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Hello to all you Gavin groupies out there! This is Lawbringer, a staffer here at Dominate Your Server. I help Gavin with research and development here at the site and we’ve got a killer opportunity for all you serious WoW players.

You might be wondering why Gavin isn’t telling you this news if it’s so great. Well, while working on his new leveling guide (maybe I shouldn’t have mentioned that, forget I ever said anything about it), his hands and arms were mangled beyond recognition in a horrible stampede during the completion of the quest “Kodo Roundup” in Desolace.

I mean, he really took one for the team this time. The guy is a complete Warcraft freak. To make matters worse, it took me a while to figure out what he wanted me to write today, since he has also lost his voice (no joke). I think he was typing with his nose during our IM session (which would explain the horrid spelling). When G isn’t writing about WoW, he’s talking about it. All the time – the hard part is getting him to shut up. Laryngitis has now set in and he’s completely out of service.

Needless to say, it will be a while before the first aid trainers can get him back typing all those killer tips and tricks you all like so much. That’s where you come in.

Think you know as much about WoW as Gavin? Now’s your chance to prove it. Many of you post regularly here at the site, and now you have a shot at being a regular staff writer for Dominate Your Server!

I couldn’t be any happier about working for Gavin here at Dominate Your Server. I mean, how cool is it to get paid to play WoW? Out of the millions of people who play this game, it’s so awesome to be one of the very few who get paid to do what I would be doing for free.

So here’s what Gavin is going to do. We’re holding a contest starting, well, right now. The contest will run for two weeks only. During these next two weeks, you can submit up to five articles about World of Warcraft. Gavin and the DYS (Dominate Your Server) staff, including myself, will judge those entries based on the following criteria:

25% Style – the more fun it is to read, the more we will like it. Originality and humor captivates readers.
25% Content – Accurate information is the only thing that will make the cut.
25% Expertise – If you can show that you have special and in-depth knowledge about a specific area of the game, such as your class, build, PVP, professions, or Raiding please feel free to impress us.
25% Grammar and Syntax – Our writers are painstakingly selected and masters of their craft. We don’t want to have to hire an editor to clean up messy structure.

Besides bragging rights in the game, and some notoriety here in the real world, there are also killer prizes to be had. The winner gets $500 bucks and a staff writing job here at DYS. Second place $250 dollars, and third prize is $100. Nice! Third prize pays your WoW account fees for 6 months!

Articles should be between 500-1000 words. Screenshots need to be no wider than 475 pixels and should be no larger than 30k, preferably PNG format. Submit your articles in a zipped file to contest@dominateyourserver.com – If you include screenshots; no more than 5 per article, and put each article and its screenshots in a separate subfolder in the zip file so we can tell what shots go with which article. Also, leave us clear notes in the article telling us where the screenshots should be placed.

Articles must be submitted before midnight on May 28th, and we’ll announce the winners on Saturday, May31st. What a great way to start June – 5 crisp, new $100 dollar bills in your pocket and a sweet new job to boot!

We all sure hope big G gets the use of his larynx and phalanges back very soon, but his misfortune is your gain! So start writing, and always remember to Dominate!