The Iligan Chamber's My Iligan Blogging Contest (Philippines)

03 June 2011
The Iligan Chamber's My Iligan Blogging Contest (Philippines)
Deadline: 20 June 2011

The Iligan Chamber launches the MyIligan Blogging contest to encourage bloggers to promote Iligan City to the world. This is part of its image building campaign to reverse the negative perception that Iligan City is a dangerous place.

Contest Mechanics

1. The contest is open to all Iligan based Bloggers.

2. Contest will run from June 1 – June 20, 2011.

3. Announcement of winners will be made on the culmination activity of the ICT Month which will be on the 4th week of June.

4. Blog entry shall be about Iligan promoting it as a tourist or investment destination highlighting its arts, culture and/or its strategic advantages.

5. Contestants may submit only one entry.

6. The organizer reserves the right to reject entries that are incomplete or that contain inappropriate information.

7. Blog posts must have a minimum of 300 words or a maximum of 500 words.

8. Blog entry must be accompanied by a maximum of two images. Images must not exceed 500 pixels.

9. Accompanying images must not in anyway violate any intellectual right. By submitting a blog as a contest entry, contestant certifies that it is his/her original work and that the same does not currently exist in any other publication, website or blog.

10. All contest entries will be subject to shortlisting and will be submitted to for evaluation by a panel of judges.

11. Evaluation of entries will be based on the following criteria:

* Content - 25%
* Organization – 25%
* Relevance - 25%
* Accuracy - 25%

13. The Decision of the panel of judges will be final.

To Join

To participate in the contest, a blog entry must be posted in the contestant’s blog and link back to this post (http://www.maayongiligan.com/2011/05/myiligan-blogging-contest/) using “Submitted as an entry to the My Iligan Blogging Contest” as anchor text. Place this at the bottom of your entry.

Leave a comment on that blog post to with your name, valid email address and your blog entry url.

Prizes:

First Prize - P2,000.00 Cash Prize

plus

* 1 year Free Domain Name
* Business Plan Webhosting
* 1 gig space
* 20 gig data transfer

Second Prize - P1,200.00 Cash Prize

plus

* 1 year Free Domain Name
* Professional Plan Webhosting
* 500 mb space
* 10 gig data transfer

Third Prize – P 800 Cash Prize

plus

* 1 year Free Domain Name
* Personal Plan Webhosting
* 200 mb space
* 4 gig data transfer

Contact Information:

For inquiries: click here

Website: http://www.maayongiligan.com
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