Honestly not far at all unless I know that I am a shoe in. The net has a spectacular number of contests many of them are free or fun to enter. Consider sites like Pogo or Iwon that could let me win thousands for just playing games.
If I have to really work to enter a contest, chances are I will just skip it.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.