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Marriott Rewards Insiders 42 baseball story for 500 to 60,000 points

Marriott has bonus points to give away for anyone interested in submitting a baseball-theme story of 50 to 1,000 words for their Marriott Rewards Insiders 42 Contest and Sweepstakes between March 18 – April 14, 2013.

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Sweepstakes portion is 45 sets of movie tickets.

 

42 Contest

Submit a baseball-themed story of 50 words to 1,000 words around one of four topics and be entered for a chance to win.

Eligibility is limited to U.S. legal residents of 50 states and D.C., 18 years of age and Marriott Rewards member.

Grand prize = 60,000 Marriott Rewards points and two tickets to a 2013 professional game of the winner’s choice.

First Prize = 20,000 points and two professional baseball game tickets.

Ten Finalists = 7,000 points.

Free 1,000 points?

Story contest terms read like two eligible entries from a member earn 500 Marriott Rewards points each and a chance for the 60,000 points grand prize story.

Contest Registration Prize: For each unique, eligible Story submitted [up to two (2) Stories per person/email address/Marriott Rewards® Insider], eligible persons will receive one Registration Prize 500 Marriott Rewards® points. The ARV of each Registration Prize is $6.25.

http://www.rewards-insiders.marriott.com/docs/DOC-1671

A little bit of writing while watching a baseball game can earn some points.

Baseball-Theme Topics for Contest Stories

1) Baseball as America’s Pastime:Don’t limit yourself to just professional baseball games that you’ve attended; think about summer pick-up games you played as a kid, or your child’s participation on their high school team, or a story that a parent told you about a player you wished you’d had a chance to see.

2) The first time something new happened:Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in 1947, becoming the first African-American to play for a professional baseball team. Do you have a baseball story with a “first” in it?

3) Overcoming adversity:As the first African-American professional baseball player, Jackie Robinson represented an American triumph over an unjust system. Does your baseball tale involve overcoming the odds?

4) Hall of Famer in action:With his incredible on-field performance and his historic career, Jackie Robinson was a first-ballot Hall of Famer. Do you have a story about seeing or meeting a historic player?

Picking the winners

Judges pick the ten finalists and voters at Marriott Rewards Insiders will choose the Grand Prize and First Prize winners in voting April 22-April 28, 2013.

The nitty gritty terms of story guidelines and other rules for Marriott Rewards Insiders baseball story contestcan be found here.

Marriott Rewards Insiders is the company run community forum for Marriott.

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Many of the Marriott Rewards announcements on FlyerTalk and Milepoint are posted first on Marriott Rewards Insiders.

9 Comments

  • Groobie March 27, 2013

    Thanks for making us aware of this contest! 🙂 Free points are always good! There aren’t really that many stories posted yet…it might turn out to be decent odds for someone who’s a good writer with a good story to tell.

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  • Chris L April 19, 2013

    Woot! Points just posted.

  • notblake April 23, 2013

    I’m a finalist! go figure.

    Just wanted to thank you for bringing this to my attention. got my 1,000 points for 2 stories and, now, i just found out i’m one of the 10 finalists. good for another 7,000 points. they’re devalued marriott points but… still, 8,000 free points is, well…. 8,000 free points!

    both my stories are true and i wrote each in under 15 minutes. what’s odd to me is that the first story i wrote is, imo, waaayy better than the second. but, it’s the second one that is a finalist. if it was the first story, i’d think i would have a chance to win. but it’s the second one, so very unlikely imo.

    anyway, thanks again and (shameless plug), if you’re feeling charitable, feel free to vote for my story…

    cheers.

  • Ric Garrido April 23, 2013

    @notblake – good luck.

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