The first International Wikinews Writing Contest (IWWC) is now underway. If you are a contestant, please register (link) your contributions every day in the log, e.g. under
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/International_Wikinews_Writing_Contest#Septem...
for today. If you are not a contestant, you can still sign up today without incurring article debt -- after then, every day you wait is an additional article you have to write later.
The prizes so far: - 300$ in cash for the 3 winners - A full distribution of SuSE Linux 9.3 on DVD - 3 basic web site designs - A free MediaWiki site hosted by myoo.de - An Opera 8 registration code - Lots of GMail invites :-)
Please continue to spread the word about the contest to your local language editions. Let's hope that it becomes a truly international event.
Best,
Erik
wikinews-l@lists.wikimedia.org