And the Challenge Begins...

Okay. Here it goes. The second annual Blog-A-Day-In-May challenge has begun. Just for the occasion, I have added a box of just this year's participants on the side panel of my page. So for anyone who reads this, feel free to take a look at what I am up against.

This year, we have gone in with a clearer vision of the end result. Billy took last year's competition based on voting by the other participants, but we did not know going into it what voting would look like. We just set our criteria and voted last week. Well, being the organized person she is, Regina set our guidelines a little earlier this year. We also have a couple of new players. So what's the deal? Here it is:

Participants:

• Kelly
• Meghan
• Regina
• Billy
• Adam
• Julia
• Mike
• Amber

Rules:

• Each blogger must submit 1 post every week day in May – after 12:01am before 11:59pm each day.
• Each post must have words – no limit, but just be sure you have put some thought into your post - This is not a scrapbooking contest à compliments of Meghan in 2009
• Must request the day off via email to all competition participants. Participants may approve or deny request – majority rules.
• Participants must submit blog name before contest begins.
• All participants should follow allow participants.
• All participants should read other bloggers post for support and voting.
• You must post about the challenge in your first blog post, although it doesn’t have to be the majority of the post.
• Mid-week vacations are not exempt from blogging!!!

Winner categories:

Random Categories:

• Most supportive Blogger – comments on other posts, helped fellow blogger with request, etc.

Individual Post categories

• Best blog post – encompasses everything a blog post should encompass
• Laugh out loud blog post – Self explanatory
• What the crap blog post – Are you serious? Did that really happen? Shut up.. OMG… These are things you will say when you read this type of post
• Cheesiest blog post – corny, lovey dovey, etc
• Weirdest blog post – hmmm, IDK
• Readers Choice blog post
• Overall Best blog entry voted by viewers - Send your blog name into cyber space and give your friends the survey url once it is created to vote for you.
• Based on all posts- creativity, humor, out of the box, universal, length, theme, consistency, weekend post, etc
  

Overall Blog Categories

• Most Universal – can be read by anyone and is enjoyable
• Most Creative – out of the box and unique
• Funniest – self explanatory
• Blog Champion – Voted on by Challenge participants – Best of the Best
• Based on all posts- creativity, humor, out of the box, universal, length, theme, consistency, weekend post, etc

And that's it! So for anyone caring enough to read this, I ask for your support this upcoming month. Read, enjoy, comment. Without readers, what is the point? ;-)

Oh, and if anyone wonders what my theme is going to be for the month, I think I have decided on "Quote of the Day." This is not going to be some sappy place to write up famous quotes, blah, blah, blah. If anyone really knows me, they know I am not a fun of such. No, this will be quotes either I have said, heard, or seen in the day. Along with the quote will come commentary or whatever the quote inspires from me.

At least this is what I think I am going to do. Although we officially start tomorrow. So I do not have much more time to decide I guess.

Here's to blogging!