{"id":761,"date":"2004-05-08T11:25:21","date_gmt":"2004-05-08T15:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=761"},"modified":"2009-01-16T17:53:40","modified_gmt":"2009-01-16T21:53:40","slug":"post-of-the-month-contest-for-april-2004","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/2004\/05\/post-of-the-month-contest-for-april-2004\/","title":{"rendered":"Post of the Month contest for April 2004"},"content":{"rendered":"

The last Post of the Month contest was fun, and generated some thoughtful comments<\/a>. It’s that time again (actually, a little past that time — I’m running behind, as usual). We are now accepting nominations for Post of the Month for April 2004. Here are the rules (mostly the same as they were last time):
\n
\n1. Any post in the LDS blogosphere, on any blog, is eligible, as long as it was posted during the month of March. (What is the LDS blogosphere? I’m looking for posts that deal with an LDS or LDS-related issue, or that approach an issue in an LDS way. This is a pretty loose and forgiving standard; mainly, I don’t want to see nominations of purely political, legal, or other off-topic posts — “John Kerry is a good\/bad candidate because __” — even if they are well-written posts and were posted by an LDS blogger).
\n2. To be considered by the judges, a post must be nominated and seconded in the comments section of this post.
\n3. Commenters may nominate only one post<\/i>. (They may second<\/i> as many nominations as they want to).<\/p>\n

(i.e., comments should be along the lines of:
\nAdam – I nominate Jim’s post of __ date.
\nKristine – I second the nomination of Jim’s post.
\nKristine – I nominate Dave’s post of __ date.
\netc.)<\/p>\n

4. Judging will be performed by a secret, hand-picked panel.
\n5. No one may nominate or second their own post. Last time, I refrained from nominating or seconding; this time, I’m going to relax that rule, and allow myself to nominate or second as well.
\n6. The prize will be recognition of the post as Post of the Month. A small prize (not likely to exceed $10 in value) may also be awarded.
\n7. How will the posts be judged? That’s a good question. Generally, I believe the judges will try to reward original, well-thought, important posts. Perhaps a post that makes people think about a new way to approach the Book of Mormon, or that presents a new, exciting thought on the atonement. Hopefully we will have lots of nominations of posts that reflect high-quality, in-depth, interesting, and provocative blogosphere participation.
\n8. The nomination process will close at midnight on May 7.
\n9. Further discussion of posts in the comment section is welcomed. “I really liked Bob’s post because it ___” are encouraged. Attacks on posts are not encouraged.
\n10. Posts will be judged on their content, not on the comments they did or did not generate. (Not all blogs have comments, and some blogs have more comment participation than others).
\n11. Any questions, comments, or suggestions can be sent to me.<\/p>\n

Nominations are now open.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The last Post of the Month contest was fun, and generated some thoughtful comments. It’s that time again (actually, a little past that time — I’m running behind, as usual). We are now accepting nominations for Post of the Month for April 2004. Here are the rules (mostly the same as they were last time):<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bloggernacle"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=761"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5861,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761\/revisions\/5861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}