Cashing in on Cyber Contests

Yesterday I found out that the entry I submitted for a story writing contest was chosen as one of the finalists. Yay! I chanced upon the contest from one of the forwarded messages from an egroup to which I belong. All I had to do was write a short story for a certain age group about their given topic and send the piece online. The price if I get lucky? Twenty grand. Not bad, right?

Joining online contests sure is one great way to use your internet time wisely. Most online contests don't require any purchase, documents, travel, nor much of your time, but the rewards are surprisingly, well, rewarding. My sister's boyfriend, who happens to be a wrestling fan, joined an online contest which promised a weekend for two in Australia to watch the smackdown live. People usually pay no attention to such contests, but when he won, his friends raced to their terminals, signing up for every contest imaginable.

I've yet to search for such contests, but I will soon, after I get that twenty grand. Wish me luck!