Comments on: Introducing the Unconventional Writing Contest (Your Chance to Write for AONC)

By: Trackback from Candy Gaucho

Trackback from Candy Gaucho — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:02:40 +0000

[...] extraordinaire – issued a challenge to his readers to create a guest post for his blog, The Art of Nonconformity. I leapt at the chance and google doc’ed to the esteemed jury my submission [...]

By: Trackback from The Urban Monks

Trackback from The Urban Monks — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:03:13 +0000

[...] As the whole concept for this new urban monasticism formulated in our minds, one where the rule of life centered on a love for God expressed through holistic health and a playful spirituality, and a love for others is displayed through community service and sustainable living, we knew that it was going to take a wide range of people to make it a reality. One of the atypical channels we’ve chosen for sharing the concept is Chris Guillebeau’s website, The Art of Nonconformity. [...]

By: Tiara

Tiara — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:36:28 +0000

Question! I’m hoping to embed videos and photos into my essay. How should I put them in the original document (I’m doing it in Google docs atm) – URLs or embed code? I know you can include images (would you want the source URL too for those?) but videos can get a bit tricky.

By: Martin Wiedenhoff

Martin Wiedenhoff — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:57:21 +0000

Hi Chris,

It’s been two weeks since I read your Manifesto and let’s say you got me hooked.
Now that you open the door to actually share some cool stuff with all the readers I better get my stuff together and write.

Life is a short journey – we may as well travel business class all the way

Martin
Montreal, Canada

By: Brooke Ferguson

Brooke Ferguson — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:41:57 +0000

Chris,
I’m IN! Sitting here with Cody and Dwight in Bangkok and we were chatting about how great your eBook design was and this contest came up. Props.
Cheers,
Brooke

By: Mark essel

Mark essel — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:21:15 +0000

I’ll see if I can rewrite my earlier submission (the topic) into something original. Woud like to participate but time is limited for the next few weeks.

By: Laura Cococcia

Laura Cococcia — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:59:28 +0000

LOVE this. I will get going right away…

By: Tim Brownson

Tim Brownson — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:11:41 +0000

People edit guest posts? I just slap them up there and say “it wasn’t my fault”

By: Trackback from LI

Trackback from LI — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 05:29:57 +0000

[...] The Art of Non-Conformity recently launched the “Unconventional Writing Contest” with a chance to feature as a guest poster on his popular blog. You may remember a while [...]

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 23:35:10 +0000

@Alex,

As to how long the deliberations will take, I’m not sure – probably a couple of weeks after the deadline. I’ll try to keep everyone posted with more info as the time gets closer.