The competition begins on Sunday, January 9th, when the contestants will post their entries according to official Knucklehead guidelines. I'll link to their blogs from this site so you can check out their work, and then come back here to vote in the Knucklehead sidebar. Voting will run from Sunday through Wednesday, with the results posted each Thursday.
We'll start with
Here are the bloggers who will be vying for the coveted title of Knucklehead's Blog-Off 2011 Champion:
Our defending champ, Mike W-J, author of the blog Too Many Mornings
The Fred Effect, written by a guy named (duh) Fred
The lovely and talented Quirkyloon
If I Were God, written by someone who is admittedly NOT God (but aspires to be)
Candy, from Candy's Daily Dandy . . . the "hot chick" of the competition
Eva Gallant, author of Wrestling With Retirement
Glitter Frog, with our good friend Vicki
Last year's surprise Honorable Mention (surprising because he wasn't even entered in the contest), Homemaker Man and his wonder-blog entitled Musings From the Big Pink
And we have a late entry! Give it up for Cardio Girl!
For Round One, they'll all be writing about a story from their childhood. On Sunday, I'll link to them from here and as I mentioned before, you'll be asked to visit their sites and then come back here to vote.
Good luck to everyone!
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That would be the "other hot chick" of the competition. Thank you.
Now you did say that Steven Tyler would be the new guest judge, right?
That's the only reason why I agreed to do this thing.
*grin*
woo hoooo good luck everyone!
Hey, kick butt, folks! And no hiring goons to hamstring the competition in the parking lot. We leave that sort of thing to Olympic ice skaters.
I am upset that Quirkyloon doesn't get "hot chick" status. I think anyone whose avatar makes it appear that she has a wombat running around loose in her panties should automatically qualify. Bias!
(No Quirkyloons were harmed during the production of this comment. Wombats are theoretical, at best.)
Damn! I thought I was the hot chick of the competition!
Hey Chris,
Happy New Year!
Exactly how does one get to participate in Knucklehead's Blog-Off 2011? Are the bloggers selected by you??
- Eddy
Is Paula Abdul going to do any guest appearances as a judge?
Just so you know, it was because of your last contest that I found these blogs and finally decided to join.
I know two of the finalists but will definitely check out the others.
Thanks for the comments, as always. To answer an e-mailer, Blog-Off participants were chosen by the Knucklehead Talent Panel, consisting of, okay, me. I invited several of my favorite bloggers, with an emphasis on those who are a) focused on the writing craft b) familiar to me and c) other than the defending champ who has the right to defend the title, did NOT participate last year. The idea is to gain exposure for some of my favorites so they can expand their readership. I'm willing to add two more contestants, if anyone would like to apply or recommend someone to me (and send me their URL so I can see for myself).
Thanks!
Looking forward to it, Chris. And thanks for sponsoring this.
So it appears knucklehead controls all aspects of this contest -almost as if he's set himself up to be all-powerful... omnipotent even. Seems oddly yet uncomfortably familiar, but I can't place why.
Incidentally, the word verification for Me was 'endsin'. I kid you not. It must somehow know who's commenting? Setting my 2011 agenda?
Chris,
I have a worthy applicant for you. I enjoy her myself, if that counts for anything (and it goddamn better) -but only when my wife isn't around. She's http://www.cardiogirl.net/ and definitely worth reading.
Ok, I don't actually have damning abilities YET, other than verbal, but someday...
Ooh - I love competition. You are going to kill the bloggers who get voted out, right?
'Cause that only seems fair.
Hey there, it's me, Cardiogirl. I heard about this challenge over at God's place and because I'm extremely competitive I was hoping I could hop into the fray.
Also, I want to beat Mike at Too Many Mornings. But it the entries are closed, they're closed. I'll have to wait until next year to take Mike down at the knees.
Booyah, gingah! Thanks for letting me get my toe in the door!
Came here via Homemaker Man: what a cool deal. Never been to your site before, but now apparently I'll be coming back every Sunday to read entries. There goes church.
I can't wait. This is better than Idol because that show sucks.
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