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Small Cool 2008: Get Ready for April!

3-180small2.jpgIt's coming! Yes, it's that time again. It's our annual Smallest Coolest Apartment Contest, which is sponsored this year by Room & Board. And we want you to know that we'll be accepting entries very shortly, so get yourselves ready Midwest residents! The starting teaser info is below...

 
 

The Rules:

What apartments are eligible?

1. You can live anywhere in the world but your apartment must be no more than 850 square feet and it must be your primary residence.

2. It doesn't matter if you own, rent or even sublet your apartment.

3. If you are a professional designer and designed your entry, you must live in it at the time of submission.

4. To enter (and once we have the entry form live online) you will be asked:

• your name (how you would like to be referred to online),
• your location,
• the size of your apartment,
• the apartment type (studio, 1-bdrm, etc.),
• your favorite element,
• a favorite resource,
• and your pitch: What is the advantage of SMALL? (100 word maximum).

In addition please prepare to send us:

• a floor plan of your home, and
• 3 digital photos (with description of photo as name of file—ie. streetfacingwindow.jpg).


Scheduling:

1. You may submit your Small Cool entry through April 7th, 2008. No late submissions will be accepted.

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Comments (4)

Can someone clarify the pitch for me?
In past contests it seems like people used the pitch as a way to say why their small home is cool (i.e. what modifications, etc. they used). This prompt seems more general. Am I going to feel like a fool when I post a 100-word discussion of the benefits of small-space living in general, when everyone else talks about what makes their own small home great and why people should vote for them, etc?
Or am I just totally overanalyzing this?

posted by mavieenrose on 2008-03-20 16:41:21
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Mavieerose:

the Question to answer in your pitch is "What is the advantage of SMALL?"

So responding why you love your small cool space and what advantages it has provided you sounds like a reasonable way to answer.

posted by Jamie on 2008-03-21 09:04:29
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Do you get something for winning other than the pat on the back?

posted by sylvangirl on 2008-03-21 14:10:12
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OK thanks Jamie!

posted by mavieenrose on 2008-03-21 17:45:52
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