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This is not a simple posting contest where only the top posters can win. In fact, there are 11 prizes available to be won, and members may qualify for for multiple prizes.

There are other webmaster forums out there that actually endorse spam or low quality posts. That would go against PublisherForums's purpose, which is to provide intellectual discussion for web publishers. The prize structure has been set up to allow for both the best possible quality for the site, as well as awarding members for various contributions to the forum.

Quality posting is when a member makes particularly high quality or helpful posts on average. The top quality posters will be chosen by the administrator. Members of the forum will then vote on a poll to decide the winners. In the case of a tie, the winnings will be split. In order to be eligible, the administrator must find the member to have produced especially high quality posts, and a minimum of 200 posts must be made.

The top posters will be measured by the highest number of posts made during the contest. It is imperitive to understand that poor, low-quality posts, or spamming is in no way tolerated. Members who purposely make poor posts in order to boost their post count will be removed from the contest at the administrator's descretion. Please be sure to read the forum rules. In the case of a tie, the winnings will be split. In order to be eligible, a minimum of 500 posts must be made.

To get a rough idea of where you stand in terms of post count, you can go here. An exact post count of the contest's timeframe will be calculated at the end of the contest by the administrator for accuracy.

Community spirit winners will be members who are enthusiastic, helpful, and have a strong sense of community activeness within PublisherForums.com. For example, a member who writes a funny poem of PublisherForums.com and posts it up is helping build the community as well as morale. Another example is somebody who decides to make custom PublisherForums Avatars for people.

The top community spirit posters will be chosen by the administrator. If the administrator does not find anyone eligible in his eyes, none will be selected. In order to be eligible, a minimum of 200 posts must be made.

Another way for members to win a prize is to accumulate the most number of points. Points are gained seperate from actual posts, and there are a number of ways to receive points. The chart below displays in more detail. Also note that points may be awarded by the administrator for various mini-contests. For example, there may be a mini-contest for the best fake 'magazine' cover for PublisherForums, where the winner would receive a certain amount of points.

In order to be eligible, a minimum of 50 posts must be made as well as a minimum of 80 points.

• The contest will run from January 1st, 2007 and end on February 15th, 2007 at 3:00 PM Pacific time.
• Payment will be made via PayPal only.
• Members should read the forum rules before participating on the forum.
• The administrator may revoke points from members or disqulify members due to behavioral, disciplinary, or due to other issues at his discretion.

What makes this contest any better than the numerous other webmaster forum contests out there?

There has indeed been other webmaster forum contests lately. Most notably, WickedFire and EarnersForum. This contest differs from those in many ways.

To start, EarnersForum only gave away $5,000 in actual cash, not $20,000. The rest was the 'value' of sponsored prizes such as books or textlinks, or oddly valued services such as a phone call with the webmaster which was valued at $400 an hour. In contrast, WickedFire promised to give out great sites which would create passive income, but turned out to be much less than expected. It's perhaps not fair to judge our competition like that, but it's partly why we're giving out hard cold cash and not products or services.

We also differ in that this is not a spam contest. Our whole mantra is about high quality discussion, and we do not endorse spam or low-quality posts. Our goal from this contest is not to blatantly build up false post counts, but to build the community and knowledge there within.