Chillibreeze Article Writing Contest -
Enter and Win
Contest Runs from March 2012 - December 2012
Kindly note: We regret to inform you that the Chillibreeze Article Writing Contest has been suspended for Quarter 4. Please be assured that we want to work with you to strengthen your hand as a freelancer. We are consolidating some of our group websites and will then be ready to publish new content. Many thanks to our writers, readers and the community for supporting this contest in the past months.
Check the 2nd Quarter Results
Check the 1st Quarter Results
Discover how rewarding writing can be! Chillibreeze invites all writers to enter its Article Writing Contest for 2012. Let your creative juices flow to get discounts at our store and to win exciting prizes every quarter. A bonus for you will be visibility on Chillibreeze. Getting your article published on our website can be a big plus by itself as Chillibreeze is ranked high and we strive to publish only quality content.
Why should you enter? What are the stakes?
By entering the Chillibreeze Article Writing Contest, you can get published, rewarded and recognized!
We will select the ‘Top 3 Articles/Interviews’ of the quarter from among the submissions. Winners of the 'Top 3 Articles/Interviews' get a cash prize of Rs 1,500 and will be featured on our website.
If your article is chosen to be published on our website but you do not make it to the top 3 for the quarter, you will still get a 50% discount code to use on any product or service at our store!
Who can participate?
All writers in our network can participate. Not a registered writer in our network? Don’t worry – it is a simple process – just fill in our writers’ form and get started.
What do you have to do?
Simply pick a topic from our sample topics page, write a compelling article or even interview a subject-matter expert on that topic and send it to us at writers at chillibreeze dot com with the subject line “Contest Entry”
What is the submission deadline?
Winners will be selected at the end of each quarter from the entries that are submitted in that quarter. It is an ongoing process - keep participating!
• Entries to reach by March 31st 2012 for the 1st Quarter
• Entries that reach between April 1st and June 30th 2012 will be in the pool for the 2nd Quarter
• Entries that reach between July 1st and September 30th 2012 will be in the pool for the 3rd Quarter
• Entries that reach between October 1st and December 31st 2012 will be in the pool for the 4th Quarter
Guidelines and tips for submission
• We accept only 1 entry per person
• Choose any topic from our topics page
• You can submit an article on the chosen topic
• You can interview a subject matter expert on the topic instead of an article
• Word limit: About 1200 words
• You can add images or infographics to your article/interview
• IMPORTANT: Content should be plagiarism-free
Reward and recognition await you. Hurry and send in your entry to writers at chillibreeze dot com.
Good luck!
Article Writing Contest - 1st Quarter Results
Congratulations to all participants of the 1st quarter Chillibreeze Article Writing Contest! The following 3 winners were selected from among 22 shortlisted and qualifying entries. View the winning entries by clicking on the links below:
• Nicola Desouza for her article on travel tips to India
• Uma Jagadish Sarma for her article on 10 day trips from Bangalore
• Shirley Simon for her article on assessing writers through writing assessments
Hurry! Send in your entries before 30 June 2012 to join the second quarter pool of entries! The results will be out by 15 July 2012.
Article Writing Contest - 2nd Quarter Results
The Chillibreeze Article Writing contest fever seems to have caught up. The 2nd quarter kept us on our toes reading one engaging article after another. Congratulations to all participants - we had a hard time picking the winning entries! Announcing the top 3 winners from 39 shortlisted and qualifying entries. Check out the winning entries by clicking on the links below:
• Sukanya Samy for her article on New classifications of Indian English literature
• Girija Jagannath for her article on Things to see and do in Chennai
• Nishi Roy for her submission to the Interviews That Matter section - her interview of Kapil Sharma, founder of Saytrees.
At this point, we would like to make a special mention of writer Sugunasri Madalla who shares interesting insights with us in her interview with Chillibreeze. Read and glean from her interview.
Hurry! Send in your entries before 30 September 2012 to join the third quarter pool of entries! The results will be out by 15 October 2012.
