There is now a contest for aspiring gaming/tech journalists with $20k in cash, prizes and writing contracts. Check out FiringSquad Editors Challenge. The first preliminary round of the FiringSquad Editors Challenge written contest, sponsored by the Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme Processor, has finished. There is still one more round open to all contestants before the final 30 contestants move on to the second round. The eventual winner will receive $1500 cash, an Intel Core 2 Extreme Processor and a $10,000 writing contract for FiringSquad. The Video Challenge preliminaries close February 25th and March 18th.
About the FiringSquad Editor’s Challenge, Sponsored by the Intel Core 2 Extreme Processor. The Editor’s Challenge is a writing and video production competition hosted by FiringSquad and sponsored by Intel that invites any and all to participate. The deadline for written submissions is Wednesday February 28th, after which entries will be judged by the FiringSquad readers and editors. 15 contestants chosen from each of two preliminiaries to go through to the second round. Video Challenge submission are due Sunday February 25th and Sunday March 18th. The competition goes through until May 2nd, when the winners will be announced. The only rules are that the submitted article or video must be gaming or technology-related.
As for the coveted prizes, the top writer wins a $10,000 writing contract for FiringSquad, plus $1,500 cash and an Intel Core 2 Extreme processor. The top video production wins $1,000 cash and a $5,000 video production contract, plus an Intel Core 2 Extreme processor. Finally, the two runner-ups each will receive $500 cash and an Intel Core 2 Extreme processor.
To view all the written submissions for preliminary 2, click here. As for the video submission viewing, you may click here instead.
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