It’s the one-year anniversary of Carol Tice’s Freelance Writers Den, where I’m honored to be the Other Den Mother, hosting monthly webinars and answering writers’ questions on the forum.

So we’re having a contest that starts today and ends July 31st. Grand prize — Carol and I are each going to give out one free year’s stay in Freelance Writer’s Den, along with a whole mentoring package designed to kick your career into high gear.

We know that times are tough out there still for many writers, and want to offer an opportunity for those who haven’t been able to afford the Den to get in there.

To enter, here’s all you do:

Do a post on your blog about why you should win a free year in Freelance Writers Den. What would you do with all those resources? What are your goals? What’s been holding you back? (Financial sob stories will not win you points — tell us about your writing journey.)

Come back here and share your headline in the comments of this post on the Make a Living Writing blog, with a link to your post so we’re sure to check it out.

Spread the word about your post in social media. Social sharing volume will be a factor (but not the whole deal) in our judging.

Carol and I will each pick a winner and announce them on our blogs August 1.

What-all can you win? All together, it’s a package that you’d otherwise pay more than $500 for, but you could nab it all here with some standout creative writing.

The prize deets:

1st Place Winners (2) will get:

• 1 year free in Freelance Writers Den
• A half-hour mentoring call with both Carol and Linda
• Access to our Freelance Writers Blast-Off Class Audit
• Access to our 4-Week Journalism School Audit
• Entry in the Basic version of Linda’s Write for Magazines e-course
• Linda’s ebooks on freelance writing: Get Unstuck, the Guide to Marketing Your Writing, and The Renegade Writer’s Query Letters That Rock
• Carol’s ebook Make a Living Writing: The 21st Century Guide

1st Runner up:

• 1 month free in Freelance Writers Den
• Blast-Off Class Audit
• The J-School Audit
• Admission to Linda’s Basic level of Write for Magazines
• Linda’s and Carol’s ebooks

2nd Runner up:

• 1 month free in Freelance Writers Den
• Linda’s and Carol’s ebooks

3rd Runner up:

• 1 month free in Freelance Writers Den

Best of luck, writers! Don’t forget to go to Carol’s blog and leave us your post link. [lf]

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