1. Learn How to Choose a Good Topic
2. Read How to Write a Good Article
3. Review the Technical Requirements of Article Writing
4. Write your article and apply to become a Front Page Contributor
5. Read the Submission Instructions
6. Submit your article (for use only once you’ve been approved as a Front Page Contributor and have thoroughly read all of the guidelines and instructions)
1. Who can submit articles to the front page?
The only people who can submit articles to the front page at the moment are:
1. Front Page Contributors
2. Underground Writers
2. How can I become one of the aforementioned peoples?
Underground Writers have been hand selected by the management of SixPrizes as being competent and proficient Pokemon TCG article writers. These people have consistently shown that they can produce interesting, entertaining, thought-provoking content and are highly knowledgeable of the game.
We are not currently seeking additional Underground Writers, but will publicly announce when there are vacancies to be filled.
However, there is always room for more Front Page Contributors!
3. How can I become a Front Page Contributor?
To become a Front Page Contributor, you must first prove your prowess not only as a knowledgeable Pokemon TCG player, but also as a whiz of the written word.
(In other words, you need to be a good writer!)
All those who wish to become Front Page Contributors must first publish an article to our forums.
(In order to post on the forums, you will need to register for your free SixPrizes account if you don’t have one yet.)
You will more than likely be posting your articles to either Deck Discussion, The Workshop, or Organized Play forums (the latter in the form of a tournament report).
After you feel you have compiled a sufficient piece for your resume, please formally apply to become a Front Page Contributor via the Front Page Contributor Application Thread. There are 3 questions listed that you are required to answer.
Also e-mail Adam your application! I sometimes forget to check that thread, so please e-mail me your application as well so we can be in contact. If you don’t e-mail me, you’ll likely have to wait longer to get a response.
4. What if I’m denied?
If you are denied, you may reapply again immediately. No wait!
5. What if I’m approved?
If you are approved to become a Front Page Contributor, you will then be free to submit articles to our editors to be posted on the SixPrizes front page.
Once you reach this stage, please check out the instructions for submitting articles to the front page.
6. Do you have any tips? I really want to become a contributor!
Sure! Here are a few general tips to abide by…
- Write as if you are writing a paper for your English class. We at SixPrizes pride ourselves on professionalism, and thus your articles must be delicately crafted.
Your articles must be coherent and contain no spelling or grammatical errors. We suggest typing your articles on a program that has a built in spell-check (such as Microsoft Word). Please proofread your article several times as well; spell-check won’t pick up if you wrongly used the words “there,” “they’re,” or “their,” for example.
- Quite often, the longer your article, the better. This not always the case, but we recommend articles be at least 750 words. Many of our better articles end up being closer to 2000 or more words however.
- Don’t reinvent the wheel. Look at articles already posted to the front page and a take note of how they’re structured. Notice what topics are discussed, the different sections and headings used within the articles, etc. Emulate what you see… there is a reason those articles get posted to the front page!
Please read “How to Choose a Topic and Write Your Article“, “Technical Requirements of Article Writing“, and “The Article on How to Write Articles” for full guidelines and instructions.
Thanks for your interest in becoming a SixPrizes contributor and good luck!
