Helium’s Writing Contests

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Consider this page your Helium writing contest command central.

Each writing contest has different rules and requirements, so be sure to read those by clicking on a writing contest name within each contest type.

You can sort all the contests by using the three tabs.

Any member of Helium is welcome to compete in our writing contests. Not a member? Not a problem: Join now.

And don’t forget to read our Writing Standards and Contest Rules before you dive in!

If the thrill of competition has bitten you, also visit:

The Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting’s Global Issues/Citizen Voices contest, where your articles could make you a Pulitzer Center Citizen Journalist and earn you billing on the Pulitzer Center’s website.
The Helium Marketplace, where publishers post titles they need articles for right now. Get selected and you can be paid!

Quick Links: click on the links below to jump down to an Active contest group.

Name	Start Date	End Date	Status	Number of Titles	Winners/Leaders
Architecture	05/15/2008	05/21/2008	Active	25	Derek Graff Jade Stephen Jack Bates
Retail Industry	05/15/2008	05/21/2008	Active	25	Marie J Kelley Cato of Kentucky Heidi Labron
Literature	05/15/2008	05/21/2008	Active	25	John Devera Jack Bates John Sarkis
Linux	05/15/2008	05/21/2008	Active	25	CPage Puller Mr. Cyberspace
Judaism	05/15/2008	05/21/2008	Active	25	The Chocolate Lady Jan Loupos Cathie Miller
Homeschooling	05/15/2008	05/21/2008	Active	25	Karen Banes Carolyn Erickson Emma Sutton
The Caribbean	05/15/2008	05/21/2008	Active	25	Shelia West Sarah Williams Lois Lawrence
Veterinary Medicine	05/15/2008	05/21/2008	Active	25	Ethel Smith Erin Knight Dorothy Czarnecki
Tennis	05/15/2008	05/21/2008	Active	25	Edmund K Simon Wright Glenda Thompson
Retirement	05/15/2008	05/21/2008	Active	25	Trenton Lorcher Kodjo Adadevoh Lisa McGee