Aspire & Become a Motoring Journalist

Ever wanted to become a motoring journalist, road-tester, automotive writer or columnist? The wait is over. CarWale.com gives you a chance of becoming a motoring journalist. Winners of 'Aspire and Become a Motoring Journalist' contest will get an opportunity of working with CarWale.com as journalists, road-testers or writers. Moreover, the best writer among the winners will get a prize worth Rs.50,000^*!

All you need to do is write an article on one of the specified categories.

Important Dates

Contest starts: 8^th January, 2008.

Contest ends: 7^th March, 2008.

Winners' announcement: Announced.

Article Categories

• Tips and Advice (e.g. Car buying, selling, saving fuel, how to buy a car audio system, how to change tyre yourself etc)
• Automotive Technologies (e.g. ABS, Traction Control, CRDI, turbo-charger etc)
• Indian Automotive Scenario (e.g. growth, past, future, traffic conditions etc)
• Car Finance/Insurance (e.g. loans, EMIs, insurance claims, NCB etc)
• Safety (articles on safe driving, safety features etc)
• Comprehensive Car Review/Road-test (of any car sold in India)
• Green Fuel Technologies (i.e. bio-diesel, fuel cells, CNG, LPG)
• Formula 1/Motorsport/Rallying (i.e. World/Indian F1/motorsport scenario)
• Car Modifications (i.e. wheel/tyre upsizing, engine modifications)
• Other (Anything we missed but is relevant to automobiles)

Writing Guidelines

• The article should be an original work of yours.
• Article size should be of 500-1000 words.
• Do not format the article excessively. Use bold/italic only when they are necessary.
• Any font-color other than black is not acceptable. Articles written in multi-colors might be rejected without even consideration.
• This is a test of your writing skills hence you need to concentrate on the following:
• Do not use CAPS.
• Use proper punctuations.
• Use paragraphs.
• Check article for spelling errors before submitting.

Submit Article

Frequently Asked Questions

How to apply?
All you need to do is to write an article on any of the mentioned topics and submit it with CarWale.com before 7th March 2008.

Where/How to submit an article?
Please use the Submit Article section.

How would I know if my article has been short-listed?
Within a week of your article submission, you will be notified by an email whether your article is accepted or rejected.

How many articles can one write?
Though there is no limitation on total number of articles written by a person, we insist that you put your efforts in writing one good-quality article.

My article is rejected, should I try again?
Your article will be rated on various parameters. The ratings would be sent you along with the notification email. The notification email will also tell you whether you should try again or not. In case we recommend a second try, we will tell you what areas you need to improve on.

My article is accepted, should I submit more articles?
If your article is accepted, you have already won half the battle. The notification email will tell you how to win the remaining half.

Terms & Conditions

• * CarWale.com reserves the right of giving the prize in cash or in kind.
• Submitted article will be considered as CarWale.com's copyright material. CarWale.com will have rights of publishing the full article or its part on Internet/print-media without notifying to the writer. However, the writer's name will always be published along with article.
• Only one person will receive the prize. In case of tie, the prize amount will be distributed among the winners.
• Individuals working for CarWale.com and their relatives are not eligible for the prize.
• Final decision of choosing the winner would solely be of CarWale.com.
• Accepting or rejecting an article would be CarWale.com's decision. We may or may not provide reasons for doing that.
• CarWale.com reserves the right of offering jobs. Even the winner of this contest might not get job if CarWale.com doesn't find him/her qualified enough. On the other hand, CarWale.com might offer job to a person who has not made it to the final but fits the bill better.
• CarWale.com reserves the right of terminating this contest in some special conditions.
• Important dates are indicative and might be changed as per the response.