YOU

Can Win Valuable Prizes!

Click Here to Read All the Entries That Were Submitted to Round 1 of the Writing Contest!

Farm-dreams.com is pleased to offer an ongoing non-fiction writing contest!

The goal is to reward members for helping to create great content on farm-dreams.com that will be of lasting help to anyone looking for how-to information on homesteading, farming or prepping.

The prizes for Round Two are:

Door #1: A Travel Royal Berkey Walter Purification system from Directive 21. Valued at $228!

Door #2: Two Super Survival Seed packs from Seed for Security. Valued at $150!

Door #3: A 164' roll of electric poultry netting from Kencove. Valued at $140!

Door #4: A 60 serving entree pack of emergency food from MyFoodStorage.com. Valued at $119!

Door #5: A $100 gift certificate from Baker Creek Seeds!  Valued at $100.

Note:  Winners will have their choice of prizes. For example, the first place winner may choose any prize, the second place winner will choose from the remaining three, etc.

Schedule

• Round 1: Jan 15 - Mar 15, 2012
• Round 2: May 7 - July 7, 2012

How it works

• To be eligible an article must be an original work of at least 1,000 words and no more than 5,000 words.
• All submissions must be original works (written by you and not previously published elsewhere) and the copyright will become the property of farm-dreams.com for its sole use on the farm-dreams.com website, in Farm Dreams publications, on social media sites, etc.. Plagiarism is, of course, unacceptable.
• Non-fiction articles only (no fiction, poetry or prose).
• If deemed necessary, Farm-Dreams.com reserves the right to edit articles for length, grammar, spelling, punctuation and to remove any portions that are deemed to be off-topic.
• Selected submissions will be posted under Dusty's blog on the home page and will include either your initials or a farm name if you prefer (but not your full first and last name for privacy protection).
• Many/most submissions will be posted on the home page as they are submitted during the contest allowing for members to comment and help determine the value of the contribution.
• The editorial team will use the number and quality of comments as 1/3 of the weighting when determining the winners, so authors should encourage Facebook friends and others to view and comment when their submission is posted.
• You may submit more than one piece per contest...enter as often as you'd like.
• Employees of Farm-Dreams.com sponsors and advertisers are not eligible for the contest.
• You must be a registered member of farm-dreams.com to win.
• Articles may be submitted in MS Word, Pages, RTF, HTML or plain text via email only. Submit yours today!

Special Note: The following requirements apply to Round Two

1. Please note that this is a PRACTICAL SKILLS writing contest.  Entries must be of a "how to" nature.  Titles should be similar to "How to ....", "10 Tips/Steps to ...", etc. and offer practical tips.
2. It is not necessary that you have extensive experience with your entry but it is necessary that your entry share helpful tips and information. The information can come from knowledge you have learned from study or reading, for example.
3. Please attach photos, graphics, spreadsheets, images, etc. that help to make your entry more helpful.
4. Each entry must be assigned and relevant for one of the following categories. When you enter, tell us what category you are entering for in your entry email:

Winning

Articles will be judged for publication and prize selection solely by the Farm Dreams editorial team, although, as stated above, the number of views, comments and quality of comments from readers will play a significant factor in the judging.  The more original, helpful and detailed an article is, the better the chance that it will be published on Farm Dreams and therefore the greater the odds of being selected for a prize.  Again, we are interested in how-to non-fiction articles and not all articles submitted are guaranteed to be deemed worthy of publication on Farm Dreams.  Photos and images are welcome if they help to tell the story.

Entries

• When you're ready, submit your entry along with pictures and attachments here

Photos and Graphics

All articles must be accompanied by one or more high resolution photographs. Other graphics such as cartoons, line-art, or charts may be included as appropriate.

All photographs featuring subject(s) under age 18 or personally identifiable adults must be accompanied by the signed photo release form that can be found here.

All photos and graphics files should be sent as email attachments. Do not embed photos or graphics in your Word publishing document.

Alterations

Farm Dreams reserves the right to alter your manuscript for readability or space considerations. There will be no deliberate changes in the meaning of the text. Although every effort is made to avoid error, Farm Dreams does limit its responsibility for any errors, inaccuracies, misprints, omissions, or other mistakes in the article content.