Monday, September 17, 2007

Get Readddddyyy To Rrrrummmmble   [Jonah Goldberg]

Today begins the new college blogger contest. I'm one of the judges. The grand prize is $10,000. I will be judging based on three criteria A) ability to clean my garage in a timely and thorough manner; B) the social utility of said bloggers' parents and C) all around good looks and flirtatiousness (male college bloggers are automatically disqualified on this score so you better have well-connected parents and get busy cleaning my garage).

I'm kidding, I'm kidding. Here are the real details from the press release:

WASHINGTON—America's Future Foundation today announced a contest for
college bloggers with a grand prize of $10,000.

The purpose of the contest is to encourage original liberty-minded
blogger journalism on college campuses and to identify young
conservative and libertarian talent who wish to pursue careers as
journalists and writers. The contest is open to all graduate and
undergraduate bloggers age 25 and younger.

The winning blog will be awarded a cash prize of $10,000, and be
invited to be a panelist at an AFF Roundtable on higher education in
Washington, D.C. The award will be announced on April 7, 2008.

A panel of renowned bloggers will judge the contest. Judges include:

- Jonathan Adler of The Volokh Consipracy
- Radley Balko of The Agitator
- Robert Bluey of The Heritage Foundation and RobertBluey.com
- Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online
- Mary Katharine Ham of TownHall.com
- Megan McArdle of JaneGalt.net

To enter, and for the complete set of rules, college bloggers can
visit www.americasfuture.org/collegeblogger. There bloggers can enter
their site for consideration. The deadline for entries is December
31, 2007. From the entries, AFF will choose ten finalists. The panel
of seven judges will then track the blogs between January and April
and will then choose a winner.

"The best college bloggers can influence their campuses in two ways,"
said America's Future Foundation executive director David Kirby.
"First, college bloggers can communicate the philosophy of liberty
and the economics of free markets to fellow students—ideas rarely
taught by their professors. And, second, bloggers can give an inside
scoop to trustees and alumni on campus controversies."

For more information, contact David Kirby at 202-331-2261.

09/17 09:25 AMShare