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Sunday, April 6, 2008

Naming contest open for another week

One week has elapsed since we first launched our contest to give the Official Blog an official name at the end of March.

The contest is open for another seven days, counting today, so you have until then to get your suggestions in. If you haven't heard about the naming contest, check out the initial announcement for background.

The rules, again, are as follows:
  • Submissions must be entered by United States mail, email, or through our contact form. Your submission must contain valid contact information. (We may consider incomplete submissions in our decision, but if we cannot get in touch with you, you'll be ineligible for the prize). Submissions that are not written or typed will not be accepted.
  • All submissions must be sent in by April 12th, 2008. The electronic submission deadline is at noon; United States mail must be postmarked by this date. Any submissions sent in after then will be ineligible for the prize.
  • Your submission, in addition to your contact information and the word you think we should adopt as the name for our Official Blog, should contain a concise argument in support of your nomination.
  • You may enter as many submissions as you'd like. However, if we deem any of your submissions to be bogus (in other words, spam or silly names that are not submitted in good faith) you will be disqualified from the contest, even if some of your submissions are valid - and even if we choose one of them. You may be humorous in your explanation, but the name you submit to us should be a serious nomination.
  • Nominations consisting of names we already use in our other projects (Journal on Permanent Defense; Dispatch, Outlook, Digest, and Bulletin on Pacific NW Portal) will not be considered. Please submit something original and fresh that we haven't thought of.
And here are the basic criteria we're looking for:
  • It must be easy to pronounce.
  • It must sound solid if it stands on its own (like The Times) or with our organization's name in front of it (like The Northwest Progressive Institute Herald).
  • It should not be something that is already in excessive use (for example, Times or Herald).
  • It should not contain a time of day (for example, Morning Herald). This is a blog and this is the age of the twenty four hour news cycle!
  • It should be reflective of our organization's mission to advance the common good through ideas and action.
Nominations may be submitted in three ways. If you'd like to use our contact form, follow the link. If you'd rather submit by mail, send to the following addresses:

Email. Use feedback (at) nwprogressive (dot) org.

United States Mail. Conserve paper and use a postcard!
Northwest Progressive Institute
Post Office Box 264
Redmond WA 98073
The winner will receive a multi-faceted prize, including a gift certificate to Jackson Street Books, lunch with myself and NPI Outreach & Advocacy Director Rick Hegdahl (we're paying!), a free ticket to our exciting May fundraising gala (this naming contest is the only way to get a free ticket, by the way) and finally, a complimentary copy of either Outfoxed, SiCKO, Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price, or An Inconvenient Truth (you choose!)

Remember, the deadline is April 12th. You have until then to dazzle us with your candidate for the new name of our Official Blog.

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