Notes from JWR:

It was tough to judge the 24 excellent entries in the most recent round of the SurvivalBlog Non-Fiction Writing Contest. The grand prize winner is: Mike U., for his article “Unconventional Wisdom for CCW Permit Holders”, which was posted on May 19th. He will receive a three day course certificate from OnPoint Tactical. This certificate will be for his choice of three-day civilian courses. He will also receive two cases of Mountain House freeze-dried foods, courtesy of Ready Made Resources.

2nd Prize goes to RangerDoc, for “Health, Hygiene, Fitness and Medical Care in a Coming Collapse”, posted on May 8th. He will receive a”grab bag” of preparedness gear and books from Jim’s Amazing Secret Bunker of Redundant Redundancy (JASBORR) with a retail value of $350.

3rd Prize goes to Jim B., for “Preparing Your Family for ‘Interesting’ Times: A Covenantal Christian Perspective”, posted on April 8th. He will receive a copy of my “Rawles Gets You Ready” preparedness course, courtesy of Arbogast Publishing

Honorable mention prizes go to four writers. They will each receive a $30 Amazon.com gift certificate.

Note to the prize winners: Please e-mail me to let me know your snail mail addresses!
Today we begin Round 23 of the writing contest. This round of the contest will end on July 31st.

Since our readership is still growing rapidly (nearly doubled in the past 10 months!) , I’ve just increased the SurvivalBlog advertising rates by 10%. (At this point I have almost too many advertisers!)