We’ve extended the deadline for this competition by two weeks.
You asked for more competitions, so here’s another one!
We’re giving away two copies of Adobe CS3 Web Premium (kindly donated by Adobe) to the authors of the best articles about Adobe Flex and AIR submitted over the next four weeks.
That’s right — you could WIN a copy of the ultimate graphics package for web developers, Adobe Creative Suite 3 Web Premium, just by submitting an article about Flex or AIR. Worth USD $1,599, the package includes the latest versions of Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks, Flash, Dreamweaver and a host of other tools that form the industry benchmark for creating web graphics.
How To Win
- Write an article for publication on sitepoint.com about Adobe Flex or AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime). We’re mostly looking for tutorials (either standalone or multi-part series). The article(s) must be original and must not be already published online elsewhere. We’re interested everything from beginner articles to intermediate and advanced topics. Also note that we’re looking for quality content (first-time authors might want to run their article past a friend or colleague before submitting).
- Submit the article before Sunday
May 4thMay 18th, 2008. That gives you nearly four weeks! Be sure to include a headshot and author bio with your submission. - The authors of the best Flex article and the best AIR article will each win a copy of Adobe CS3 Web Premium (either Mac or Windows — your choice). The winner will be decided by myself and SitePoint’s Technical Director, Kevin Yank.
Submit your article to submit (at) sitepoint.com.
Some tips on writing for SitePoint:
- It’s best to concentrate on one thing, rather than trying to demonstrate how to build a complex application from start to finish.
- Try to adhere to the recommended word limit (between 1,000 and 2,000 words).
- Be sure that the reader has some useful code to take away from the article. Include a downloadable code archive with your submission if necessary.
- Please make every effort to ensure that your code is bug-free and best practice. Our diligent technical editing team will be testing your code, but we won’t be correcting them. If your code has bugs, we’ll send it back to you to fix.
For more tips, please read our Write For Us page and our author submission guidelines (PDF).
Oh, and another thing…
Even though there will be only one winner for each of the topics, we may choose more than one article for publication. In fact, if they’re all good, we may publish the lot! So even if you don’t win, your article may still make the front page of SitePoint!
That is all. Get writing and good luck!
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This is absolutely awesome. I’ve been looking for more good articles on AIR and Flex to get my hands dirty, so this is perfect timing (as always), Sitepoint! Thanks!
April 8th, 2008 at 11:50 pm
Sod it. Can’t you make the articles about a topic I actually know something about ? ;)
April 9th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
This is great guys! Can we also get Flex and AIR Forums?
April 9th, 2008 at 10:33 pm
Once the article is published on Sitepoint, can it be published elsewhere?
April 10th, 2008 at 12:27 am
Hi creole. As with all articles published on SitePoint, we ask for an exclusivity period. This is covered in our submission guidelines.
April 10th, 2008 at 12:33 am
Ah…okay. I’ve just completed an HTML/JS AIR application with BlazeDS integration and was already planning on writing an article series about it. I might submit it, although the 90 day restriction might be a deal breaker. We’ll see.
April 10th, 2008 at 12:46 am
If we could talk for adobe Flex and/or AIR, we would probably be having them already.
April 10th, 2008 at 5:29 am
Can people who already write for SitePoint win? :)
April 10th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
Absolutely. Just because you may have written an article or contributed to a blog in the past doesn’t exclude you from entering this competition. Get writing!
April 11th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
What about if I am interested in writing for your blog? Do I have a chance?
April 12th, 2008 at 5:40 am
Hello,
Someone please write an article about the Open Source flash based XSPF Music Playlist. Plays audio and video (mp3 and flv files). The most popular version is the XSPF Jukebox, located at LacyMorrow.com. Great for hobby or professional, and famous websites like archive.org and yahoo.com are using this same product.
Jukebox version has XML features which allow users to adjust or personalize the layout/presentation and/or add their own custom skins. Just upload your mp3 or flv to the server, and the playlist will auto generate, autoload, and autostart. Add custom playlist images, album images, even track images for each track; and can even custom size the video, album images, or entire player if desired.
Thanks,
Cal
April 13th, 2008 at 1:58 am
Being interested in writing for our blogs does not preclude you from entering this contest, nor does being a current blogger. Banago: I’ll be in touch directly by email.
April 14th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
Well, I was sure it would not preclude me. I just asked for more info about being a blogger at SitePoint. I will be waiting for your email. Thanks!
April 15th, 2008 at 1:34 am
Man I have an article im writing for this but im not sure If i’ll be done tonight :/ Is there any way I can submit it a little later.. perhaps during the 4th and not before?
Please let me know fvercuiel (AT) gmail (DOT COM)
May 4th, 2008 at 5:01 am
We’ve extended the deadline for this competition by two weeks.
May 5th, 2008 at 1:35 pm