Ended Official BYC Article Writing Contest #9 - Write and Win!

[CherriesBrood]

I see big black X's.
Kiki will get it fixed.

Yeah Kiki’s helping me.

Are the pictures yours?

Yes, most of them are.

 

[casportpony]

Yes, most of them are.

Can you upload them from your computer?

Edited to add:
I saved all of the pictures to my drive, uploaded all 20 and replaced the ones that were installed as links. Everyone should be able to see them now.

 

[aart]

Here's a couple more:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/testing-calibrating-incubator-thermometers.73634/

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/grazing-frames.73645/

 

[Gwynevere]

Give me a day and I'll have mine ready to go!

 

[Farmgal101]

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This contest is brought to you by our BYC Sponsors
(click to view & support them)​

Short Version: Write a great article and you could win a great prize & have your article featured on the homepage of BYC!

Detailed Version:

We are constantly amazed at how knowledgeable and helpful our community members are! The BYC forum provides a wonderful opportunity for members to post questions and reply with answers. Unfortunately a lot of really amazing information can get lost in the super activity on the forum.

Over the years we’ve received a ton of requests to add more articles & FAQ’s to our
Learning Center. Our BYC Coop Page Contests have been super successful and now we have over 900 chicken coop pages in our Chicken Coops section! Hopefully we can have similar success with this BYC Article Contest!!

The Process:

1. You write an article (or two)
2. Once we have at least 40 article submissions we’ll set an end date for the contest (at least 1 week notice)
3. We’ll judge the articles & pick winners
4. The first 2 best articles will get a $50 BYC Gift Certificate & have their articles “Featured” on the homepage of BYC for at least 1 week each
5. The next 3 best articles will get a $30 BYC Gift Certificate & have their articles “Featured” on the homepage of BYC for at least 3 days each
6. The next 5 best articles will get a FREE 3 Month PFM for themselves or a friend

So, if we get 40 submissions, you have a 1 in 4 chance of winning!!!

How To Enter:

1. Pick a chicken related topic. We suggest writing an article that is not already covered in our Learning Center, but is a topic that would be a good addition to one of the sections in the Learning Center.
2. See here for article/member page/coop page writing tutorial: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/953810/coop-pages-and-member-pages-tutorial-and-feedback/0_30
3. Create a well worded & detailed title. Example: “How To Raise & Process Chickens for Meat - Tips & Pictures” is much better than: “Meat Chickens”
4. Write a unique high quality article with around 750 words (more is fine as long as it is good / helpful info). It must have at least one picture relative to the subject. Bonus points if you add more pics (pictures are usually worth 1,000 words, but in this contest they are worth about 10 - 50
   
   )
5. Post a reply to this thread with a link to your completed article(s) - A maximum of THREE article submissions per member will be allowed.

Rules:

1. All articles must be posted in the Member Pages section
2. All articles must be written by you and must be unique (do not copy from other sources)
3. Sorry, articles and pages submitted to our previous contests will not count for this contest.
4. All articles must contain accurate information, and must be a minimum of 500 words (shoot for 750+), and should contain pictures relative to the subject matter
5. Please spell check your article(s)
6. BYC retains full license of articles submitted
7. At least 40 articles need to be submitted before the contest ends
8. Contest is void where prohibited
   

Here are some great examples of existing BYC articles:

• Common Egg Quality Problems
• Understanding the Chicken Pecking Order
• Chicken Treat Chart
• Using Sand in your Coops
• Deep Litter Method
• More examples in our Learning Center

We look forward to your submissions!!

(Wait, you’re not the writing type? If you have an idea for an article that you’d like to see someone write, please reply with a an idea for a title and a quick description of what you’d like to see contained in the article.)

This is my first time writing a article on BYC and i have some pictures of my own flock that i will include in my article,but are we allowed to get pictures off of google images? I would like to add pictures that i don't have.

 

[sumi]

This is my first time writing a article on BYC and i have some pictures of my own flock that i will include in my article,but are we allowed to get pictures off of google images? I would like to add pictures that i don't have.

We'd prefer you don't include google images, in case there is copyright on the photos. What you can do is look around BYC and if you see a photo you want, send the poster a message and ask them permission to use their photo. I've not had a member turn me down yet, when I asked.

 

[Farmgal101]

We'd prefer you don't include google images, in case there is copyright on the photos. What you can do is look around BYC and if you see a photo you want, send the poster a message and ask them permission to use their photo. I've not had a member turn me down yet, when I asked.

Thank you,I will do just that.

 

[casportpony]

Thank you,I will do just that.

Let me know what types of pictures you want and I will see if I can get take some for you. I'm home most of the day and only ever a minute away from my camera!

 

[duluthralphie]

I want a the warden of the SIN Bin, that is compromising so I can use it against her....

 

[Farmgal101]

Let me know what types of pictures you want and I will see if I can get take some for you. I'm home most of the day and only ever a minute away from my camera!

Thx,I have been able to take some of my flock,but if I need any more ill let you know.