Enter Article Writing Competitions to Improve Your Writing Skills

Entering article writing competitions is a great way to exercise your writing chops and a possible way to earn $1,000 per more for the work that you did.  Now, the truth of the matter is that if the cash prize exceeds a thousand dollars, then it is very likely that the competition is going to be fierce.  The other downside of entering and participating in some of these contests is that there might be an entry fee to participate and you may have to submit work that has never been submitted any place else.

However, below are some advantages when you enter article writing competitions -

1. Your writing will undoubtedly get better just by entering  - The experience of being in a competition creates some pressure and excitement that will cause you to step up your game and do better work.  It is as simple as that. You need to be able to deal with pressure and if you are just cranking out content with reckless abandon, you will not be as likely to make changes in your work and it may get stagnant.  Getting into contests may help solve that problem.
2. Get your work known by people in the know - The judges in these contests are usually competent writers and some are even well established writers.  Entering a contest virtually guarantees that one of these people will read your work.
3. If you win, then the credibility factor goes up a ton - I would not enter one of these competitions with the intention that you are going to win the contest.  However, if you are lucky enough (or good enough) to win the competition, then you will get a lot of attention and a lot of people will know that you one.

Article Writing Competitions

This link will point you in the direction of a listing of contests that you can enter – (http://www.dailywritingtips.com/25-writing-competitions/)

Note:  This list is more than a year old but I checked quite a few of the links and they are still active contests.  Of course, if you are looking for more contests, just do a Google Search and see what you can come up with.

Here are some ways to improve your chances of winning the article writing competition -

1. Believe that you can win - This may sound like hocus pocus to you but your chances of winning are so much greater if you believe that you can win. Think about what is going to be like when you actually win.  The truth is that most of the participants will go in with a defeatist attitude so if you go into the contest with a positive attitude you will probably be ahead of most of the rest who do not.
2. Enter a lot of contests - Enter every contest that you can.  That will greatly increase your chances of winning the contest.   Gather as much proof as you can that you did well in the contest.  There may be a top 10 list or a special commendations list besides the winner of the contest.  Set out to get on this list.

The bottom line is even though winning article writing competitions may be a challenge, you will become a better writer and develop much better skills just for entering some of these contests.