Nov 5, 2008 Posted | 0 comments

SpendOnLife’s Credit Blogging College Scholarship - $2,000, Under 400 Words

Here’s a rare one - an ad without commercial intent.

SPENDonLIFE.com has announced a blogging scholarship program for students. The topic? The importance of credit and preventing identity theft. A year ago most would’ve said this was a bit of a stale topic, but after a tumultuous financial season, this is a hot, relevant topic.

Who’s eligible? You must:

• have a legitimate blog (blogs consisting of nothing but spam do not qualify)
• be at least 18 years or older
• be a full or part-time student of an accredited college or university

Pretty standard stuff. Have a blog, be an adult, go to school.

And what should you write about?

“To be considered for the scholarship you must write a blog entry on your own blog about credit or identity theft. We are not restricting you on exactly what you must write about, instead we are wanting to use your creativity and researching skills to decide on a more specific topic. We do ask that all entries are less than 400 words. That leaves enough room to communicate an idea effectively but keeps it short enough to keep the reader interested.

Each blog entry must also inform readers on how they can participate in this blogging scholarship. The more people that participate in the program, the more of the general student population that will be exposed to this very important topic.”

So, it’s up to you - find a particular facet of credit/identity security that you find interesting and have at it. 400 words isn’t much at all. A page of 12pt, double-spaced, Times New Roman text is about 250 words. That’s a page and a half for a shot at $2k.

Deadline? December 1st, so you’ve got time:

“All entries must be posted on your blog and submitted to us by December 1st. The winner will be decided shortly thereafter and scholarship monies will be mailed by check to the student by January 1st.”

Once you’ve written your post:

Visit our contact form and submit your:

• full name
• address
• email
• phone number
• blog post entry URL

This is an opportunity worth taking if you’re in school, have a blog and can write a concise, meaningful post. If you can’t, your blog probably stinks and you write bad papers in college.

If you write a post, let me know - I’ll be happy to link to it.

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