Happy Easter! We are delighted to announce the three winners of this year’s Easter Writing Contest. Congratulations to Bethany Halbert, Diane Lockridge, and Janisa Chatte! The winning articles are: Easter Traditions: Bunnies or Bells? How to Care for Easter Cactus How to Make Russian Easter Biscuits With Homemade Icing We received so many wonderful articles for…
Read MoreMaven Discusses the Power of the Acquisition of HubPages and Say Media
I’m thrilled to announce that Maven has officially signed a letter of intent to acquire HubPages (as well as publishing and advertising firm Say Media). The goals of this dream team are to provide highly curated content of excellent quality for readers (while fighting fake news), to be the best home on the internet for…
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Join the Holiday Fun With the HubPages Easter Writing Contest!
What’s better than egg decorating and honey glazed ham? Writing about it! To celebrate Easter, HubPages is hosting the HubPages Easter Writing Contest! Write an informative article (creative writing isn’t eligible) by March 29 at midnight (PST) on something related to Easter, and submit for consideration by our team of editors. The best three articles…
Read MoreMeet the LoveHub Writing Contest Winners
Happy Valentine’s Day! Today I’m delighted to announce the winners of the LoveHub Writing Contest. We only intended to chose one winner, but there were so many wonderful submissions that HP staff had trouble picking our favorite! We decided to make it a tie. Congratulations to authors Sally Gulbrandsen and Glimmer Twin Fan! How to Make a…
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Announcing the LoveHub Writing Contest!
Howdy, friends! Love is in the air this year and we’ve decided to celebrate with a Valentine’s Day-themed contest! Want to try your hand? Simply write a Valentine’s Day-appropriate article and submit it. What kind of articles will be accepted? We will be considering all submitted articles having to do with Valentine’s Day and/or romance.…
Read MoreMaven Partners with Po.et to Protect Copyright
Maven announced some very exciting news today; a new partnership with Po.et, a blockchain-based universal ledger for tracking rights and ownership of creative works. It is Maven’s goal to empower content creators to monitor and protect their writing, photos, and other digital assets, with greater ease. We know how important content protection is to writers…
Read MoreCEOs of Maven and HubPages Discuss the Benefits of the Acquisition
Today it is my pleasure to share with you an interview with Paul Edmondson and James Heckman (CEO of Maven) where they delve a little deeper into the detalis of why HubPages and Maven are such a great fit. The two companies share a compatible vision on everything from company culture to technology to a…
Read MoreHubPages Joins Independent Publisher Juggernaut – Maven
Dear Hubbers, We are really excited to announce that we are joining Maven. Maven is an expert-driven group media network, whose innovative platform serves, by invitation-only, a coalition of professional, independent channel partners. We just completed the most successful 4th quarter in our history with the highest ad CPMs we’ve ever seen. As we formed…
Read MoreQ&A To Be Retired
I have a big announcement today that will affect many writers on HubPages. It is my sad duty to announce that the HubPages Q&A feature is being discontinued. Q&A earns less (both for you and for us) than any of our sites and takes a significant amount of engineer and moderator time to maintain. This…
Read MoreImage and Subtitle Changes
Image Updates We know there’s been a lot of concern about our July announcement of our pending change to full width capsules on all articles. The biggest fear most writers have expressed is that some images will look bad when stretched to a larger size. We’ve listened to your feedback and decided to release an…
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