Article Contest - Surfers Poker

**Venice** · #1 12-27-2007, 05:20 PM

Surfers Poker - Poker Article Contest

From now until 13:00 ET on 10th Jan 2008 you may submit your article to me (via PM). It must be your own work (absolutely no plagiarism...I will be checking! Note: Members will be banned for plagerised articles submitted in this contest)

All the articles will be uploaded to Surfers, and then on the 12th Jan until 15th Jan there be a vote. Any member with 100+ posts may vote for which article they think is the best. The voting will determine the prizes

Prizes

1st : $20
2nd : $10
3rd : $5

What should I write about?

Anything poker related (read guidelines). It might be strategy related, or a biography of a player, or a review of something poker related. Make it interesting and informative to the reader.

Guidelines

1) The article must be specific. Not a generilasation on your thoughts or approach to poker.
2) It must be poker related.
3) It must be unique. You can obviously research facts on the internet, but never copy any paragraphs of text from anywhere.
4) PM me your topic sooner rather than later. Getting my approval isnt necessary at all, but I will say to you if someone is already doing that topic.
5) Please use good grammer, and check your spelling.

Rules

1. You may make as many entries as you wish, and you will be eligible to win more than one prize. In theory you could win 1st, 2nd and 3rd.
2. Do not duplicate/copy any article/paragraph or sentence from another source
3. If 4 entries or less are made, then there will only be a 1st prize
4. Only members with 100+ posts will be allowed to vote.
5. If there is a tie on the voting, the first tiebreaker will be receiving most votes from a member with 500+ posts, the second tiebreaker will be a decision by a nominated high level member.

Good Luck to those who enter.

bj316 · #2 12-28-2007, 12:55 AM

One thing that would make it interesting is if the by-line was removed from the article submissions before making them visible to Surfers for voting so that no one knew who they were voting for.

xxPOGOxx · #3 12-28-2007, 02:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Venice

5) Please use good grammer, and check your spelling.

Sorry...too funny... grammar, etc.

But I agree with bj316, the authors of the articles should be kept anonymous during the voting session so that we might be more sure that the voters are actually reading the articles and not just voting for one of their friends.

Granted, great writers do have distinct voices whenever they write, so a keen eye may still know who wrote each article, but at least we'll know he'd at least read the articles before eventually figuring out which was submitted by his favorite poster, etc.

ouchbadbeat · #4 12-28-2007, 02:09 AM

does it have to be a serious article
serious stuff is not really my forte haha

BlueRain · #5 12-28-2007, 10:57 AM

I'll Compete

LordJenkins · #6 12-28-2007, 11:10 AM

This sounds really interesting. I haven't been on lately due to being away and stuff but writing an article seems to be a great thing to do as I lie on the beach and soak up some rays

Is there a word limit or something to the articles? I think maybe it would be good to have a word limit or something so people can compete with Pogo...i.e. I don't want to have to write 300 billion words for my article

And ouch no one wants to read your non-serious poker articles...we would go join the PNF (Poker N00b Forum) if we wanted to listen to your ridiculous ramblings.

**Venice** · #7 12-28-2007, 12:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bj316

One thing that would make it interesting is if the by-line was removed from the article submissions before making them visible to Surfers for voting so that no one knew who they were voting for.

Yes, that is the plan. No-one will know who entered which one.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ouchbadbeat

does it have to be a serious article
serious stuff is not really my forte haha

Not necessarily. Although PM me the title/theme to check.

Quote:

Originally Posted by LordJenkins

This sounds really interesting. I haven't been on lately due to being away and stuff but writing an article seems to be a great thing to do as I lie on the beach and soak up some rays

Is there a word limit or something to the articles? I think maybe it would be good to have a word limit or something so people can compete with Pogo...i.e. I don't want to have to write 300 billion words for my article

No strict word length. As a very rough guideline : Min 500 words, Max 3000. I wont be strictly enforcing this though, as the greater importance is for it to be interesting to read and/or informative.

**Venice** · #8 12-31-2007, 03:16 PM

1 so far. Easy for the voting

BlueRain · #9 01-01-2008, 11:32 AM

Ill seek some time to finish them, lol

no1yidmax · #10 01-08-2008, 04:08 PM

Lol, I'm entering, if nothing else will be nice to see what people think of my articles. After the contest, will the best ones be put somewhere specific so they can be read over and over?

I want to do lots to give myself an edge lol... But it's time consuming!

ouchbadbeat · #11 01-08-2008, 04:34 PM

i've had an idea for an article, but whether i'll get round to writing it is another matter

i have mental blocks when it comes to writing really long things

no1yidmax · #12 01-08-2008, 04:56 PM

LOL ouch, If I got enough posts by the 12th (which I won't have LOL) I'll know your one is the one that litwerally makes me sit by my pc pissisng myself with laughter. Hats of 2 u for making me laugh every time you post

no1yidmax

SurferChick · #13 01-09-2008, 05:34 AM

since it has to be our own work, i guess i would have to lie, because if i said great things about me on the poker table then it would be far fetched because i dont think i have had to many memorable poker experiences that would get me in the running to win. now if it about something where i was to mock myself then maybe i could do well in this....