Introduction

The quality of your content goes a long way to earning you more recognition on Steem as it makes your blog an interesting one to visit as such you should pay attention to what you publish. Paying attention to quality would help you in writing a new story in the hearts of your audience. This contest would walk you through making quality content and encourage you to produce something that makes you stand out.

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Quality Beyond 300 Words Contest

The concept of **not less than 300 words** has affected a lot of users who thought once they have written an article that is worth 300 words, they are good to go, unfortunately, that's not it, it makes many lazy. I have seen many articles that looks as if it was checked numerous times to push it to hit **300 words**. Have you made a word count for an article before and realized it's exactly 300 or 301 words? For instance, you can't write about the Blockchain in 300 words, No! It can't be quality enough, there are a lot of things that would be missing out and in some cases, the introduction and conclusion make up the 300 words for some articles. Let's step up the game, words can be improved with quality. And for the week, we are looking beyond 300 words.

About the Contest

We are concerned with the words and quality of articles in this contest and at the same time, the structure of your content is very important.

It's going to be a free contest where you can create any tutorial content based on your knowledge in any field or even writing a story is allowed. Kindly take note.

The article must be at least 500 words, this is very important. It must be original and free of any form of plagiarism.

More Guidelines

- Use proper headings for each section, don't use quoted headings, you can use ```# or headings tag (

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...) and so on ```. - The texts of the article must be justified and make your paragraphs short (not lengthy ones). - Use smaller images (landscape images would be good) or pull your images side by side to reduce the space they occupy such that they don't disrupt the reading of your audience. - In case you are using internet images, utilize free images from Pixabay, Pexels, FreeSvg... and any other free image websites. Add sources to them appropriately. You can learn more from this- [How to Properly Utilize Free Images and Sourcing them the Right Way (Practical Steps) | by @fredquantum](https://steemit.com/hive-147599/@fredquantum/how-to-properly-utilize-free-images-and-sourcing-them-the-right-way-practical-steps-or-by-fredquantum). - Proofread your entry a few times to get rid of typo errors. Grammarly would help to a great extent. - Publish your articles here in the Steem4Nigeria community and use the tags #beyond300-c1, club status, suitable community curator tags among the first 3 tags, also add #steemexclusive, your country tag, and others. Use a suitable Title according to your content. - Invite at least 3 of your friends to participate in the contest and ensure you interact with other participants (it's important). Entry ends on the 6th of September 2022.

Contest Reward

- A total of **12 SP** is available in this contest. - The rewards would be shared at **3 SP** each to the top 4 winners. - Write quality content and you'd qualify for extra support from the community curators and others.

Conclusion

In conclusion, if you have been forcing yourself to hit **300 words** before, this is a time to challenge yourself and step up the game. Even beyond the words, your content structure and overall quality should be improved on. I believe this is taking you to another level on Steem, are you ready? I will be looking forward to your entries. Thank you.

*Sponsored by:-* @fredquantum