How do we know if our hubs have been entered in a contest or not?

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   LetitiaFTposted 11 years ago

   Does it suffice to publish a hub on the topic of a contest during the contest?
   Example: It is the first day of the recipe contest. I just published my first recipe. Is my recipe hub automatically entered in the contest or is some other action required on my part?

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      Jason Menayanposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Letitia: The rules are here:
      http://hubpages.com/contest/cookbook
      
      Good luck in the contest!

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         LetitiaFTposted 11 years agoin reply to this

         Thanks Jason, I did read that, as well as the complete rules provided by link. It just says to publish a hub with a rating capsule. But for other contests I've seen people mention you have to put "contest" in your tags, or like Cagsil mentioned, post a link on a dedicated forum thread (which I couldn't find). So I still don't know if I'm missing something!
         
         I wish HP would simple say "all you need to do is publish a recipe with a rating capsule and you've entered the contest!"

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            Cagsilposted 11 years agoin reply to this

            COOKBOOK CONTEST - HOW TO ENTER
            Join HubPages
            Make sure you are enrolled in the HubPages Earnings Program (this is how we distribute winnings)
            Publish a recipe Hub using the Recipe Capsules, at the minimum, using the Ratings Capsule configured for a recipe
            
            Hey LetitiaFT,
            
            I found the above when I clicked on the "contest" link at the top of every HubPages page.

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         LetitiaFTposted 11 years agoin reply to this

         Hi again Jason, didn't realized you worked for HP. That gives me hope.
         
         Can you confirm that all we have to do to enter the cooking contest is publish a recipe with a rating capsule? Thanks a million!

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   Cagsilposted 11 years ago

   Last time I had heard, if it's for a contest, then you should be able to post a link to your hub in the forum thread designed for the contest.
   
   I don't know if this is still the case because, rules around here change at a whim.

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      LetitiaFTposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks Cagsil, following your answer I just spent ten minutes looking for something like that, but couldn't find it. Before that I asked my question I also spent an hour trying to figure out the answer on my own, to no avail. What's a hubber to do? Thanks again for the suggestion.

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         Victoria Lynnposted 11 years agoin reply to this

         I did the same thing looking for an answer. Usually we have to tag our entry with something, but this time the instructions don't address it at all. I guess we don't have to, but I think I'll take it with something. "Contest" at least.

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            LetitiaFTposted 11 years agoin reply to this

            Hi Victoria, in doubt, I went ahead and added a contest tag too. I sure hope this does the trick! Best of luck to you!

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            Uninvited Writerposted 11 years agoin reply to this

            You don't need to tag it with contest, that will be seen as an unrelated tag. Just use a recipe capsule, that is all you need.

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               LetitiaFTposted 11 years agoin reply to this

               Thank you for stating that explicitly, Uninvited Writer. I sure hope you're sure!

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                  Victoria Lynnposted 11 years agoin reply to this

                  Me, too! Maybe we should remove the tags then? I don't think it's really unrelated, though. Well, if the contest told us explicitly what to do as it usually does, we wouldn't have to wonder!

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                     Jason Menayanposted 11 years agoin reply to this

                     It does, as Cagsil and Uninvited Writer pointed out. There is no mention of tagging in this contest's rules.
                     
                     EDIT: Just to be clear, the one recipe Capsule that's required is the Ratings Capsule (there are others, and we strongly encourage you to use them, like the Nutrition Capsule, Cook Time Capsule, etc.).

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                        LetitiaFTposted 11 years agoin reply to this

                        Oh thank you thank you!

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                        Victoria Lynnposted 11 years agoin reply to this

                        Yes, thank you. You're right. The instructions don't mention tagging this time, so we thought we were missing something, as it usually does address tagging our submissions. Now we know! Thanks for clearing this up!

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   Cagsilposted 11 years ago

   http://hubpages.com/forum/topic/98595

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