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2014-03-12

All hail the winners!

Grow the HubPot Challenge Week 2 Winners

Time for the second round of victors!

Happy Wednesday, friends! The second week of the Grow the HubPot Challenge has come to a close, and Robin and I have once again been delighted with the quality and quantity of Hubs. Well done! The week's winners did an amazing job on their Hubs, so please consider giving them a read:

Monday: A Guide to Collecting Sony/BMG's "Extended Versions" CDs by  FatFreddysCat

Tuesday: The Beautiful Asiatic Lily- Gallery of Asiatic Lillies by  oceansnsunsets

Wednesday: Passive Aggressive Behavior: How to recognize it and how to deal with it. by Silver Q

Thursday: Vintage Maple Molasses Cake by StoneCircle

Friday: Breadbaking: No Knead Loaf by akirchner

Saturday: How to Grow Carrots in Containers in a Small Garden: Carrot Recipes by viking305

Sunday:  Real Italian Cream Cake and Cream Cheese Frosting with Step-by-Step Photos by PegCole17

Grand Prize Winner: The Beautiful Asiatic Lily- Gallery of Asiatic Lillies by oceansnsunsets

Christy Kirwan
Editor & Web Content Manager

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Newbies welcome!

The HubPot Challenge is Now Open to New Hubbers!

More great news! We've decided that we want to give new users the opportunity to participate in the HubPot Challenge, so the AdSense ID requirement will be waived for this week and next week's contest. Even if you don't yet have an AdSense ID, you can enroll in the HubPages Earnings Program and write a Featured Hub for a chance to win! All you need to participate is a PayPal account and your tax information. Your Featured Hubs will automatically be included in the Challenge. This also means that all Featured Hubs (including those written by people without AdSense) will count toward the HubPot (one per PayPal ID per day)! Help us grow the pot by encouraging your friends to join HP and take a crack at the contest! :)

For more info, check out the official contest page:
http://hubpages.com/contest/hubpot

Rising Stars

This Week's Rising Stars

Below you'll find this week's  Rising Star winners. Our candidates showed off their skills in the Personal Finance Topic.

Since Hubbers are only eligible for the Rising Star Competition during their first 60 days at HubPages, our winners represent the hottest new talent. Why not read their Hubs?

Christy Kirwan

      Personal Finance
23% J Sweet Tooth

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23% Karen Lorenzo

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15% ThePipTrader

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  Genetic evidence suggests Irish people may have originally come from Spain: http://hubpages.com/hub/Irish-Blood-Genetic-Identity
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