The Post
Christmas Competition 2009

For the eighth year running, we are pleased to offer our
readers the chance to show off their writing skills in the h2g2 Post
Christmas competition. Last year's format was very successful, so once again there will be three
categories:

• Christmas Poetry
• Christmas Prose - Fiction and
  Non-Fiction
• A Vogon Christmas

All you have to do is to choose a category¹, write your
masterpiece and submit it to the Post Box. You must supply your
h2g2 Researcher name and your h2g2 Researcher number and clearly title
the piece. All suitable²
Entries will be featured in the special Christmas supplement of The
Post on
21^st December and a vote will be taken by the readers of
the Post to decide the winners. The winning piece in each category
will be announced in the first edition of the New Year on 11^th January.

• The deadline for submissions is Friday 18^th December
  2009.
• You may only submit one piece for each category and it must
  be your own work.
• Untitled entries and those not clearly stating the author's h2g2
  user name and number will be rejected. Sorry.
• Voting will start on Monday 21^st December 2009
  and finish on Friday 8^th January 2010.
• Only one vote per Researcher will be accepted in each category and
  you cannot vote for your own work.
• If there is a tied vote, then the Post Team will cast the deciding
  vote.
• All suitable entries will be displayed in The Post in the special
  Christmas issue of The Post on 21^st December.
• The winning entries will be announced in the New Year's edition of
  The Post on Monday 11^th January 2010.

Good luck!

Need inspiration? Why not check out our previous
winners?

Competitions and Quizzes Archive

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