Using Tweetdeck Columns to keep track of Pitch Contests

There are a lot of contests coming up in the next few weeks, but in fact, contests crop up all throughout the year. Sometimes it's hard to remember when the next one is coming, or what the submission guidelines are.

One great trick to staying on top of the contest buzz is to add a column with the contest hashtags to Tweetdeck. Did you know that tweetdeck can handle Boolean operators?* Well now you know!

{I also keep a contest calendar}

"But that's a lot of work," you say, "to find and type in all those contest hashtags!"

Nope. Because I'm doing the hard part for you. 

Just copy-and-paste the text below into a new "Search" column in Tweetdeck, and you're off and contest tracking!

#PitMad OR #adpit OR #kidpit OR #pg70pit OR #PitchWars OR #PitchMadness OR #PitMadness OR #QueryKombat OR #NoQS OR #PitchSlam OR #SFFPit OR #NestPitch OR #JustPitchIt OR #SecretShop OR #SunVsSnow OR #NLpitchperfect OR #PitchPlus1 OR #RTSlap OR #AgentMatch OR #WritersforHope OR #TheWVoice OR #RTSlap OR #TheWritersTank OR #PitchMas OR #PBPitch OR #PitchSqueak OR #PitchToPublication OR #MysteryAgent

Or, if you'd prefer to do a regular twitter search with these terms, click here.

Need help adding the column? Just give me a shout-out on Twitter. I can walk you through it :D


(*Basically, this means you can include multiple items in your search, e.g.: #amwriting OR #amediting)


Got any other tips for using Tweetdeck effectively for pitch contests etc? Know of any contests I missed?