Authors: K.#1570
Summary
This proposal aims to define a recurring writing contest for the D_D blog. The goal is to get more content and viewer on the blog and add another exciting event to D_D that fosters education.
Motivation
The word in the D_D Discord was that the vibes were off in the DAO, end of Season 1 and the first half of Season 2. Blog engagement, especially from writers, is a bit down too, and even after we started to write sponsored articles for season partners in-house, members are still complaining that they are too “shill-y”.
I propose a writing contest for the blog, where members can show off their skills and win prizes. This way, the blog gets more content, members write about topics they find exciting, and the best would be rewarded.
Scope of Work
This proposal concerns a recurring writing contest called
Developer DAO Drafting Derby
The idea is a hackathon for technical writers. Each season the contest would have a new theme, which could be related to a hot topic in Web3 at that time. Members submit articles, vote on which they like the most, and win prizes.
The writers must be (KYC’ed?) D_D members and submit their articles to the D_D blog. Each member can submit one article, and each piece has to be at least 2000 words long, follow the current theme of the contest, and adhere to the D_D CoC.
Community Prizes
There would be community prizes, chosen by D_D member vote, which look like this:
- place X $USDC
- place X / 2 $USDC
- place X / 3 $USDC
Season Partner Prizes
Season partners can also choose their own winners that get prizes independently from the community prizes.
Funding with Season Partnerships
The contest becomes an alternative to the sponsored articles. Expenses and prizes are paid with the partnership funds.
Tasks
Tasks the contest coordinator has to do each season:
- Defining contest theme
- Finding sponsors
- Designing assets
- POAPs for participants, winners, and voters
- Images for Twitter posts
- Advertising the contest on Discord and Twitter
- Gathering articles
- Reviewing articles
- just ensuring that it follows the theme, has enough words, and doesn’t breach our CoC
- Publishing articles
- Gathering member votes
- Gathering partners votes
- Announcing winners
- Distributing prizes
Timeline
The timeline for this contest is about one month:
- Contest Preparation
- Finding sponsors
- Designing assets
- 1 week of hyping members on Twitter and Discord
- 1 week to gather and review submissions
- 1 week to gather votes from members and let partners choose
- 1 week to announce winners and distribute prizes
Costs
Contest Coordinators: Y $USDC
Design Bounties: Z $USDC