$200 Article Writing Contest

7/20/2009 UPDATE:  We would like to thank everyone for participating in our article writing contest, the winning article is 32 Weight Loss Tips That Work.  Winner will be contacted privately through email to arrange for $200 paypal payment.

Since this is a new article directory we decided to put together an article writing contest. Winner will get $200 (paid through paypal). Contest is open to anyone who is willing to write a health, fitness or nutrition related article.

You might be wondering what’s in it for us? We simply would like to build traffic to our article directory and running a contest is a good way to do that. What’s in it for you? Well in addition to the chance of winning $200 you can promote your blog, website or product by submitting an article about its subject matter.

Let’s say you have a blog about weight loss. You can submit a weight loss tips article which contains relevant links to your blog or website. Please Note: Overly promotional articles will be automatically rejected.  Let’s say your article is about back pain.  Your article can link to a related back pain post on your blog.  However your article also needs to provide useful information so that readers still find it helpful even if they don’t visit your link.

Here are the steps to participate in article writing contest:

  1. Write a health, fitness or nutrition related article.  Make sure your article is in compliance with our article submission terms otherwise it might be rejected.
    • If you don’t have any ideas for an article just check our homepage and look at our article categories.
  2. Submit your article
    • We get notified each time an article is submitted.  It will take us a day or two to review your article.
  3. If you have a blog or website please link to our homepage: www.HealthFitnessHowTo.com
    • You can place link in a new post or page on your website, or just put a link somewhere on your site’s sidebar or footer
    • This step is not required for those who do not have a website, however if you do have a website we would really appreciate it if you link to our directory, and it will increase your chances of winning contest
  4. Promote your article
    • Once your article is approved you will get an email notification with a link to your published article.  Here are some article promotion tips
    • This step is not required however it will increase your chances of winning contest

All submission will be judged on:

  • Article content quality
    • We like “Tips” and “How To” articles the most since they attract more readers.  Your article can be in whatever format you prefer, however if you’re not sure what to write about then a “Tips” or a “How To” article is a good place to start.
    • Try and make your article specific and focused.  A “5 tips to better health article” is okay.  But a “5 tips for back pain relief” is much better. This is because people don’t usually search the web for general health tips rather solutions to their specific health problem or issue.
  • Average number of daily visitors your article attracts
    • This is another way for us to measure the quality of your article’s content
    • It doesn’t really matter when you join the contest or submit your article since we will only focus on the average number of daily visitors NOT the total number of visitors
    • To get more visitors for your article follow the article promotion tips
  • Whether you’ve linked to our homepage: www.HealthFitnessHowTo.com from your blog or website
    • Linking is not required however it will increase your chances of winning contest

Last day to submit an article is Friday July 10th, 2009 Wednesday July 15th, 2009.  On Monday July 20th, 2009 the winner will be announced at the top of this page and will be contacted directly to arrange for payment. The gap between last submission day and day winner is announced will allow us to track and judge average number of daily visitors each article is attracting.

If you have any questions you can contact us.

Note:  We have gotten questions regarding multiple article submissions by same person.  It is okay to submit more than one article and each article will be judged individually and will count as a single entry for contest.  So if you would like to increase your chances of winning you can submit a second article since it might attract more visitors than the first.