If you've been waiting to publish your first instructable, now is the time! Sharing a project with the Instructables community is always fun, but now we're giving you even more motivation: If you've never pubished before, you can enter any of your first few tutorials in the First Time Author Contest for a chance to win some amazing prizes, like a laptop, a camera and more!

 If you're a teacher or a student on your way back-to-school, you could even create an instructable as part of a school project.  Publishing an instructable is a great way to practice fundamental skills like writing, photography, and critical thinking, and this contest is a great incentive to start sharing your work!