{"id":9318,"date":"2017-01-23T09:00:43","date_gmt":"2017-01-23T14:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumhack.wpengine.com\/?p=9318"},"modified":"2025-02-20T12:05:38","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T17:05:38","slug":"writing-contest","status":"publish","type":"do_not_index","link":"https:\/\/museumhack.com\/writing-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Calling All Writers! [Writing Contest]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is your museum f***ing awesome? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are you a leader in the museum industry? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Or maybe you have a ton of ideas on what museums are doing well and where they could improve in 2017. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Museum Hack wants to be home to a variety of voices and ideas in the museum world. We can\u2019t do that without your help. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tell us what you think about museums in a thought leadership article and we may feature your writing on the Museum Hack website!! If we love your work, we\u2019d like to talk to you about hiring you to continue writing for us. More details below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3><b>Prizes:<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The winner of each category will have their article and byline featured on <a href=\"https:\/\/museumhack.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">museumhack.com\/blog<\/a> and promoted on our social media channels. We will also send each winner two tickets to the Museum Hack tour of their choice!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plus if you are\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Top 3 Overall<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The three overall best submissions (based on writing clarity, creativity, and reader engagement) will be prominently featured in our museum professional\u2019s newsletter. Plus we will send you a Museums Are F***ing Awesome hoodie!<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9320\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9320\" style=\"width: 945px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9320\" src=\"https:\/\/museumhack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/14492354_805266093954_3351102092431898109_n-945x744.jpg\" alt=\"You may win one of these awesome T-shirts modeled by SF tour guide Adrian!\" width=\"945\" height=\"744\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumhack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/14492354_805266093954_3351102092431898109_n-945x744.jpg 945w, https:\/\/museumhack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/14492354_805266093954_3351102092431898109_n-475x374.jpg 475w, https:\/\/museumhack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/14492354_805266093954_3351102092431898109_n-768x605.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museumhack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/14492354_805266093954_3351102092431898109_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 945px) 100vw, 945px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9320\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">You may win one of these awesome T-shirts modeled by SF tour guide Adrian!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><b>Museum Hack Staff Favorite<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our staff will vote on their favorite submission! The top submission in this category will receive a 1 hour, personalized storytelling training session with us via phone or Skype.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Fan Favorites<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From the top 10 qualifying submissions, we will poll the Museum Hack audience to choose their favorite. The top THREE spots win a Museums Are F***ing Awesome\u00a0t-shirt!<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Most Unique Submission<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We challenge you to experiment with new writing styles and on all sorts of topics. The Most Unique Submission, as determined by our Content Manager, will receive a mystery prize (it\u2019s not a high five!).<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Submission Guidelines: <\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your piece should focus on a topic that\u2019s important to the museum community, but ultimately, what to write about is up to you. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each piece should be at least 1,000 words with at least three accompanying images or graphics. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are looking for clear, impactful writing with a creative flare.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The submission should be published on your own blog, and include a link to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/museumhack.com\/writing-contest\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/museumhack.com\/writing-contest\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (this page). Please notify us when you post an article. Email: carly@museumhack.com<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No blog? No problem! Please post your submission to medium.com and email the link to carly@museumhack.com.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The contest is open for submissions from January 21st, 2017 through 11:59pm EST on March 20, 2017.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You may submit as many articles for consideration as you like. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":19801,"template":"","acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Calling All Writers! [Writing Contest]<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Museum Hack wants to be home to a variety of voices and ideas in the museum world. We can\u2019t do that without your help. 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