Orchid Articles (Contest #5) - Orchid Board

Marty · #1 (**permalink**) 01-27-2007, 10:27 PM

Contest #5

Subject: Anything related to the Orchid Hobby
Submission: Any time before Sunday Feb 4th at midnight

There are 3 great prizes for top 3 articles:

PRIZE UPDATE:
1st Prize: $150 gift certificate to Orchids of Los Osos Donated by Lance Peck aka "gonewild"
2nd Prize: $100 gift certificate to The Orchid Shop donated by Kris Varga aka "Kris"
3rd Prize: $75 gift certificate to Quarter Acre Orchids by "Stephanie"

Submit an article/story about any aspect of Orchid growing. Your article must be about something that the general orchid enthusiast will find useful. Minimum of 500 words (roughly one page typed), the use of pictures and illustrations is strongly encouraged. Use of proper grammar and spelling is a must. This must be your original work and submission of someone else's article from the net will result in your immediate disqualification and possibly ... loads of embarrassment. If you need help with resizing of images or format, let me know and I'll help you out.

Once you have an article with which you're satisfied, publish it by going to "Publish Story" on the menu on the left. I suggest you write it completely on your computer then copy and paste with some edits. Please host any pictures used in the article in our gallery.

See a Mini HowTo on formatting your articles

Voting for best article will begin shortly after the deadline.

Have fun and Good luck!

Check this thread for updates.

Contest rules.

1. Deadline Feb 4th

2. Recommended width of pictures inside the articles is 320px - of course, the smaller picture can be a hyperlink to a larger picture

3. This must be your own work. Use of other or copyright material will result in immediate disqualification

4. Since all submitted articles will be featured on the main page of OrchidBoard, Your article may be formatted after it is posted in order to make it look better. Content will not be altered.

Enough RULES, Have FUN & GOOD LUCK!

If you have any questions, reply to this thread.

In case you're curious, this post is ~300 words.

Marty · #2 (**permalink**) 01-28-2007, 08:13 AM

By the way, Sponsors, Mods and Admins are welcomed to participate in this contest. It's open to ALL.

Wendy · #3 (**permalink**) 01-28-2007, 09:54 AM

Great idea Marty. I have a handout flyer that I just did up and i may submit it for the contest. It is for the upcoming show in Toronto where i was asked to give a talk on culture for beginners.

I also have a PowerPoint presentation on my grow room but I'm not sure how that would be put onto this thread.

I look forward to seeing what other members have...I love reading for new information pertaining to orchids.

Marty · #4 (**permalink**) 01-28-2007, 10:01 AM

That sounds good Wendy! I can put in a link to your power point presentation in your article.

Toddybear · #5 (**permalink**) 01-28-2007, 10:16 AM

Marty, I just published a story on Flowering Techniques for Dendrobium kingianum and it went under Off-topic, totally..somehow I don't think that's where it was suppose to go. Can you move it to the correct location? Thanks.

Marty · #6 (**permalink**) 01-28-2007, 10:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toddybear

Marty, I just published a story on Flowering Techniques for Dendrobium kingianum and it went under Off-topic, totally..somehow I don't think that's where it was suppose to go. Can you move it to the correct location? Thanks.

No problems. Done. By the way, you you upload the pictures to our gallery and link them in your article from here. This way if you ever delete your album from imageshack, the article layout won't be broken. If you're not sure how, then just upload them and PM me and I'll fix things up for you.

Wendy · #7 (**permalink**) 01-28-2007, 11:06 AM

Help....mine ended up in Off Topic as well.

Edit....I have tried to send you a PM but it doesn't want to work properly. Anyways, do you have an email addy where i could send you the file for my PowerPoint presentation? You can email me at hoffman6731 'at' rogers.com (replace the 'at' with @)

Marty · #8 (**permalink**) 01-28-2007, 11:11 AM

Have you selected it to be in another category?

: Don't be afraid to use photos/diagrams, etc. Any time you have something visual it helps to convey the message.

Tindomul · #9 (**permalink**) 01-28-2007, 11:14 AM

Marty, what if someone publishes an article similar to the ones from before? I hope I can come up with something fresh, my problem has always been inspiration

Mahon · #10 (**permalink**) 01-28-2007, 03:18 PM

...I wonder how my article upon "How To Kill An Orchid" will slide here?

I think this project is a great idea...

-Pat