Modern Parent's Writing Contest for April 2021
Read on to learn more about how to enter and our prizes!
We’re so excited to announce Modern Parent’s first writing contest, with the winning writer being rewarded with a gift card of $300! In addition, the author of our favorite reply on eligible entries will receive a reward of $30!
Modern Parent is one of Medium’s top parenting and family publications. We want to see more of your writing, and continue to support all our writers!
How to Enter
For the month of May, we would like you to write a story according to the following prompt: “Reflect on a moment where you went “Am I doing this right?” during the pandemic.”
In your story, please incorporate your personal parenting stories and experiences. We encourage you to engage your readers with questions and learnings. We know the pandemic was a new experience for all of us, and a tough and unknown situation. Are you wondering whether there were better ways to handle these moments as a parent?
Please submit your entry using a Medium draft and email the link to contests@modernparent.io with the subject line: “Am I Doing This Right” Contest. Please include your name, age, city and country. We’ll need to information this distribute the prize.
Based on editorial guidelines, not all entries that are submitted will be eligible for the prize. This is up to the full discretion of Modern Parent. If your story is accepted, we’ll publish it in the Modern Parent publication, at which point your story will be eligible to compete! All entries are subject to editing.
Prize(s)
The winning author of the “Am I Doing This Right” competition will receive a gift card of $300.
The winner comment of the “Am I Doing This Right” competition will receive a gift card of $30.
Judging Criteria
(1) Your story must be a minimum of 400 words.
(2) Your story will be judged based on the relevance to the prompt.
(3) We want to unlock your creativity. However, your story must be true and original, and relate to your personal experiences, learnings and takeaways, and topics you would teach to the Modern Parent community.
(4) Your entry will be judged on the quality of the story as well as whether the content is well-formatted. Visuals help!
(5) We will also be relying on your input in a big way! The stories you clap on (did you know you can clap up to 50 times per story?), your comments on eligible entries, and any feedback you send to contests@modernparent.io will be taken into account.
(6) You may only submit one story, but you can comment on multiple Contest Entries.
(7) This is all in the spirit of good fun! We have a strict “No Asshole Rule”. If we see that you are actively harassing your fellow competitors… let’s just say that won’t do you any favors and that we’ll send a stork to drop off a crying baby at your doorstep. Please spread positivity and empathy!
Submission Deadline
All stories must be submitted by 11:59 PM May 31, 2021 US Eastern Time. The winner will be notified sometime in June. We suggest submitting your entry earlier for a better chance of winning!
We look forward to reading your submissions! Please email contests@modernparent.io with any questions.