At STC India's Annual Conference this year, we are looking forward to seeing our best brains engage in a never-before creative outburst. Make sure you gather your tech writer's wherewithal and come prepared to put your craft (or is it art?) to test. Take on the challenge of marrying creativity with hardcore theory. And we promise to recognize your excellence as a technical communicator.

DITA Poem Competition
A poem illustrating key DITA topics -- concept, task, and reference -- is what the participants are expected to deliver in this contest. You are free to choose any theme and pen any number of lines. The goal is to write a poem that has three distinct parts: concept, task, and reference. The top two poets will be awarded at the conference.

Here's an example DITA poem.

The Cookie That Crumbled

The cookie that crumbled
Was never a cookie,
For a cookie is a cookie if
It's baked by a rookie.

So, be a rookie
Take a nice pot
Drop some butter
And make it hot.

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You can send multiple entries for this contest. Mail your entries by October 15, 2007 to Nandini Gupta.

More competitions coming up soon...