THE CONTEST IS CURRENTLY CLOSED! BUT FEEL FREE TO POST NEWS STORIES.

About RoboReporter

    RoboReporter, is a web application that allows you to submit an article that will be reviewed by all and will be promoted, based on popularity, to the main page. When a user submits a news article it will be placed in the Queued area until it gains sufficient votes to be promoted to the main page. RoboReporter is based on the wonderful Pligg application (thank you Pligg team!).  The original source for Pligg was authored by Ricardo Galli. He was influenced by the extremely popular English technology site digg.com.
     

    THANK YOU DISCOVERY CHANNEL!

    This contest is being sponsored by the Discovery Channel’s online store.  The Discovery Channel is the award winning TV channel with a passion for educating through entertainment   We were not surprised when they agreed to sponsor the RoboReporter contest by graciously providing the prizes for the content.  We would personally like to thank them for their involvement.  Remember, when you support the Discovery Channel through their store, you are supporting a company that cares about education!

    Discovery Channel Store Exclusive Roboreptiel 

CONTEST RULES - IMPORTANT!

GOAL: Whoever submits the most legitimate news stories during the month will be the contest winner and gets the Discovery Chromashift Roboreptile!
 

The contest is only open to residents of the United States and Canada! (Our apologies to our friends across the waters, it is a shipping thing!)

  1. You must be at least 13 years of age or older to participate!
     
  2. A legitimate news story is defined as:
     
    • Original story title and summary - do not cut and paste these items from the story page of your submission!  Write your own title and summary and make sure you explain what is interesting or novel about the story you are submitting.
       
    • Spell checked and grammatically correct - you are an elite RoboReporter!  Use the on-page spell checker and check your grammar and syntax too!
       
    • Robotics related - the story must be of interest to robot engineers & hobbyists
       
    • Quality Story - any obvious attempt to load the RoboReporter site with stories that are copied, junk, or is an RSS feed derivative without any additional value will be, at our discretion, considered invalid. 
       
  3. Multiple accounts are not allowed - this is grounds for disqualification from the contest and can also lead to you being permanently banned from the site.
     

NOTE: All story submissions will be checked for originality and conformance to the above rules.  In the event of a disqualification, the prize will go to the next member with the highest submission count.

PLAY FAIR, HAVE FUN, LEARN, AND WIN!

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