We are holding the "Everyone's Note Submission Contest," open to anyone
I am Keisuke Mizuno, representative of goodbuff Inc., which operates the SNS coaching service "Personal Editor®." I have launched a note submission project called the "Everyone's Note Submission Contest."
The theme is "#ThingsIRememberWhenSpringComes". For example,
Times when the city you lived in or your workplace changed
Episodes from when you were a clumsy newcomer
Unforgettable encounters with benefactors or best friends
Please feel free to write about these or anything else, as long as it follows the theme. Of course, other topics are also fine.
The deadline is the end of April 2025.
From among the applicants, we will send 10,000 yen worth of Amazon gift cards to 5 people who wrote excellent works. We aim to announce the results around May 15th.
Rules
・The deadline is the end of April 30, 2025・Only notes published as free articles are eligible
・Multiple submissions are allowed・The word count should be within 8,000 characters. However, 1,000-2,000 characters is also fine
・Genres such as essays, manga, columns, and novels are all welcome・Please be sure to include the hashtag
#ThingsIRememberWhenSpringComes
with your post
Guidelines・The "Everyone's Note Submission Contest" secretariat will read the submitted works・The secretariat will select works that we want many people to read・Please understand that we cannot necessarily provide the judging criteria or reasons for our decisions
・We will contact the winners of the contest by some means. If possible, we would appreciate it if you could
link your X account to your note account
(Updated April 2, 2025)
・Past articles are also eligible for submission (if they have not been selected for other contests, etc.).
I would love for you to give it your all and aim for a prize! But I would also be happy if you just used this as a trigger for your daily note writing.
A submission project like this is a "festival," so please don't just write, but also read, like, and share everyone's notes.
Why am I doing this?
"Everyone's Note Submission Contest" is a submission project run independently by goodbuff Inc., a company founded by Mizuno, a former note director.
This is a story from the past, but the first thing I worked on after joining Piece of Cake Inc., the predecessor to note Inc., in 2018 was a note contest.
It is one of the jobs I cannot forget. Since then, the number of contests and submissions has been expanding, and the "note Creative Awards" in particular has been growing in scale year by year. Looking at it from the outside, I feel that it has become a wonderful opportunity where stars are born every year, and it is amazing.
On the other hand, I also think it would be great if there were more opportunities like this. Last year, I traveled all over the country for voluntary note study sessions, met many people who were betting their lives on note contests and the Creative Awards, and talked with them over drinks.
There, I was moved by the passion of many creators who keep writing, and I began to think about hosting a contest myself.
Of course, there is no entry fee, so the operating costs are out of my own pocket. I cannot offer much prize money, and I certainly cannot guarantee book publication. However, as someone whose job is to read notes every day, I decided to give it a try out of sheer determination.
What would make me happy?
I will repeat this many times, but since this is strictly a voluntary, self-organized submission project, it is unknown how many submissions will be gathered. If I get 10 or 20 submissions from people who feel inspired by the theme, I would consider that a success.
In my life, I often have people who write notes ask me, 'I don't know what to write,' and I always tell them that the first thing they should do is go look at note submission projects. The thinking behind this project is the same; just as you might look at a recipe site to decide on your menu for the day, I hope you can use this as a starting point for your writing.
I am not sure how much capacity I have to hold these kinds of self-organized contests. However, I think I will learn things as I go, so I have decided to just take a leap and start it.
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I am looking forward to your submissions. I will do my best to read them all. See you then.