Expat Contests

Update 12/11/13: Announcing the Expat Blog Awards 2013 - Top List Writing Contest! Win a share of 10 prizes totalling $2,500 and 350+ Top Blog Awards! Help your country win the Top Country Prize!

We run regular expat contests here at ExpatsBlog.com. Cash prizes, additonal promotion for your expat blog and extra features added to your listing here are just some of the great bonuses of taking part! Not to mention, it's good fun too for everyone involved :) The name of the game is to help promote you and your expat blog/books!

Future contests will be announced on this page, Twitter and Facebook so keep checking back!

If you would like to suggest a contest, or sponsor a prize, please get in touch via contests{at}expatsblog{dot}com or alternatively contact us via our contact page.

See dedicated Twitter contests page for our latest free Twitter giveaways and competitions!

Expat Life Themed Blogging Contests

Our expat life writing contests were open to expat bloggers listed on ExpatsBlog and consisted of a different expat-related theme and 4 prizes totalling $350 every contest. See the full details/winners here and the writing contest entries below...

Contest 1: Expat Culture Shock, contest 2: Education & International Schools, and contest 3: Working Abroad.

Writing Contest March 2013

This contest is now closed for entries and voting. Full details are here, Winners are here, and entries are here.

Writing Contest October 2012

This contest is now closed for entries and voting. Winners are here, and entries are here.

Competition details:

Prizes: The winner receives $500. The runner up receives $100. NEW - BONUS runner-up receives $100 (this winner picked from remaining entries without voting as a judging component!)

How to Enter: We wanted you to write about what you know! Entrants had to write about your expat experiences, writing in any style they liked, but the emphasis being helpful to others looking to expatriate/emigrate as they did.

Contest Terms: Entries judged by the ExpatsBlog.com team, with creativeness and passion being two strong factors! Deadline for all entries was 31st October 2012 with winners announced on 10th November 2012 (revised from 7th). Entries had to be based on your expat experience and unique and previously unpublished. Minimum word count was 1000 words, maximum 5000 words. Entries to be published online allowing for comments. Copyright remains with the author, but ExpatsBlog.com has the unrestricted right to publish the entries on this website.