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We’re less than halfway through 2009 and now it’s time for a change, at least when it comes to the Menuism Restaurant Review Contest. This time around, there’s more chances to win with both 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes that are available.   Also, the criteria for winning entries will be on how helpful other Menuism’ers find your reviews to be.  So what makes a review helpful?  Check out a past Menuism article called 5 Tips Towards Writing a Great Review for some ideas or you can even  emulate some of our Featured Reviewers, who have done a fantastic job sharing their dining stories with all of us.

In the end, it’s all about quality, not quantity.  Your reviews don’t  have to be novel length, but as long as readers are able to find something that can help them make informed decisions about where to spend their dining dollars, you’ve definitely accomplished something.  Other things you could do could include giving dish reviews and uploading pictures and along with your informative review, those will definitely get you those “helpful votes.”

Now it’s time to get out, dine out and than get your fingers a-typing.  With a total of $175.00 in prize money, think of what you can do with any part of those dollars  Enjoy a Sunday brunch.   Purchase a lovely bottle of wine.  Get that new kitchen gadget you’ve been eyeing. You won’t have a chance of winning, if you don’t even try, so let’s see what you got.

Menuism Restaurant Review Contest

How to Enter:

• Dine out and than post your restaurant review to the Menuism website.  There are no limits to the number of reviews per month. No need to manually submit your reviews to the contest

Restaurant Review Criteria:

• Winners be will be decided based on the number of helpful votes for the reviews they’ve written in the given month with awards going to the top 3 users with the most helpful votes.

Announcement of Winner and Prize:

• After the contest due date, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place Winners will be  announced the first week of the following month.

• PRIZES:
  • 1st: $100
  • 2nd: $50
  • 3rd: $25
  • Profile Badge for Each Winner!

Rules:

• Reviews that are considered inappropriate, vulgar or lacking information will not be considered.
• Winners who do not claim their prize within 7 days of the announcement of the winner will forfeit prize money, but not the award.

Ready to get started? Sign up for your free Menuism account and start writing reviews!

May is now here, so we’d definitely love to see all of your great quality reviews. If you have any questions, please feel free to drop me a line at abby@menuism.com.

By Abby C. Abanes
Menuism Community Manager