Change Your Favorite Tune with Grammarly’s “Remix Your Rhymes” Contest
Change Your Favorite Tune with Grammarly’s “Remix Your Rhymes” Contest
Poetry gets a bad rap. Many people believe that it is old-fashioned, boring, or difficult to understand. However, modern forms of poetry can be quite dynamic. Music, for example, has a lot in common with poetry. Both are rhythmic, expressive, and emotive. Both also allow writers to take certain liberties with the conventional rules of language.
April is National Poetry Month, a celebration of poetry in all of its forms. In commemoration, Grammarly is introducing a “Remix Your Rhymes” contest to encourage writers to take a closer look at the impact of proper writing on song lyrics.
From April 1, 2013 to May 10, 2013, we invite you to edit the lyrics of your favorite song and then record the new version of the song. Upload a video of your grammatically correct performance to our “Remix Your Rhymes” contest page, along with the name of the original song and the artist, and be entered for a chance to win a $300 gift card for Musician’sFriend.com.
For rules, or more information on the contest, please visit the “Remix Your Rhymes” contest page.
Does proper writing have a place in rhythmic art? Change your favorite tune and send the video to Grammarly in response!
March Forth: We Want YOU to Participate in National Grammar Day
Do grammar mistakes drive you crazy? Do you appreciate a perfectly placed vocabulary word?
March 4, 2013 is National Grammar Day — an annual celebration of language. In preparation, Grammarly is interested in learning about how writers are writing in your neighborhood.
Capture a photo of exceptional, funny, or awkward writing, and share it with Grammarly by March 1, 2013. Your photo may be featured on Grammarly’s Facebook page, and it will be entered for a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card.
Grammarly’s National Grammar Day Photo Contest will take place from February 22, 2013 at 8:00 a.m. PT through March 1, 2013 at 8:00 a.m. PT. To enter, participants must “Like” Grammarly’s Facebook page, and then:
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Visit the contest tab
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Upload a photo of the funniest or most awkward writing error you can find
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Click “submit entry”
Each participant may submit two contest entries. Winners will be determined at the sole discretion of the Grammarly team; profane submissions will be disqualified. The contest is open to participants worldwide, but each must have a valid email address for potential receipt of a $100 Amazon gift card.
Enter the Grammarly.com T-shirt Slogan Contest: “[Not so] Proper Grammar.”
Grammarly, the world’s leading software suite for perfecting written English, is announcing the opening of its new online store at www.Grammarly.net. Grammarly’s Company Store offers a range of grammar-related products and apparel with slogans such as, “Don’t abbrev.” and “Don’t use no double negatives.”
In conjunction with its online store opening, Grammarly is launching a t-shirt slogan contest on Facebook. Fans are invited to share their wittiest suggestions for a t-shirt slogan around the theme, “[Not so] Proper Grammar.” The winner will receive a Grammarly t-shirt adorned with the slogan, and a $200 shopping spree in the Grammarly Company Store.
Grammarly’s [Not so] Proper Grammar contest will take place from February 4, 2013 at 8:00 a.m. PT through February 18, 2013 at 12:00 a.m. PT. To enter, participants must “Like” Grammarly’s Facebook page (www.facebook.com/grammarly), and then:
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Visit the contest tab
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Enter a t-shirt slogan and your email address
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Click “submit entry”
ENTER THE CONTEST DIRECTLY HERE.
Each participant may each submit two contest entries. Winners will be determined by popular vote, and anyone may vote for one entry per day for the duration of the contest. The contest is open to participants in the United States and internationally, but you must live in one of Zazzle’s international shipping destinations to receive your prize. Profane submissions will be disqualified.
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Compete in Questia’s “Citation Showdown” and Win Up to $500!
Questia.com, the Internet’s home for conducting, high-quality, comprehensive research, is searching for the best and most correct use of citations via their contest the Questia “Citation Showdown.” Submit your bibliography for consideration by December 31, 2012 for your chance to win the $500 first prize!
Entering the contest is quick and easy! All you need to do is to submit a bibliography, that:
- Incorporates at least three citations, one of which must be from a current source (Published within the past 12 months);
- Is formatted in an APA, MLA or Chicago style;
- Has a subject selected from Questia’s list of Research Topics; and
- Is in one of the following formats—Microsoft Word, Open Office or Adobe PDF.
For more information on the contest, and how to enter, click here.
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Questia.com can help by saving you valuable time on research papers and projects. Questia provides time-saving research tools, like automatic bibliography creation, highlights, notes, citations and more, all designed with the research process in mind.
Grammarly.com, the world’s most accurate grammar and writing checker, can help verify and check citations. Grammarly finds unoriginal text in your writing before it gets you into trouble. By checking for plagiarism against a database of over 8 billion documents, Grammarly not only brings borrowed texts to light, but also suggests citations.
#GrammarlyEdits What Nathan Bush (@Planner_Nathan) Writes!
No matter what writing style you use — general, business, academic, technical, casual, or creative — the Grammarly® Editor can help. That’s why we were so excited to participate in a recent event originating from the National Council of Teachers of English.
National Day on Writing took place on Friday, October 19 and Saturday, October 20. As part of the event, thousands of writers tweeted their compositions, posting them to Twitter using the hashtag #WhatIWrite. Some participants added an additional hashtag, #GrammarlyEdits, to their tweets to take part in Grammarly’s drawing for a one-year subscription to Grammarly valued at $139.95.
The results are in, and a randomly selected winner has been chosen. Nathan Bush is the winner of the #GrammarlyEdits #WhatIWrite contest with the tweet:
“Studying risk perception is vital as humans increasingly face a juncture of activity and climate variability.”
Thanks to all of the participants in the contest and congratulations to Nathan Bush, who gets access to Grammarly through the end of 2013. Happy writing.
It’s the last day of the Grammarly #WhatIWrite Contest!
Have you written a wonderful sentence that you’d like to share?
Grammarly is joining The New York Times Learning Network, National Council of Teachers for English, National Writing Project and other literary-minded organizations in spreading the word about the #WhatIWrite Tweet-up that took place yesterday (Friday, October 19) and today (Saturday, October 20).
#WhatIWrite encourages writers to share excerpts from their writing via Twitter. Participants who include the hashtag #GrammarlyEdits with any of their tweets will be entered into a drawing to win a free one-year subscription to Grammarly’s online application valued at $139.95. You may also tell your friends about the contest on Twitter for a second chance in the drawing.
Click here to learn more about the #GrammarlyEdits #WhatIWrite contest.
Terms and conditions: Official Rules #GrammarlyEdits #WhatIWrite Contest
Share #WhatIWrite for a Chance to Win a One-Year Subscription to Grammarly
“All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know,” advised Ernest Hemingway.
At Grammarly, we’re committed to helping writers from all over the world perfect their written English. That’s why we are so excited to join The New York Times Learning Network, the National Council of Teachers for English and the National Writing Project in spreading the word about the #WhatIWrite Tweet-up this Friday, October 19 and Saturday, October 20.
#WhatIWrite encourages writers to share excerpts from their writing via Twitter. Grammarly checks any style of writing for more than 150 types of spelling, grammar and punctuation errors, enhances vocabulary usage and suggests citations. We want #WhatIWrite participants to know that whatever it is you are writing, Grammarly can help.
Participants in the #WhatIWrite Tweet-up who include the hashtag #GrammarlyEdits with their tweet will be entered into a drawing to win a free one-year subscription to Grammarly’s online application, valued at $139.95.
Here’s how to enter the contest:
Using the hashtags #WhatIWrite and #GrammarlyEdits, we invite you to take Hemingway’s advice and share the truest sentence that you’ve written. It doesn’t matter if your writing is meant for a general, business, academic, technical, creative or casual audience; we’re simply looking for you to share your best sentence on Twitter.
To be entered into Grammarly’s drawing you must include the hashtags #WhatIWrite and #GrammarlyEdits in your tweet. A winner will be randomly selected from a list of all participants.
You may also tell your friends about the contest on Twitter for a second chance in the drawing. Good luck!
#WhatIWrite #GrammarlyEdits
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