Also this doesn't really count because Defector is a paid independent paper and not a blog, but Damn Us Both to Hell, the Carpenter Bees are Back (https://defector.com/damn-us-both-to-hell-the-carpenter-bees-are-back) is stupendously well-written. Lots of articles try to combine existential angst with mundane horror but Burneko manages to avoid cliches and the boring cloying of self-pity
I'm gonna do some shameless self-promotion because I would have loved to have entered but didn't have anything close enough to being done, nor the time to complete it.
If I could've submitted something already published, it would have been this:
Woohoo! Your original competition was one of the things that first got my wheels turning to start a blog. I didn't actually do it until well after that competition was over, but now I'm rockin and rollin and posting regularly and changing my own life etc. So you'll see me in this one and presumably all future contests you hold (unless something terrible happens to me, such as dying or getting tired of writing)
Argentina On Two Steaks a Day is a classic: https://idlewords.com/2006/04/argentina_on_two_steaks_a_day.htm. And I'm no foodie and don't like steak myself so you know the writing must be good!
Learning to Walk Through Walls is a great how-to example: https://drmaciver.substack.com/p/learning-to-walk-through-walls
Also this doesn't really count because Defector is a paid independent paper and not a blog, but Damn Us Both to Hell, the Carpenter Bees are Back (https://defector.com/damn-us-both-to-hell-the-carpenter-bees-are-back) is stupendously well-written. Lots of articles try to combine existential angst with mundane horror but Burneko manages to avoid cliches and the boring cloying of self-pity
Sounds like fun!
To clarify, after it's submitted we can post on our blog, like right away?
Yep!
Is there a time for the due date and how do time zones factor in?
It was a dark and stormy night ...
Thank you so much for running this contest Adam. Are you done reading all the entries yet? Any idea when the results will be out?
My most satisfying discovery of 2023 was this blog. The author is at least funny, angry and shrewd.
https://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2012/06/amy_schumer_offers_you_a_look.html
I'm gonna do some shameless self-promotion because I would have loved to have entered but didn't have anything close enough to being done, nor the time to complete it.
If I could've submitted something already published, it would have been this:
Do I Really Have ADHD? – https://kiallhildred.substack.com/p/do-i-really-have-adhd
Thanks very much for doing this, I just submitted my entry!
Thanks for the push to resume!
Thank you for being an exemplary citizen of the internet (well, at least the infovore-blogosphere).
I wrote about your blogging competition and why I think what you're doing is so important here: https://notnottalmud.substack.com/p/how-to-be-a-good-citizen-of-the-infovore
Here's one that I've always liked, kinda random but nice to see some new thinking on the subject
https://holdensfuneral.substack.com/p/a-new-doctrine
Woohoo! Your original competition was one of the things that first got my wheels turning to start a blog. I didn't actually do it until well after that competition was over, but now I'm rockin and rollin and posting regularly and changing my own life etc. So you'll see me in this one and presumably all future contests you hold (unless something terrible happens to me, such as dying or getting tired of writing)
I've got a Wordpress blog, will this create any issues?
Nope!