Writing Contest
Organize a writing contest to collect original ideas from your followers, such as essays, short stories, poetry, or opinions. Publish entries in a public gallery where viewers can read, comment, share, and vote for their favorites. Boost brand awareness and engagement, and share the user-generated content on your social media to increase customer loyalty. Export the contact details of the participants for future marketing campaigns.
Obtain UGC for promotional purposes!
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Writing Contest main features
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Collect entries from Twitter or Instagram
Set up a campaign hashtag for your writing contest. When users post with your brand name and hashtag, their comments appear in the gallery.
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Select the winner
Filter participants and moderate your writing contest entries, then pick a winner. Choose via public vote, jury, or random prize draw.
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Add photos and videos
Give users the option to illustrate their writing contest entries with an image or video. The gallery display will adjust automatically.
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Fraud Control System
Comprehensive fraud control system with 11 security controls to monitor the writing contest and prevent invalid votes. Check the Fraud Index to evaluate individual participants.
Get started
Register now to create, edit and publish your writing contest.
Writing Contest is available in the following plans:
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Premium Plan
$199USD/month- Limited to 10,000 participants per promotion.
- Easypromos branding visible.
- Customize default template with your own wording and images.
- Customizable registration form.
- Automated email platform to contact participants and winners.
- Customizable public gallery for competition entries.
- Moderate contest entries and get real-time notifications.
- Collect entries from Twitter.
- Access to advanced statistics.
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White Label Plan
$399USD/monthPremium version, plus:
- Limited to 50,000 participants per promotion. Contact us for more than 50,000.
- No reference to the Easypromos brand in your published promotion.
- Create a single promotion in multiple languages.
- Use your own domain name.
- Developers: Use your own CSS styles, HTML and Javascript code.
- Developers: Access to the API and Webhooks for real-time exporting of entries.
- Recommended for big brands and agencies.
- Priority support.
Combine Writing Contest with
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Distribute Coupon Codes
Upload promotional codes to the contest app, and reward participants for their time.
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Photo Contest
Give users the option to illustrate entries with photos or videos.
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Video Contest
Give users the option of uploading videos to complement their entries.
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Entry Form Giveaway
Finish the promotion with a random grand prize draw.
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Instant Win
Share instant, random prizes when users complete the registration form.
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Survey
Add a survey to your contest to learn more about your audience.
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Knowledge Quiz
Challenge participants with a quick quiz, just before they complete their entries.
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Refer a Friend
Make your contest go viral by awarding extra prize draw entries when users refer a friend.
Complete features
- Responsive, mobile-first design
- Intuitive and easy to use control panel
- Share promotions online with a unique short URL
- Embed in any website with Widgets
- Full design customization
- Full registration form customization
- Newsletter opt-in checkbox
- Restrict promotion by country and age More info
- Export data and advanced statistics
- Award multiple prizes More info
- Automated email platform More info
- Multilingual support More info
- Moderate entries and get real-time notifications
- Publish entries in a public gallery
- Set a character limit on contest entries
- Share and follow buttons for social media
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Writing Contest Case Studies
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Writing Contest to increase engagement and build brand loyalty
AUssieYouTOO increased engagement and recruited recurring web visitors with a Writing Contest for a scholarship.
Client: AUssieYouTOO
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Writing Contest: Resources and help
Writing Contest Frequently Asked Questions
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Can I moderate the texts that the participants enter in the writing contest?
Yes, you can review and moderate the texts from the participants before publishing them in the public gallery of the writing contest, including the entries coming from the Twitter integration.
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Can I show the text pieces that the contestants enter in the writing contest publically?
Yes, of course. Every contest app has a gallery page where users can see the text pieces, vote on them, share them and comment on them, depending on the setup the organizer chooses. Its optional to have the gallery published and it can be disabled.
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Can I integrate my writing contest with Twitter?
Yes, in the writing contest, you can activate the Twitter integration to retrieve the messages that participants post on this social network. The app will import tweets that users share on their profile using the campaign hashtag and tagging the organizing brand.
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Can I run a contest where participants can upload text or photo?
Yes, in the Writing contests you can allow users to participate with a photo or a video. This way, in the contest gallery you'll see texts, videos and photos from the same promotion.
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Can I combine a writing contest with a photo contest?
Yes, in the writing contest, you can allow the users to participate by adding a text or a photo, or both at the same time. In the gallery of the contest, you will see both the text pieces and the photos from the participants.
