- Status
- Opens soon
- Prize
- $400 first prize and a 6-month Starter plan for your site
- Deadline
- January 15, 2027
- Length
- 700–1,000 words
- Entry fee
- Free
The brief
Choose a concept from your work or hobby that beginners find confusing, and explain it in no more than 1,000 words. Use one worked example. Judges will hand finalists to readers who know nothing about the topic and ask them to explain it back.
Rules
- 700 to 1,000 words, original and unpublished.
- One entry per person. Free to enter.
- Entries open on the date shown above.
Entries open on December 1, 2026.