1. Read all the contest submission rules below BEFORE sending us your AutoCAD tips.
   
2. Send us a sample of your writing abilities by publishing your AutoCAD tip(s) on our suggest AutoCAD tips page. There shall be NO payment provided for sample AutoCAD tips you send us that we publish. ONE winner shall receive payment as described below.
   
3. All CAD tips you submit become the property of cad-design-and-drafting-services.com and are subject to our approval before anything is published. If your tip is accepted and published on our site, then you are entered as a potential freelance newsletter candidate.
   
4. All tip submissions need to be submitted in English using proper grammar and spell checked. It is highly recommended that you also submit pictures or screen shots explaining your tips; a picture is worth a thousand words!
   
5. Applicants should have considerable experience using AutoCAD and thorough knowledge of at least the last 3 releases of the program.
   
6. All work submitted to us must be your original content. Plagiarized or copied material will not be accepted and will be reported to the original owner. Copyscape will be used to verify entries.
   
7. Only the entrants who want to be considered for the freelance CAD writer opportunity shall be considered for the $150 prize.
   
8. To be considered as a potential freelance AutoCAD Newsletter writer candidate for cad-design-and-drafting-services.com, all tip entries must be received no later than Sunday, November 8th, 2009, by 8:00 p.m. E.S.T.
   
9. The Cadtech Design team will review all entries and decide on one winning entry by no later than Thursday, November 12th, 2009, by 5:00 p.m. E.S.T. The winner will become our monthly CAD Newsletter writer and receive $150 U.S. via Paypal. The winner will be notified by e-mail and must accept the following responsibilities in order to become a freelance newsletter writer for Cadtech Design:

1. As the new freelance newsletter writer, you will be required to produce at least 3-4 useful AutoCAD tips, consisting of 900 to 1200 words (total, not per tip), per newsletter (one newsletter per month, subject to change).
   
2. All CAD tips you submit to us and published on cad-design-and-drafting-services.com, become the property of Cadtech Design (cad-design-and-drafting-services.com). These tips may not be republished without the written consent of Cadtech Design.
   
3. The freelance writer agrees to grant an exclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable, transferable, perpetual license to publicly display her/his submission(s) on the cad-design-and-drafting-services.com only. The freelance writer also grants cad-design-and-drafting-services.com the right to pursue anyone who copies her/his submission(s).
   
4. The freelance writer should be able to develop ideas for the monthly newsletter on her/his own. We may also ask you to write certain tips as well.
   
5. The freelance writer is required to meet all deadlines as outlined by the Cadtech Design team.
   
6. The freelance writer understands that this is NOT an employment contract and shall be treated as a freelance opportunity only. Cadtech Design may terminate it's working relationship with the freelance newsletter writer at any time.
   
7. All newsletter submissions must be approved by Cadtech Design before publishing. Only approved newsletter submissions will be paid. Cadtech Design shall pay the eligible winner of the freelance CAD newsletter writing contest $25 per approved AutoCAD newsletter tip (excludes contest submission entries), via Paypal.
   

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