How To Submit Your 2006 Gather.com Travel...

2006 Gather
Travel Writing Contest

Submission Guidelines

For contest consideration, articles must be submitted in three steps:

1. Email copy of article to judges

The first step in the entry process is sending a copy of your entry to the judges via email.
Please email a copy of your article in the body of your email or as a word attachment to travelwritingcontest@gatherinc.com.
The subject of your email should be 2006 Travel Writing Contest.
In your email please add your word count, first name and last name.
We will email all entrants to confirm their entries. If you have entered the contest and have not received a confirmation notice of your submission by Friday, April 21, 2006 email travelwritingcontest@gatherinc.com.

2. Register for Gather.com and the Travel Writing Contest

If you are NOT a registered member of Gather.com:

Click the link provided to Enter the Travel Writing Contest group on Gather.
Once you have landed on the Travel Writing Contest invitation page, click Join Now.
Fill in all registration information. Asterisks indicate required fields.
When you have finished filling out the registration fields and accepted the terms of service, click Register.
This will confirm you as a member of Gather and the Travel Writing Contest group on Gather.com. On this group page: travelwriting.gather.com you can read other entrant submissions and keep up with the latest contest news.
If you have any trouble registering for the site and the contest group using the link provided, please email travelwritingcontest@gatherinc.com for help.

If you are ALREADY a registered member of Gather.com, follow the instructions below to register for the contest:

If you are already a confirmed, registered member of Gather.com, go to travelwriting.gather.com.
On the left side of the screen, click on the link + Join this group.
Click the Join button to confirm your membership.

3. Publish Your Contest Entry(ies) on Gather.com

Once registered for Gather and the Travel Writing Contest, entrants must also publish their stories on the Gather.com by Monday, April 17, 2006, 11:59 PM EST.
Go to Gather.com and sign in. The member sign in field is on the right side of the homepage.
Click on the green Publish button at the top of the Gather page, select Article from the drop down menu.
In the title field, type in your entry's title.
You can either type directly into the field for the body of your story or simply paste your story from a word document or email.
If you want to add a photo/image to your entry, click the Browse button under "Add Images to Your Article" on the right side of the screen.
Browse your files and select the jpeg image you have already saved.
Click the Upload button. You can add a caption to your image (optional) as well as keywords (optional). Click the Save button.
You can leave the photo/image next to your story or you can drag the image into your story.
In the Tags field, add tag Travel Writing Contest.If there are additional keywords you want people to be able to use to search for your story, enter those as well separated by commas.
Under Who Can View My Article you will need to select two groups. Firstselect Everyone AND when prompted to "Publish this article to the selected group(s)" also select Travel Writing Contest

Click Publish.
Do not publish your piece on Gather.com more than once. The occasional typo will be overlooked, so don't be concerned if you find one in your story later. You can also edit any problems you find by clicking the Edit My Article link next to your submission.
Now that your article is published on Gather and entered into the travel contest, invite your friends and family to read your submission at travelwriting.gather.com. To invite your network of friends, family, and colleagues, click on the Connect button at the top of any page on Gather.com and select Invite People from the drop down menu. Enter email addresses into the field and send your invitees a short note telling them about your entry in the travel contest.

Entry Guidelines:

Entrants should submit an original, first person, previously unpublished, non-fiction travel story. Multiple entries are permitted per author.
All entries must be written in English, and not submitted elsewhere until the winners are announced. Articles should not contain pornography, sexual or racial slurs, offensive language or obscenities.
Supporting photos (in jpeg format) are encouraged (but not required) to illustrate the story and increase the impact of the entry.
Entries should not exceed 3,000 words.
Gather reserves the one-time publication rights of all entries. Entrants retain reprint rights to their work.
Only U.S. residents are eligible (50 states and DC).