Celebrate the WordPress’s 10th birthday in style.

Theme

WordPress

In Dougal’s words: “Think about the past 10 years, and your time with WordPress. Maybe, like myself, you’ve been using WordPress since the beginning, or perhaps you just tried it out for the first time last month. But consider the events that stand out in your memory during that time. Now, write a blog post about it.”

Suggested openings:

• “When WordPress was first released in 2003..”
• “When I first started using WordPress…”
• “Since I first started using WordPress…”

Rules

• Recommended: link back to the announcement post.
• Recommended: reuse the above logo on your own post.
• Use the tag wp10 on your post, and the hashtag #wp10 for Twitter

Submission Deadline

May 27th, 2013

--Jacob Share, Professional Blogging Consultant and THE Group Writing Projects Expert

Theme

Your worth

In Lori’s words: “Write a post telling others how you found worth, what worth has meant for your career, your struggles with valuing yourself, how you overcame low-paying gigs and being under-appreciated…. whatever your story is. You get the byline. You get the chance to inspire someone, share an idea that can change someone’s roadblock into opportunity, and create an inner dialogue in someone that helps them grow professionally.”

Rules

• No advertising!
• A link to the announcement post would be appreciated.
• To submit your entry, email it to lwbean [at] gmail [dot] com.

Submission Deadline

The submission deadline was actually May 12th but Lori has announced that with all the entries, the contest will continue for a few more weeks.

--Jacob Share, Professional Blogging Consultant and THE Group Writing Projects Expert

Theme

Something you believe in

In Amy’s words: “All you have to do is finish the sentence ‘I believe that…’ And then write a bit about why you believe that? How has that belief developed for you? In what ways does this belief show up in your life?”

Rules

• Your post must finish the sentence “I believe that…”
• To submit your entry, leave a comment on Amy’s weekly Beautiful Beliefs post.

Submission Deadline

Every Wednesday on AmyPalko.com

--Jacob Share, Professional Blogging Consultant and THE Group Writing Projects Expert

Theme

Sailing Goals

In Tillerman’s words: “Maybe it’s a spot you discovered on a vacation or a cruise? Maybe it’s your current home sailing waters? Maybe it’s some place you’ve only read about and it’s your life’s dream to sail there one day?”

Rules

1. Write a post on your blog about your top sailing destination.
2. Your post must be new.
3. Link to the announcement post on the Proper Course blog.
4. To submit your entry, email tillermeister [at] gmail [dot] com with your permalink url and post title.
5. Recommended: Give your story a unique title.
6. Recommended: Follow the Proper Course blog to visit the different entries and comment on them.

Submission Deadline

April 30th, 2012

Results

As Tillerman posts them on his Proper Course blog

--Jacob Share, Professional Blogging Consultant and THE Group Writing Projects Expert

Theme

SEO

In Gerald’s words: “We’re celebrating the launch of MySEOCommunity.com with an awesome guest blogging contest. In addition to cash, you should take part in the contest because it offers … lots of great SEO related prizes, an awesome platform & community for your writing, the ability to network with your fellow SEO pros, an ideal opportunity for increasing RSS subscribers.”

Rules

There are lots of rules, but in a nutshell:

• Register with Myseocommunity.com
• Submit your blog post using your new account there
• Once your post is published for the contest, blog about it on your own blog, taking care to include the sponsors’ information.

See the announcement post for the full list of rules and guidelines.

Prizes

There are over $2000 worth of prizes, including a $1000 cash prize

Submission Deadline

March 5th 2012

--Jacob Share, Professional Blogging Consultant and THE Group Writing Projects Expert

Theme

Giving

In Stephan’s words: “The holiday season is just around the corner, and we want your articles, tips, and inspirational stories about giving! Have a great story about why it’s better to give than to receive? … Show the world your expertise, practical tips, feel-good stories, and creative genius.”

Rules

• Register for the contest.
• Create a new guest post on the topic of giving. DO NOT post it on your blog.
• Recommended: link back to the announcement page.
• Submit your entry in Word DOC or DOCX format by emailing it to stephan [at] noomii.com, or sharing it with that email address if it’s a Google Doc.

30 days after your guest post has appeared in the contest, you are allowed to repost it on your own blog, with attribution – a link will do – to your guest post on Noomii.

Prizes

Guest posts will be scored by number of comments, Twitter, Facebook and Google+ shares, and will be given extra points by judges for “creativity, originality, writing style and x-factor.”

The 3 guest posts with the most points will win cash prizes totaling US$1500.

Submission Deadline

Friday, December 9th 16th 2011

Results

Guest posts will start to appear on November 24th and you can follow the scoring via a leaderboard on the announcement page.

The contest ends January 14th, 2012 and the judging will end by January 31st, with the winners announced soon after.

--Jacob Share, Professional Blogging Consultant and THE Group Writing Projects Expert

Theme

Thankfulness

In Courtney’s words: “I thought with [US] Thanksgiving coming up just next month, thankfulness would be a great topic for a group writing project.”

Rules

• Write a new blog post on topic.
• Leave a link to your blog post in a comment on the announcement post.

Prize

A random participant will win a free a copy of Creating Christian Content.

Courtney will also compile all the submissions into a special report that you can give away on your blog.

Submission Deadline

Friday October 28, 2011

--Jacob Share, Professional Blogging Consultant and THE Group Writing Projects Expert

Theme

Motherhood

In Jordan’s words: “Feel free to write about how you take time for yourself, how you need time for yourself, what you do with time for yourself, and/or anything else that comes to mind. Feel free to go in any direction that appeals to you.”

Rules

1. Your post must relate to the theme
2. You can participate via your blog, vlog, plog, etc. or with a guest post on Mamablogga
3. Your post must be newer than October 10th, 2011

Prize

US$30 gift certificate to Amazon.com

Results

Monday October 17th 2011

--Jacob Share, Professional Blogging Consultant and THE Group Writing Projects Expert

Theme

SEO/Blogging/Internet Marketing/Social Media

In Gerald’s words: “It’s that time of the year when the donkey starts misbehaving. All joking aside, the contest is (now) an annual contest for SEOs and Internet marketers to showcase their awesome guest blogging skills.”

Rules

• Your blog post submission must be completely new and original. Do NOT post it anywhere, not even your own blog.
• See the the announcement post for guidelines about post content.
• To submit your entry, you need to register for a SEM Group user account and submit the post there for review.
• Once you submit your entry, you must blog about the contest on your blog.
• This 2nd post must contain a link back to the announcement post and all the sponsors. There’s html code available for you to copy and paste that does the linking for you.
• Recommended: use the above logo on your own post.

Prizes

There’s a long list of prizes and lots of money to be won, so just check out the announcement post for details.

The winner will be chosen by judges based on the quality of the article and the quality of the article’s promotion.

Submission Deadline

October 7, 2011

However, since you are free to promote until then, the earlier you submit your entry, the more time you have to promote.

Results

Guest posts will start appearing immediately, and the winner will be announced soon after the final submission deadline.

--Jacob Share, Professional Blogging Consultant and THE Group Writing Projects Expert

Theme

Blogging/Internet Marketing/Social Media/SEO

Rules

There are so many rules – maybe that’s why it’s called ‘gone crazy’? – it’s just easier to read through the announcement post and the followup.

Prizes

Over $1050 in cash prizes for the Top 5 point-getters.

Submission Deadline

September 15th, 2011

--Jacob Share, Professional Blogging Consultant and THE Group Writing Projects Expert