REGISTRATION FOR THE COMPETITION IS FREE!

Eligibility Criteria for the Competition:

The article should be above 600 words.
Grammar and sentence structure must be precise and correct.
For poems, proper alignment of phrases and accurate grammar usage is essential.
When using Hindi or any other language, the words should be written in their native script, not in English.
If submitting an article via upload or email, the document must be in WORD format only, and no other document types will be accepted.

We introduce ourselves as ‘People’s Reflections’, a Platform for people to express views, opinions, and thoughts on any subject. The only condition is the write-up shall be original and not published already on any platform/website.

"Every author is an artist. Each work created by them may be a revolution or plagiarism. Plagiarism is unethical, please avoid it."

Competitions are the best way to motivate talented people to present their thoughts and encourage their talent before a large audience.

We are happy to announce a ‘Writing Competition’ for September 2024 and invite budding writers, journalists, students, and authors to express their views in an Open Theme for the September 2024 Writing Competition.

In ‘Open Theme’, you can write articles on any topic of your expertise.

This is an attempt to give freedom to our authors from the standard pattern of the Writing Competition. We hope, our writers will appreciate and enjoy writing something different this time. And as we are extending an invitation to join us as a ‘Partner Author’ and seize the opportunity to monetize your content on Reflections, kindly note that the 'Partner Author Initiative' requires specific eligibility conditions that must be met [Partner Author Initiative].

The following conditions shall be followed mandatorily while participating in Reflections Competitions:

The content should be Original, not published anywhere else including social media, print media, or any website including your own website or a blog post.
The content should be free of plagiarism.
Once the content is submitted for the competition and published on Reflections, the same cannot be again used anywhere else including social media, print media, or any website including your own website or a blog post unless you delete it first from the People’s Reflections website.

(Note: Kindly note that it’s a competition and in the interest of the genuine Authors, we expect all the participants shall follow the basic rules of competitions.)

Partner Author Initiative

As an esteemed Author, you are already familiar with our monthly competitions, which provide a platform for showcasing your talent.

Now, we are glad to inform you that People's Reflections is introducing the ‘Partner Author Initiative’. We invite you to apply and be part of this exciting journey as we offer enhanced opportunities and benefits for our valued Authors.

This initiative presents an exciting opportunity for writers and content creators to monetize their valuable thoughts through the subscriptions of our readers, while also providing a platform to elevate their skills and reach a wider audience. Under the ‘Partner Author Initiative’, Authors will be entitled to receive perpetual royalty for their content unless the content is removed from the website. Earnings from this program can commence promptly upon publication and are paid monthly, provided that the articles are read by subscribers and readers on Reflections. Know more about Partner Author Initiative. You can also read the Terms & Conditions of this initiative.

Here are the links to see the results of the previous months:

Prizes

Perpetual royalty under ‘Partner Author Initiative’
First Prize: INR 5,000/-
Second Prize: INR 3,500/-
Third Prize: INR 2,500/-
Prize under the winners of the 'Exceptional writing skills category': INR 1,000/- each.
If the number of winners selected exceeds 10 in the 'Exceptional Writing Skills' category, then each subsequent winner under this category beyond the top 10 rankings will receive a prize of INR 500/-.
Personalised E-certificates will be issued to all the participants including winners.

(Note: Articles meeting the Reflections Writing Standards will be only entitled to perpetual royalty under ‘Partner Author Initiative’.)

Eligible Articles will be published on our website under the by-line of the Author. (Eligible Articles means the Articles meeting the ‘Reflections Writing Standards’ and copyright issues.).

Kindly note that already published articles on our website will not be removed on request of Authors unless any specific and justifiable reasons are provided in writing on our Email: contact@reflections.live.

Terms

The Last date for uploading an article will be 30th September 2024. The results of the Competition will be announced on or before 15th October 2024.
The article shall be original as we use plagiarism technology for review.
The article can be primarily in Hindi, English, or any other language.
The eligible Articles will be published on our website reflections.live under the Author’s by-line/ name.
Provide your article in a simple word format along with the images you wish to use in .jpeg or .png format with good resolution on contact@reflections.live.
The Article shall range between a minimum of 1000 words to a maximum no limit of words with “Times New Roman” and ‘12’ Font Size. This term is not applicable to poems.
The Article shall mandatorily have a Title (5-10 words) and Subtitle (15-25 words). To view a few examples, you can visit our website reflections.live and view some Articles.
The participants shall upload articles on our website i.e. reflections.live by creating login credentials. How to upload an article is explained below.

How to Upload Articles?

Visit reflections.live.
Sign in on the website through Facebook, Gmail, or create login credentials.
Create your detailed profile along with a suitable image of the author by visiting the right-hand side top button on the home page and clicking on 'My Profile'. In your profile, kindly provide your educational/ career brief, expertise as well as achievements so far.
After creating a profile, click on the right-hand side top button and then click on the ‘Write Article’ option or you can also click on the (+) button on the right-hand side top of the home page of the website.
In ‘Write Article Editor’, a Title (5-10 words) and Subtitle (15-25 words) are mandatory.
In the main body of the Article, you can add an image by clicking on the (+) mark. You can add multiple images also in your article. Kindly note that the uploaded image shall be cropped in such a way that it shall fit in the image box provided for upload irrespective of whether the image is horizontal or vertical.
Your article shall be supported by suitable images. You can pick images from www.unsplash.com, www.pexels.com, or www.pixabay.com as these three websites are free for images. If you are pulling images from any other website, the ‘source’, and ‘image reference’ shall be mentioned below images without fail.
If you are adopting images from any website, provide URL details of the said images and website details without fail on our email - contact@reflections.live. We need to ensure this from the copyright perspective.
After clicking on the ‘Save’ button at the bottom, you will be directed to the next page, where, in the ‘Optional Title’ box, you have to write ‘Reflections Competitions : September - 2024’ without fail.
You need to add meta keywords, meta description, and URL without fail in the corresponding boxes. To understand what Meta Description is, and Meta Keywords and URL, kindly check our FAQs on reflections.live.
After the URL, select one of the images appearing in the images box. This image will appear with your article on the homepage of our website, once the article is published. You can visit the home page of our website and view some examples.
After selecting images, click on the terms and conditions box and then click on the 'Save' button.
Once you submit the article, it will come for moderation to the Reflections Team.
Eligible articles will be published on our website after declaring the results of the competition.
Results will be declared on our website and a suitable mail will also be forwarded to all the participants.
For any query in relation to uploading an article, kindly write to contact@reflections.live or on the WhatsApp link given on our website.
For any article other than the English language, the URL shall be in English only.
For other FAQs, kindly refer to our website.

FAQ

Q.: What are ‘Meta Keywords’?

A.: Meta keywords attribute to the important keywords present in your article and viewers may possibly adopt those keywords to search articles in search engines of Google, Yahoo, Bing, etc. Please note while selecting Meta Keywords, special characters shall not be used i.e.”, #, $, %, -, +, [, ], \, /, :, ;, etc.

Q.: What is ‘Meta Description’?

A.: A ‘meta description’ also called a ‘Tag’ which summarizes the contents of your page in brief for the benefit of users/ readers and search engines of Google, Yahoo, Bing, etc. Please note while selecting Meta Keywords, special characters shall not be used i.e. ”, #, $, %, -, +, [, ], \, /, :, ;, etc.

Q.: What is ‘URL’ and is it mandatory?

A.: URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator. A URL is the address given to your content page on the Web. In theory, each valid URL points to a unique resource. Please note while creating a URL, special characters shall not be used i.e. ”, #, $, %, -, +, [, ], \, /, :, ;, etc. Following are some examples of URLs on our website.

https://reflections.live/articles/25/significance-of-yoga-on-this-international-yoga-day-1256-kq6llxus.html - here the URL is ‘Significance of yoga on this International Yoga Day’.
https://reflections.live/articles/58/yellow-fungus-case-in-india-1197-kp57etuc.html - here the URL is ‘yellow fungus case in india’.

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