Calling all RE Bloggers - Introducing the Palmetto State Challenge

Looks like fun to me.  

Nice! You will be getting some entries from me (and some referral entries when I see good stuff...) Best; Eric

Thanks guys!  I know there are 1 or 2 other blogs that do this, but I'm trying to do something with my own flair. I just want everyone to know that I'm all about promoting good writing and that I don't play favorites.   Active Rain, etc, come on and show me what you've got! So please feel free, it only takes 2 extra minutes to send a link my way and you just might get some great publicity and some free links out of it.  Isn't that a win-win for everyone?  

Sounds great Lydia.  I'm in.    To be clear, you are looking for submissions from blog entries posted on our blogs?  Or are you looking for us to submit a blog entry to be posted on your blog?

Thanks Lydia, I sent you one last night. Now I need to work on one for my other blog.

Joe - I don't care where you post the original, just send me a link.  I don't want to post someone else's content!  I'll reference the work with a link from my blog to where the post is.  But...If you want to send a guest post in, I'll be glad to post it for you though.

@Lydia--just PM'd you--grin...check it out...

Eric - you have mail!!

Lydia, I like the way the winner is picked - "strictly partial, happy-go-lucky, devil-may-care manner that only I can divine!"  Should be no other way!  Let's clarify how the winner is picked -  Lydia decides the winner in a strictly partial, happy-go-lucky, devil-may-care manner that only she can divine and which probably will make no sense at all to potential runners up.  Got that everybody - don't have to worry about what time or which data center either.  Good, fun, post!

thataway- If you are curious, I said that because no matter how great a winning post is, there is always someone that thinks their post was better.  I can't help that...I sympathize, because I've submitted articles in blog carnivals, etc and a couple of times I was shocked at the quality of the contenders and winners vs my own.  (Meaning I thought I should have at least placed.  ;-))  You just have to trust in the integrity of the judge and not try to second guess.  I figured that if I said something to address that issue up-front, maybe that would be understood by the contestants going in.  Perhaps humor wasn't the best way to put it, but that was the intent behind the words!

Lydia, I did find it humorous.  I like the rules.  It's your blog, you are the judge, and you pick the winners.  Just as it should be.  I loved your post and was not ribbing you.  I look forward to seeing the winning entry!

Regarding the runner-up.  I haven't submitted an entry yet, and I don't think I'll win, but I think my blog entry that I haven't submitted yet is better than the blog entry that will win!  [grin] 

Hope Lydia thinks so! LOL

If you want to enter you can just PM me here or use the contact form on the website.  Thats a DOHP! that someone just pointed out to me.  I'll be updating the posts in the morning (YAWN).  And by the way Joe, you have a good chance- you are a great blogger and (cue that Captain Kirk voice)  there...are...NOT...that many...submissions...yet...

This is a pretty cool idea! Now just let me see what I can write up worth competing

I wish I could use an older post.  I titled one "getting high in Austin" and it was about all the new high-rises being built downtown.  That title got me a lot of attention!

Very nice )