How has the pandemic affected you and your work? $27,000 worth of prizes up for grabs

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Update July 1: the competition is now closed.

2020 will be remembered as the year that changed everything, with the ongoing pandemic likely to leave a legacy that will affect generations to come; it has changed the way we live, learn and work.

With this in mind, we want to find out more about your experience, as part of the Future audience. How well have you managed to embrace remote working in the last few months? What have been the primary roadblocks and main facilitators?

We've put together a few questions and would love if you could provide us with some insights into your daily working life.

The survey takes no more than five minutes to complete. To say thanks, you’ll be entered into our fantastic prize draw with a total value of more than $27,000, to be scooped up by a single reader.

If you want to be in with a shout of winning the prize, as well as sharing your opinion on your future and remote working, make sure you take part today before the survey closes on June 30th. Good luck!

The prize chest contains all the basic ingredients any business (or freelancer) needs to be successful online and much more. Here's the entire list:

Fanatical's huge bundle selection (worth nearly $13,000)

Fanatical's huge bundle selection (worth nearly $13,000)
This single prize is too extensive to describe in just a few words. You get a software bundle by Magix, an eBook bundle, an elearning bundle and a game bundle that, altogether, contain hundreds of individual products. The WordPress package for example, will help you become an expert user of the world's most popular content management system.

9x Corel products (worth nearly $4,000)

9x Corel products (worth nearly $4,000)
Say hello to endlessly creative, seriously productive professional graphic design. Available on Windows, Mac and web, this astonishing package is from one of the most well-respected creative software publishers out there. The package includes: CorelDraw Graphics Suite 2020 with 1-year subscription to CorelDraw.app Pro, CorelCAD 2020, CorelDRAW Technical Suite 2019, WordPerfect Office Professional 2020, Painter 2020, Pinnacle Studio 23 Ultimate, MindManager 2020 for Windows and MindManager for Mac 13.

WP-Engine managed WordPress hosting (worth $2,900)

WP-Engine managed WordPress hosting (worth $2,900)
WP-Engine is among the most well-respected managed WordPress hosting providers around. Its Scale package includes up to 400,000 visits and 500GB bandwidth per month, 50GB local storage, and 30 sites. Perfect for bringing your website vision to life.

Newshosting 8-year Usenet subscription (worth $1,920)

Newshosting 8-year Usenet subscription (worth $1,920)
Usenet can be described as the original social network - a cross between a discussion forum and the ultimate file-sharing platform. Courtesy of Newshosting, you'll receive access to its premium Usenet newsreader for 8 whole years. It offers free 256-Bit SSL encryption, unlimited speed and data transfer and access to over 100,000 uncensored newsgroups.

Auslogics Software + FileWhopper large files transfer service (worth $740)

Auslogics Software + FileWhopper large files transfer service (worth $740)
FileWhopper has kindly provided us with 15 licenses for 15TB online file/folder transfers to give away to our lucky winner. On top of that, one license for each Auslogics software is also up for grabs, including: BoostSpeed 11, Driver Updater, Anti-Malware, Disk Defrag Ultimate, File Recovery, Bitreplica, Registry Cleaner and more.

Audials One 2020 (worth $1,000)

Audials One 2020 (worth $1,000)
This nifty piece of software from Audials allows you to pull together all your favorite audio and video from across the internet into a single library. There are too many features to list all in one place, but Audials One lets you discover and save top-quality music from across all manner of streaming portals and distribute your collection to any device you please.

10x 15-month ExpressVPN subscriptions (worth $990)

10x 15-month ExpressVPN subscriptions (worth $990)
ExpressVPN is TechRadar's #1 rated VPN, and for good reason. It's the best all-round VPN service for speed, privacy and unblocking - and we're giving away ten 15-month subscriptions. ExpressVPN offers access to more than 3,000 servers in 160 locations across 94 countries - and superb customer support to boot.

10x 5-seat Avira Prime subscriptions (worth $990)

10x 5-seat Avira Prime subscriptions (worth $990)
With Avira Prime, you've got all the security solutions you could ever need in one place, from antivirus to VPN and more. Detect malware threats in real-time, encrypt your web browsing, speed up your devices, and manage your many passwords.

Steganos Privacy Suite (worth $700)

Steganos Privacy Suite (worth $700)
With Steganos Privacy Suite, you can encrypt sensitive data - whether that's business reports or holiday snaps - on device and in the cloud. You can also create, manage and secure passwords for all your online accounts via a single and easy-to-use hub. Passwords are the key to your digital life and Steganos will help keep them as safe as possible!

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