The Gasoline Dude’s Blogversary Writing Contest

I mentioned in my previous post that I will be coming up with a contest which will start on the last day of this month, but due to insistent demand, I will announce it earlier than planned, which is TODAY!

It’s The Gasoline Dude’s 4th Blogversary! Would you like to win a 1TB Portable Hard Drive?

Yup! Since I will be celebrating my anniversary as a blogger in a few weeks, I have something in store for all the followers & readers of this blog!

If you are also a blogger who:

• Is a Filipino, whichever part of Earth you are;
• Has been blogging for a minimum of three (3) months;
• With at least ten (10) posts in your blog as of 31st of October 2011;

Then you are qualified to join!

MECHANICS:

This is a writing contest, so...

• Write a blog post relevant to the theme. Various ways of expressions are allowed. It may be a short story, poem, song lyrics, essay, letter, testimony, commentary, etc. It’s up to you;
• The theme is: “gasoline”. Again, it’s up to you whether you want to use it literally or figuratively;
• You may use either English or Tagalog;
• The word “gasoline” (or its Tagalog translation) must be mentioned in the post at least once;
• Photos, music, or both may be added in the blog post;
• A link to this particular post must be contained in the blog entry. (e.g. “This is my entry to The Gasoline Dude’s Blogversary Writing Contest. I want to win the 1TB Portable Hard Drive!")
• For easier reference & tracking, make a comment under this post with the following information: Your name/alias, email address, blog URL, blog entry title, & URL link to your blog entry.

DEADLINE:

Deadline of the submission of entries is on the 31st of December.

JUDGES:

I have invited a few blogger friends to be part of the judging panel. They are the following:

(From the top, L-R:)

Traveliztera,

Greenpinoy,

Lethalverses,

Myself, &

Chroneicon.

CRITERIA FOR JUDGING:

Creativity 30%

Relevance to Theme 30%

Originality 20%

Overall Impact 20%

PRIZES:

1st Prize:

One (1) Western Digital 1TB Portable Hard Drive + One (1) Singapore Shirt

2nd Prize:

One (1) 16GB USB Flash Memory Drive + One (1) Singapore Shirt

3rd Prize:

One (1) 8GB USB Flash Memory Drive + One (1) Singapore Shirt

ANNOUNCEMENT OF WINNERS:

Winners will be announced on January 2012. The names will be posted in this blog, and will be notified thru email.

If you have queries, just comment below, or send me an email at alex@gasolinedude.com.