a photo because Coren is a stalker.
Entries are due by Monday, August 1st at 11:59pm ET. Email your entries to [email protected] with subject line “Blog Entry.” We will pick a group of finalists based on the number of quality entries.
Remember that you will be writing for the biggest eventing audience online. Only enter if you have a thick skin. But otherwise, you can do this no matter what your experience level is. Almost all of us started with no background and no ability…now you can too.
Good luck and go eventing.
