A few favorites from our Break Up With Your Ex contest. Can you do better?
Everyone has a reason to break up with their ex. Sometimes, it's because he's gay and it's definitely time to move on. Othertimes, it's because no matter who you're currently with, your old love is still preventing you from moving on. From now until Feb. 12, we're holding a contest where we are asking you to tell us, in 10 words or less, why you need to break up with your ex. Here are 12 of our favorite entries we've recieved so far.
How can you begin the new year with a clean slate and a fresh vision of the future?
There is nothing like the first day of a new year. This is the time to begin a clean slate with which to create something new. It is the perfect occasion to take some time for reflection and introspection. It's time to let go of the past year and make a vision for the year ahead.
Write about your worst present ever and you could win a $5 Starbucks gift card.
I was 16 and on my Christmas list I had written: a necklace, earrings and the Mulan soundtrack. (Yes, I was awkward at 16.) Here is what I got: A CD player, the Mulan soundtrack and a Barbie. My mom told me it would be my last Barbie. My eye roll was so huge, it was almost audible. And despite the fact that I got a soap making kit when I was 15, that Barbie is the worst present I have ever recieved.
A personal memoir can be fun, therapeutic, and a valued treasure for your family and friends.
We all have varied perceptions of what fun is and the types of memories most treasured. Everyone remembers occasions a little bit differently, so your perspective about momentous life events is important and ought to be recorded.
Every week, we give the best community bloggers a $5 Starbucks gift card.
We love you and we know you love coffee. Ergo, are offering a $5 Starbucks card to people who post in the YourTango community blog. Winners are chosen by how many times an article is shared on Facebook, tweeted or commented on, so if you want to win, tell your friends! Write for YourTango And Win A Starbucks Gift Card
Four weeks ago we had you write about your sexy celeb crushes. Three weeks ago, we asked you to write about boobs. Two weeks ago, we wanted you to write about masks. And boy did you deliver. And last week the topic was love and booze.
Write a post on love and alcohol and you could win a cup of coffee on us.
We love all the new posts in the community blog and so, in an effort to reward your awesome writing and creativity, we are offering a $5 Starbucks card to people who post in the YourTango community blog. Winners are chosen by how many times an article is shared on Facebook, tweeted or commented on, so if you want to win, tell your friends!
Write in the community blog and win a $5 Starbucks Gift Card!
For the next five weeks we will be running an ongoing contest on our community blog. Essentially, you write a blog post and publish it in our community blog and we pick the best posts and give you a $5 gift card to Starbucks. Winners will be chosen on originality (no copying and pasting, folks), comments and shares. Basically, if you post something original that our community loves, then who are we to argue with that? So, make sure you share your posts and respond to comments.
Every day, YourTango will give a $5 Starbucks gift card to the best post in the community blog.
We love hearing from you, in our Twitter feed, on our Facebook wall, in the comments and in the Ask YourTango forum, and now we want to hear from you on our blog. Starting October 10, for the next five weeks, we will issue a challenge, to you our smart and savvy readers and ask you to write a blog post about it in the community blog.
Journalism or Marketing/PR major? Love writing and New York? Step into our office.
Are you your campus newspaper sex columnist? A tweeter-extraordinaire? Or maybe you're so bubbly it's a PR career or bust? If you love writing, editing, blogging, marketing or social media and want to launch your career, you should apply to be a fall intern at YourTango.
Taylor's making headlines with new single "Sparks Fly," but can she match the classic author?
The pop star is taking her lovelorn anthems—including her new single "Sparks Fly"—across the country in one of the biggest tours this summer, but her lyrics seem to have gotten a little help from a literary predecessor. Can you guess which lines are by the young songstress and which were penned by the "Pride and Prejudice" author?
When I was a little girl, I dreamed about how I was going to meet the guy of my dreams. Listen up because this one is a doosey. See, I had dreams of being an actress slash singer slash writer slash director slash producer slash president of the screen actor's guild. My husband? He was going to be the star in one of the many many movies I was going to write, direct, produce, and star in. At first, we were going to hate each other, but then we would fall head over heels and marry four months later. All of this was going to happen before the age of 21.
