Mommy Guilt Contest @ Women’s Web
To be a mother is to feel guilty. If it’s not for the big things, it’s for the small things. If it’s not others making you feel guilty, you do it to yourself.
All mothers know this, which is probably why over at Women’s Web, this feature, ‘Fight that Mommy Guilt’ got such a tremendous response from readers.
Which is why, we’ve decided to go ahead and use it as the theme for our first contest on Women’s Web.
The rules are simple 1-2-3:
1. Write your own post on ‘Mommy Guilt‘ - it can be funny, sad, touching, angry, thoughtful - anything you choose. And you don’t HAVE to be a parent - anyone with a story to share can participate.
2. Make sure you include a link to our feature, ‘Fight that Mommy Guilt’ somewhere in your post.
3. Let us know of your entry - on the comments section of the contest entry post, at our Facebook group, at our twitter ID, or by emailing us at contests@womensweb.in with the words ‘Mommy Guilt’ in your subject line.
(If you don’t have a blog but really want to participate, you can still send it to us as an attached document at the e-mail ID mentioned above, and if it wins, we’ll publish it here. For these entries, obviously, step 2 doesn’t apply)
And the Prizes?
The 3 best entries EACH get a Rs. 500 voucher that you can use to shop for books, music or other goodies at Flipkart. (Anyone in the world with a valid e-mail address can receive these vouchers, but Flipkart currently ships only to addresses in India).
This contest kicks off NOW - which means entries dated from 17th June to 28th June will be valid, when we close for entries and start judging.
The Judges? Yours truly, and Nita Deb, the writer of the original piece that started it all.
Go ahead and give it a shot!
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http://abouttimenow.blogspot.com/2010/06/mommy-guilt-trip.html
Sounds very interesting… will blog about it and participate too.
Thanks Art/IHM!
http://utbtkids.com/2010/05/17/a-page-from-our-lives/
But I wrote this post in May. Does that count?
http://sreeszone.blogspot.com/2010/06/mommy-guilt.html
please check this out.
Hey UBT - sorry, but only posts from June 17th to 28th count.
Sree - thanks. Will include it in the entries list.
http://itchingtowriteblogs.blogspot.com/2010/06/mommy-guilt.html
What a lovely idea for a contest! I think we need to talk more about this because I see many mothers feeling guilty for things that DON’T warrant a guilt trip.
Here is my contribution:
http://my2centstoo.blogspot.com/2010/06/pleading-not-guilty.html
Here goes mine…loved the concept!
http://itsrenusworld.blogspot.com/2010/06/mommys-guiltinfact-working-moms-guilt.html
@itchy/ceekay/renuka - thanks for the entries…will include them in the list.
Apu - finally, here’s mine…was happy to see that I didn’t miss the deadline
http://drop-of-sun.blogspot.com/2010/06/entry-for-mommy-guilt-contest.html
Apu, please find my entry at http://naradtales.wordpress.com/2010/06/27/a-mothers-guilt-gauntlet/
uma/shankari - thanks. entries included.
I sent an entry to the email id mentioned. Hope you received it!
Hi Ranjani - yes, thank you. Included in the entries for the contest.