Start Writing, Start Making Money, and Start Voting for the Startups of the Year

Hey Hackers,

Big things are happening, and they could be happening to you! As always, HackerNoon has writing competitions running that could potentially earn you a lot of money. But the even bigger news is that our annual Startups Of The Year event is well underway.

Read on to learn more about how you can make money and make a difference for a startup that is near and dear to your heart.

Use Your Crypto Expertise to Cash Out

It is very obvious to even the anti-crypto people that cryptocurrency is here to stay. That’s why it’s important to have people share their knowledge, experience, and tips on dealing with crypto. And what’s even better is you can make money while helping people, thanks to HackerNoon’s Crypto Writing Contest.

Through the entire month of May, you can write a cryptocurrency story, add the crypto story tag, and you’re automatically entered for a chance to win $1,000!

If you would love to enter the contest but don’t know what to write about, here are some topics that fellow wonderful HackerNoon writers have delved into: meme coins, crypto security, and Bitcoin.

Mobile Debugging = Money Making

But if you’re more of a programming savant than a crypto enthusiast, then HackerNoon’s Mobile Debugging Writing Contest is what you’re looking for. This contest will run until the end of May, and if you haven’t submitted a story, you will definitely want to because May’s total prize pool is $1,000!

Simply write a mobile debugging story, make sure to use the mobile debugging story tag, and potentially win money.

The story could be a how-to guide, a funny “lessons learned” story, or a deep dive into a monitoring tool that helped you out of a jam. For more story ideas, make sure to take a peek at what your fellow HackerNoon contributors have written.

Startups Of The Year

Now, for the big one. HackerNoon’s annual Startups Of The Year (SOTY) has started, and there are already over 31,000 startups that have been nominated and over 40,000 votes that have been cast. But what is SOTY? It’s a way to celebrate startups all over the world who continue to thrive in these tough economic conditions.

If you’re the founder of a startup, work for one, or are just a big admirer of one, you can easily nominate it. Go to the city where it’s located, click the nominate button, write down the startup's info, and hit submit!

Being a SOTY winner is a great way to gain exposure, some vindication, and some legitimacy for your startup.

So, what are you waiting for? Make sure to cast your vote now!

Weekly Writing Tips

Before you go and submit your next story, here is a quick reminder about some of our guidelines and writing tips. Reading this and following this will ensure that your article has the best chance of getting published.

• Make sure to have a healthy diversity among your backlinks. All of the links in your article shouldn’t go to the same website.
• If you’re republishing content that you published somewhere else, make sure to change the title. This will further help your article with rankings and being picked up by RSS feeds.
• On the right-hand side, in the story settings, make sure to write a proper meta description for your article. Again, this will vastly help your article stand out on search engines like Google or Bing.

These are just some of our guidelines; for a full list, clickhere. But we’re sure you get the gist. Now that you’re more informed, we can’t wait to see what you have to say!