"Blog for Money" Contest

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Submission Requirements

Submission Due Date July 27, 2016 Eligibility The ProTech "Blog for Money" Contest ("Contest") is open only to individuals who are legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia, who are 18 years of age or older at the time of entry (19 years of age or older if a resident of AL or NE; 21 years of age or older if a resident of MS). Contest is void outside the USA and where prohibited. Article Length 1,000 - 2,000 words Article Topic Information Security Article Specifics Article must be written in English. Multiple submissions are welcome. Article must be about Information Security, but it can be a tutorial, list, cheat sheet, news, or opinion piece. Feel free to try something a little different (let's not go too crazy though). If you write a tutorial, please include images to help explain the process. Please make sure that you have the rights to, or provide proper attribution for any images, gifs, videos, etc. that you include in your blog post.

Submission Form Please include as much contact information as possible. If we select you as a winner and aren't able to contact you within a reasonable timeframe (48 hours), we will have to move on to the next best submission. View our privacy policy here.

First Name Last Name Email Phone Number Blog Style Tutorial List Cheat Sheet News Opinion Other Additional information you want to share about yourself *By uploading your submission you agree that, should you win, ProTech may post your blog article to their website and social media accounts. Winner also agrees to allow ProTech to make any necessary revisions and additions to the article. Submissions that are found to be plagiarized or fail to adhere to the contest guidelines will be disqualified. Should ProTech not receive enough viable entries, the company reserves the right to extend the submission date for the contest.

I certify that the document I'm uploading is not plagiarized and contains only my own original work.

I certify that I am a legal residents of the United States or District of Columbia and am 18 years of age or older (19 years of age or older if a resident of AL or NE; 21 years of age or older if a resident of MS).



I certify that the document I'm uploading is not plagiarized and contains only my own original work.I certify that I am a legal residents of the United States or District of Columbia and am 18 years of age or older (19 years of age or older if a resident of AL or NE; 21 years of age or older if a resident of MS). File Types Accepted: PDF, Word, Open Document Format (we will require an editable version if you win)











If you have any questions about the comments please contact Sarah Kremer at skremer@protechtraining.com



Evaluation Criteria

Scoring

Welcome to the "Blog for Money" Contest. We need some fresh content for the ProTech blog and you could probably use an extra $150 in your pocket. We figured this is a win-win. And hey, if we like your stuff, we may ask you to write for us again.If we select your submission as the winner, your blog post will be highlighted on ProTech's website as well as on our social media channels. Feel free to submit multiple articles to increase your chances of winning. Each entrant is only eligible to receive one prize (so you can't win both first and second place prizes even if you submit the two best articles).(Visa or MasterCard Gift Card)(Visa or MasterCard Gift Card)Topic Relevancy: 10Topic Uniqueness: 20Article Organization: 25Writing Style/Entertainment Value: 25Grammar: 20

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