Publish your reportages, articles, columns and stories, including personal and family stories (written text, images, video and audio files are admissible).

The theme of the contest is “Italy and Italian America”.
 
Fifteen winners will get:

•    First Prize: two tickets from any USA Alitalia Gateway to any destination in Italy
•    Second Prize: one iPhone (4Gb)
•    Third Prizes: one $100 pre-paid iTunes music card for each of three winners

All winners will be offered a free account in our limited-number, by-invitation-only “Blogosphere”

The Rules

1.    Participation to the contest is open to all legal residents in the U.S. who will open a free account in our free-for-all “Community” space (www.i-italy.us) and post their own contribution there.
All entries must be in English language and be coherent with the theme of the contest, which is “Italy and Italian America”.
All kinds of reportages, articles, columns and stories, including personal and family stories, are admissible whatever the media employed (written text, images, video and audio files).
All entries, including text, images, slide shows and audio files must be posted there.
Videos must be posted on YouTube (www.youtube.com) or other video-sharing websites and then embedded. Videos uploaded on www.i-italy.us will be deleted and disqualified.
Neither an entry fee nor purchases of any products are required to enter the contest.
You may submit as many entries as you wish, the odds of winning increase with the number of entries posted.

2.    Provided a reasonable number of qualified entries are received, there will be 15 winners of the contest: One First Prize winner, One Second Prize, Three Third Prize winners and 10 Fourth Prize winners.
Each of the winners will get free access to the limited-number, by-invitation-only “Blogosphere” of our editorial network (www.i-italy.org) and will be offered a permanent role as Citizen Journalists / Digital Witnesses.
In addition, the prizes that will be awarded, are as follows:
One First Prize winner, two free Alitalia to Italy for two persons traveling together (The tickets are valid from any USA Alitalia Gateway [JFK, EWR, MIA, BOS, and ORD] to any Alitalia destination Italy for one year.
The tickets are non-transferable and cannot be endorsed to any other airline or exchanged for a cash refund. Government imposed taxes and fees of up to $300 are not included.);
One Second Prize winner, one free iPhone (4Gb);
Three Third Prize winners, one free $100 pre-paid iTunes music card each.