Ignitedstar
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Yes, you. I'm talking to YOU.
Awhile ago, I wanted to do a writing contest with a real prize. By real prize, I mean, something you could use. The easiest thing we could aim for is money, but RPN is full of members who are not just from the United States. Also, many would think it as plainly awkward if I mailed money to them... not to mention, it would be a compromise to our privacy.
I brought this up to Dark Wizard and eventually, we settled on gift carts... but the gift card market is insanely huge. I don't think I can even imagine how many gift cards from how many retailers there really are... but this seems to be the best way to give an actual prize out to people to win this writing contest. It would also be the most accessible (but still affected by where you live, namely countries).
I'm not sure about art contests, because... that's really hard to do. I'm a writing person, so I would like to do what I'm good at.
If gift cards are the way to go, what do you think is the most reasonable place gift cards should come from? I'm looking for retailers that you see yourself buying from, whether online or going to the store yourself. The list is huge, but let's keep this realistic. It should be from a place I wouldn't need to physically go to. That'd be hard if it's not somewhere around where I live.
There are easy ones like Amazon and eBay... but would you actually use those gift cards? We could also go for something more generic, like a gift card prize from your retailer of choice, but remember— keep it realistic. If it's some place I can't actually get to or if getting gift cards from them is a problem due to country/state/whatever, then we have a problem.
Awhile ago, I wanted to do a writing contest with a real prize. By real prize, I mean, something you could use. The easiest thing we could aim for is money, but RPN is full of members who are not just from the United States. Also, many would think it as plainly awkward if I mailed money to them... not to mention, it would be a compromise to our privacy.
I brought this up to Dark Wizard and eventually, we settled on gift carts... but the gift card market is insanely huge. I don't think I can even imagine how many gift cards from how many retailers there really are... but this seems to be the best way to give an actual prize out to people to win this writing contest. It would also be the most accessible (but still affected by where you live, namely countries).
I'm not sure about art contests, because... that's really hard to do. I'm a writing person, so I would like to do what I'm good at.
If gift cards are the way to go, what do you think is the most reasonable place gift cards should come from? I'm looking for retailers that you see yourself buying from, whether online or going to the store yourself. The list is huge, but let's keep this realistic. It should be from a place I wouldn't need to physically go to. That'd be hard if it's not somewhere around where I live.
There are easy ones like Amazon and eBay... but would you actually use those gift cards? We could also go for something more generic, like a gift card prize from your retailer of choice, but remember— keep it realistic. If it's some place I can't actually get to or if getting gift cards from them is a problem due to country/state/whatever, then we have a problem.
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