We're looking for first-time serverless writers! 👩‍💻

Have you been building with serverless, but haven't shared your experience with the world yet? We'd like to encourage you to do just that!

Write a blog post about serverless, post to Twitter with the hashtag #offbynone, and then we'll pick FOUR NEW WRITERS and give away a digital copy of The Developer's Guide to Content Creation by Stephanie Morillo.

We'll also choose several other posts to share in the Off-by-none email newsletter to help amplify your content! Check out the RULES below.

Friend of the newsletter, and serverless extraordinaire, Michael Bahr, has graciously donated 4 copies of Stephanie Morillo's excellent book that helps teach developers how to manage the content process from ideation all the way through to promotion. It's a wonderful resource for any developer looking to document what they're learning, improve their writing skills, teach others, showcase what they know to potential employers, or move into a different role.

Rules & How to Enter

1. Write a blog post about serverless and publish on Medium, Dev.to, your own blog, or anywhere publicly accessible.
2. Post your blog to Twitter and include the hashtag #offbynone.
3. Entries must be submitted by December 18, 2020 at 11:59 pm ET.
4. Winners will be chosen and featured in the December 22, 2020 issue of Off-by-none.
5. Additional entries will also be featured in the December 22, 2020 issue of Off-by-none.
6. In order to be eligible to win, this must be the writer's first post about serverless. It does not need to be your first blog post ever, but writers with a long publishing history will not be considered.

What should I write about?

There are lots of topics on serverless! We want to hear about the good, bad, and the ugly. Here are some suggestions:

Write about your experience...

• using a deployment framework
• using a managed service
• writing your first function

Create a tutorial about...

• building your first serverless application
• using a service like EventBridge or SNS for building distributed systems
• setting up a serverless CI/CD process

Plus, re:Invent is here, so maybe you could...

• share what you learned at a re:Invent session
• comment on some of the (many) product announcements
• share your thoughts on the future of serverless

Or anything you'd like to write about. We're looking forward to see what you come up with!