Before Entering the Medium Writers Challenge, Read This (Please)
Why it pays to read the small print
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3 min readJul 30, 2021
The fence isn’t a very comfortable place to sit. Especially at a time when there’s a potential $50,000 on the table in front of us. I’d rather be seated there on a cushion than be gazing at it from afar with splinters up my butt right now.
I was as excited as any budding online writer when I read the news yesterday. But like any major news, once word spreads, so do the cracks in the wall spotted by more experienced and sceptically seasoned writers.
And for this, I am grateful for social media groups.
This was hard news to swallow.
As of the 29th of July, Medium has since amended the official rules for further clarity, however, the following still applies to ALL competition entries. Not just to those who win.
