Writing Contest from Chris Guillebeau

If you can write an essay of 500-1200 words describing an unconventional life then you have a chance to win.

Here is the Theme

This is an unconventional writing contest. it is for the Art of Nonconformity -

the guidelines are simple:

1. Essays should be helpful in nature and seek to explore provocative issues.
2. Don’t be boring.

examples:
*How have you or someone you know successfully challenged authority or
overcome adversity?

*How can other people make unconventional choices? How can people
overcome the fear of change?

*Highly practical, interesting lifestyle design content is also welcome.

(Those are guidelines, not rules. The Supreme Court (err judges) will award the
short list designation to the best possible essays based on content and original ideas. )

The Deadline
Saturday, July 11th

How to Submit

Include your essay in the body of the email (not as an attachment!) and include
the following info at the top:

1. Your Name
2. The Title of the Essay
3. Your Web Site (if you have one)
4. A Two-Sentence Biography

Send the info using Google Docs, you can also upload the file to
your own account and then share it with aonc.contest@gmail.com. Either way
works just fine.

The Exposure

The site is currently ranked in the top 10,000 blogs by Technorati and slowly inching towards the next 5k benchmark.
For the past three months there have been more than one million pageviews  each month.