Announcing: The First Annual Blog-Off for Babies!
We’re having a Blog-Off and you’re invited to participate! This contest will involve writing a blog post on your own blog, then reading and voting on the posts made by the other people participating. At the end of the contest, the blog with the most points wins! Prize money is awarded to the 1st and 2nd place winners!
The other half will go as a donation in the winners’ names to the March of Dimes, a non-profit charity geared towards helping prevent birth defects, miscarriages, premature babies, and problem births by giving mothers resources and education to make healthy, happy babies. I’m desperately glad that my own son is healthy and doing well, but I know there are parents not so lucky, so I think this is a worthy cause.
THE DETAILS:
Cost: $10 per blog participating. This can be sent to me via any known means. PayPal is easiest, but you can use whatever you like. I do not accept beads.
Writing/Voting Cycle: You get your subject on Sunday. Your post is due to be published on your blog by Tuesday evening. You then have Wednesday to Saturday to read and vote on your top 3 entries and submit those to me. I’m not going to be a stickler on times because we’ll have some foreigners and different time zones, etc.
Subjects to Write About: To be determined — once I know who is participating, I’ll ask for suggestions and then choose the best and most appropriate ones.
Prizes: 1st place gets 40% of the pot, 2nd place gets 10% of the pot, and 50% of the pot goes to charity. Not huge amounts, and I’d ask for $20 from everyone, but…we’ll try this first. $10 anyone can afford.
Penalties: This is pretty simple — if you don’t post, you don’t get to vote that week and nobody can vote for you. If you are unable to make a deadline, contact me…I’m not going to be a hardass if you have a real reason for slipping a date around. That being said, don’t be slack if you don’t have to be. 
Round 1: Topic on July 5th, Post due July 7th, Vote due July 11th.
Round 2: Topic on July 12th, Post due July 14th, Vote due July 18th.
Round 3: Topic on July 19th, Post due July 21, Vote due July 25th.
Round 4: Topic on July 26th, Post due July 28th, Vote due August 1st.
Winner Declared: August 2nd
HOW TO ENTER:
Paying your $10 donation secures your entry into this contest, so get that taken care of and then you’ll be signed up and ready to go. Below is a PayPal button for your convenience. If you need my mailing address, let me know by leaving a comment on this post.
Any questions, ask! If you’ve done a blog-off before, why not jump in again? And if you’ve never done one, they’re TONS of fun, and provide good inspiration to writing entries, so come along for the ride! Let’s do some writing and save some babies!
Will be sending my entry fee on July 1. Looking forward to the fun!
.-= Stacey Thomas´s last blog ..The Breakfast(ladie’s) Club =-.
I’m in… I’ll get the $10 to you soon.
.-= Julia´s last blog ..Who Says You Can’t Have Fun On Your Own? =-.
Stacey and Julia: Sweet! Glad to have you on board. Now…more people sign up, for the love of pete!
Mailing address, please.
.-= Courtney´s last blog ..What’s New, Peeps? =-.
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This is just what I need to get back into blogging! Count me in!
.-= erin´s last blog ... . . and we’re back. =-.
I’m going to plug it on my blog (which RSS’s to FB, hee hee) and see if I can grab some more takers.
.-= Julia´s last blog ..Who Says You Can’t Have Fun On Your Own? =-.
Ok, I’m in. I’ve never participated in a blogathon, but I’ll try it out! I’ll be paypalling you either today or tomorrow.
.-= Rachelv´s last blog ..Two new posts today! I better slow down =-.
Courtney, Erin, Julia, and Rachelv: GREAT! So glad to have you guys in on the fun! Woohoo!
Count me in too please.
We’ll see if my journal explodes under the weight of real blog entries instead of the random fluffiness I usually put in it.
.-= Lea´s last blog ..The fruits of my labor… =-.
Yay, two more! Lea and Joe have agreed to participate as well! That brings us to 8 so far.
Nathan I tried to pay with your pay pal link and can’t?
.-= Stacey Thomas´s last blog ..Goodbye Michael, You Were a Thriller =-.
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