Announcing The May Essay Contest Winners!!!

The time has come to announce the winners of WordHustler’s May Essay Contest, which centered around the prompt: “What Is the Best Birthday Gift You’ve Ever Received and Why?”

It was a tough decision for the folks at WordHustler- from over hundreds of submissions, we selected three Winners and six Honorable Mentions.

Winners:

T. Katz, Canyon Country, CA

Karen Bumpus, Marshfield, MA

Orietta L’Abbate, Virgin Islands

Honorable Mentions:

Janice Moss, Albany, NY

Lea Schizas, Quebec, Canada

Donna Eggert, Tabernacle, NJ

Colleen Collins, Delray Beach, FL

Christopher Eller, Castle Rock, CO

Ruby Thomas, Gurnee, IL

If you didn’t win this time, you still have a chance to enter the Summer Poetry Contest! Look for contest rules HERE.

The three winning essays are posted below. Read on to see how these three WordHustlers shared their most memorable birthdays in an even more memorable way.

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WordHustler’s Monthly Writing Contest: A Birthday Celebration!

UPDATE: Contest Deadline EXTENDED until June 7th!!!! See below for details!

It’s hard to believe it was only a year ago that WordHustler debuted our ground-breaking submission technology to the world. Since last May, we’ve been helping over 4,000 writers send out more than 14 million words to the world. Our wonderful clients have gotten short stories published, connected with agents, and won contests! Hurrah!

To celebrate our first birthday, WordHustler’s May Writing Contest is: What’s the best birthday gift you’ve ever received and why?  

In an essay under 500 words, tell us what the gift was, who gave it to you, and how it touched you. We will then sort through all the masterpieces and post the best 3 on WordHustlerInk.com*

So get those competitive juices flowing and hit your computer – submissions are due by June 7th at 12:00pm PST. Go to the the WordHustler May Writing Contest listing in the Contests section of WordHustler’s Markets and submit through our system to win!

There’s a bonus too – not only will the top 3 works be posted right here on WordHustlerInk for all the world to read and enjoy, the winning writers will also get one free submission (up to $5.99 value) each.

Everyone here at WordHustler Headquarters is grateful to all the people sending their wonderful work out through WordHustler. So keep up the good writing…and the great Hustling!

See below for Official Rules and Regulations. Good Luck, Hustlers!

*Please Note: “Best” will be determined by the WH team. We are looking for compelling writing that gives us insight to you as a writer and what inspires you to do what you do. Note, the WH team consists of 10 writers with a combined experience of over 80 years in the industry who will determine which work captures the theme the most passionately….

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Announcing The Winners!!!

The time has come to announce the winners of WordHustler’s March Writing Contest, “Why I Write.” It was a tough decision for our WordHustler staff- from over hundreds of submissions, we selected three Winners and six Honorable Mentions.

Winners:

Robert Michael, Murfreesburo, TN

Quanie Mitchell, Cupertino, CA

Amanda Rosko, Ontario, Canada

Honorable Mentions:

Adam Thompson, Denton, TX

Cheryl Scheir, Dover, DE

Donna Eggert, Tabernacle, NJ

Elva Osterreich, Alamogordo, NM

Celoris Gates, Clarksville, TN

Magz Wiseman, Aberdeen, Scotland

If you didn’t win this time, you still have a chance to enter April’s writing contest, which celebrates National Poetry Month. Look for contest rules HERE.

The three winning essays are posted below. Read on to see how these three WordHustlers were eloquently able to capture the true spirit of what drives us to write.

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