This 'contest', if you will, is pretty much what it seems. Currently, one ad is placed at the bottom of every newsletter that goes out (except for the first one, I was still figuring out this whole newsletter-thing then). The newsletter is done in 60ch wide format, meaning the NL is written in Notepad, and that every line is sixty charactors long, including spaces.
If you would like three lines of free advertising -- meaning 60 char x 3 lines = 180 char of free ad space -- at the bottom of my newsletter, read on.
IrgendAnders is, egocentrically enough, a site about my interests: Star Trek, primarily Voyager; Babylon 5, all of it; Star Wars (even though that aspect is not represented here, yet); writing, esp creative writing, which to me, means fiction (and poetry); and web development. If you have a web site relating primarily or in significant part to one or more of these aspects, then you are a good candidate for this 'contest'.
What you do:
Submit your email address using the provided Form Number One. When you click on the submit button, it will send a confirmation email to your address, and bring up a different page. Simply hit the back button on your browser to return here. Go to your email, click on the link in the NotifyList email, and you're on the list!
Then, using the other form on this page, fill in all the necessary information -- and I mean ALL -- and submit. If you have indeed joined the IA NL, I will review your site, and schedual your ad to appear in a newsletter. And that is that!
Rules and Regs for You:
1. Your site is to be clean: no anti-existing-racial prejudice things, no drug or other illegal substance things, no HENTAI (porn) things at all, and try to keep the bad words to a minimum.
2. Your site ought to be about Star Trek, Babylon 5, Star Wars, writing, or web programming/development in some reasonably major way, shape, or form. If you have just a corner devoted to one of these, but the majority of the site is about something other, send it in anyway; I may decide to list it.
3. If your site is about something completely other than 2, but still conforms to 1, and you want to try your luck, send it in, too. If I don't get 12 people with related sites, I'll just stick in something else. Why not?
4. My word is final. My site, my list, my decision. But thanks for the submission!
Specifics about the IANL:
The IANL, which currently has no other name, is the official newsletter of IrgendAnders. Each monthly installment is sent out on the 6th of the month, or as close to the 6th as I can get it. Each NL contains updates about IA, a little bit of (occasionally self-depricating) humor, and news and info about whatever I feel like reporting on. ^_^. And, of course, one three-line ad at the bottom.
The IANL is sent out in 60ch format, as discussed above, and is distributed through Notifylist.com.
FORM NUMBER ONE:
Fill out this form first; it will take you to another page. Come back to this page, and fill out...
FORM NUMBER TWO:
Fill out ALL requested fields, and submit. I will know if you are not on the list. If you are not, your application will be dropped. If all fields are not filled out, the application will be dropped.
So, that's that. I'll get back ASAP with the results!