Discover Cebu Writing Contest

July 19th, 2008 | by Wilhelmina |

I’m certainly leaning towards posting about Cebu now. And I really don’t mind. This post is pretty late too. I have decided not to enter the contests that I’m about to start posting on my blog, because well, I’m just way too busy with my personal life that I barely have anytime to update my blog. Full time blogging is fun, but right now I just need to focus on my real job. Anyway, this contest aims to promote Cebu in a way to highlight any tourist spots that you can find around Cebu, the cultural heritage and also the potential of the cities and towns of Cebu in the business field.

The contest is open to all individuals, students, professionals and bloggers. In short, just about anybody who has access to a computer.

Read up on the mechanics now. :lol:

a.) The potential contestant should visit the ONE Cebu Products Booths of any Cebu town or city in the CICC anytime from August 8 to 15, 2008.
b.) The contestant should interview and get first hand information about a town’s tourist spot, product, or entrepreneur, and have his/her photo taken at the booth.
c.) The contestant should make a writeup of an article which should consist of at least one photo  showing the contestant in the exhibit plus an article in english of no less than 100 words.  The contestant may submit additional photos if he has visited that town and city, but the first photo should show the contestant visiting the town booth he is writing about.
Only blogs and articles written on August 8, 2008 until the deadline of the submission will be acceptable as entries.
The contestant may register and submit the entry at the Mandaue Chamber official website at www.ccebu.net/mandaue. The submission should be no later than August 18 at  5:00pm.
There are 4 criteria of judging for the winning entry:
1. Sensitivity to the people and culture being described, and the uniqueness of the product/service of the locality identified - (40%)
2. User Rating and Voting - (30%)
3. Quality of content and research - (15%)
4. Overall composition and grammar - (15%)
The winners will be announced on August 23. A panel of judges will choose 3 winners of the contest with the following prizes:

  • 1st prize  - P8,000 cash or gift cheque
  • 2nd prize  - P5,000 cash or gift cheque
  • 3rd prize -  P2,000 cash or gift cheque

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS. The Mandaue Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) will require all contestants for all submissions accepted as contest winners and for publication. In addition, MCCI will reserve the right to reprint the story in a future publication. The writer may republish the unedited submission as desired after initial publication on www.ccebu.net/mandaue. Judges’ decision is irrevocable and final.
Your entry may be disqualified if:

  • It is not on the topic or is not original.
  • Registration form is not complete or contains incorrect information
  • It does not have first account interviews and relies solely on Internet research.
  • It plagiarizes—that is, uses someone else’s statements or ideas.

Seems simple enough? Well then, get going and start writing about Cebu!

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