Monday, September 1, 2008

HOW TO ENTER

Entries are now open! Welcome to the 3rd Annual Cat Blogosphere Halloween Costoom Contest! (CLIK HEER to see last yeer's entries.)

Log in to submit yer entry using:

Username: kyootcostoom
Passwerd: halloween2007 (I know, I know)

If yoo want to sponser a category, please leave a message in the comments field telling me what yer category will be and what prize yer giving away.

Heer's a badge to stik on yer blog:



Heer are sum of the prizes we'll be giving owt:

AWARD: BEST COSTOOM (Viewer's Choice)
PRIZE: Sponsership of a Best Frends cat (or NOMS frend) AND a pink Skeezy cap AND a trophy

AWARD: The Make-Me-Ware-Anything-but-a-Smile and I'll-Skratch-Yer-Frikkin-Eyes-Owt Award
Prize:
Whirlybird Cat Toy (or replacemint berdies)
Aknowledjing that not evry cat is up for waring costooms, this prize will be awarded to the best entries that have been dijitally manipyulated to put da costoom on da cat. DIGITALLY MANIPYOOLATED FOTOS ONLY.



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AWARD: The Nitro-S.-Pierce-Suk-up-to-the-Contest-Organizers Award

Prize:A "Skeezy is my Homeboy" travel coffee mug or a pink Skeezy cap (yer choice)

Two yeers ago, Nitro S. Pierce bloo away the competishun by pozing in a Skeezix the Cat costoom. Of korse, he wun. We've had a Skeezix Costoom Category ever sinse.







The Make-Me-Ware-Anything-but-a-Smile and I'll-Skratch-Yer-Frikkin-Eyes-Owt Award
Prize:
Whirlybird Cat Toy (or replacemint berdies)
Aknowledjing that not evry cat is up for waring costooms, this prize will be awarded to the best entries that have been dijitally manipyulated to put da costoom on da cat. DIGITALLY MANIPYOOLATED FOTOS ONLY.

JETER HARRIS is sponsering a prize for the Best-Costumed Squillion
Prize: A best frends sponsership, a Yankees cap AND an "eksitin prize to be annownced atta later date"

ANGUS MHOR is sponsering a prize for Most Original Home-Made Costume
Prize: "the new 2009 Cute Overload Desk Calendar and a treat prize as yet undetermined"

MONTY Q CAT will sponser a "SweetBean Category" in wich Baby Bean will pik her faverite!
Prize: Halloween Sock Kitten

HotMBC will sponser a BEST BLINGY COSTOOM category for the most blingy costoom.
Prizes: Handmade bling from MomRobyn: a blingy collar or collar charm for theirselv and a blingy necklace for their human bean.

Grrreta is giving away a $50 Amazon Gift Card: Category TBD!


DaisyMae Maus is sponsering the SPICIEST VIXIN and MANCATLIEST MANCAT Costoom Awards.
Prizes: Squillions custom painted in the winners' image! WOW! Deetales heer.




AND MORE PRIZES WILL BE ANNOWNSED IN COMING WEEKS!



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THE ROOLZ & HOW TO ENTER
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  1. Add yer entry as a blog post heer (halloweencontest.blogspot.com).
    Username: kyootcostoom@gmail.com
    Passwerd: halloween2007.
    IMPORTUNT: Put yer name in the Title line, and
    BE SHUR TO PROVIDE A LINK TO YER BLOG OR CATSTER PROFILE AT THE BOTTUM OF YER ENTRY (so we can contakt yoo abowt yer prizes).

  2. Yoo do not need to spesify yer category. All entries will be considerd for prizes in all appropriate categories. But, feel free to deeskribe yer entry in any way yoo like.

  3. Feel free to add poetry, hi-koo, myoosik, videeyo or anything else that mite git yoo notist by the judges.

  4. Dijitally manipulayted (ie Photoshop) fotos are akseptuble IXSEPT in the Best Costoom category. However, appreesheeating how hard it can be to poze in a costoom, cats hoo are akshully waring the costooms will generally have a slite edge over photoshopped costooms. One prize is reezerved excloosively for the best Dijitally manipulayted entry.

  5. DEDLINE: 11:59 pm PDT on 10/29. On OCT 30th, the finulists for the Best Costoom (Viewer's Choice) prize will be posted and voting will be open until 10pm PDT on 10/31. Winners will be annownst on Halloween at 10:31pm PDT
  6. Voting for the "Viewer's Choice" award is by populer vote. Finulists for the Best Costoom (Viewer's Choice) Award will be chozen by a selekt panel of judges hoo will be swade by comments left by viewers. Yer encourajed to point fans to yer entry and solisit comments. Comment spam cood get yoo disqwalifide, tho. We will do owr best to pik finulists hoo best reprezent hoo evrybuddy liked the best. Voting for all other categories will be by the category sponsers.

  7. Only one entry per cat or NOMS frend. ALL non-peepul members of yer howsehold can enter.
  8. ELIJIBILITY: Any cat who has a blog or is a Catster member is elijibul. In addishun, NOMS frends may enter (for ixzampul, Titus, Fiona, Roxy, Gloria, Lucky) if they have a blog or Dogster ID. All living cats in any howsehold may enter.

  9. I can chanje the roolz anytime I wunt becuz it's MY contest!TM

  10. The winners will be announced on Halloween at 10:31pm PDT.