It was tough to judge the 24 excellent entries in the most recent round of the SurvivalBlog Non-Fiction Writing Contest [1]. The grand prize winner is: Mike U., for his article “Unconventional Wisdom for CCW Permit Holders” [2], 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 [3]. 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” [4], 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” [5], 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.
- John the Midwestern Hiker for “Backpackers of the Apocalypse: Selecting and Ultra-Lighting Your Bug-Out Bag” [6] (posted April 8th)
- Travis A. for “Save Money, Get Prepared, and Eat Healthier with Intermediate Term Food Storage” [7] (posted April 22nd.)
- N.J. for “The Pressure Cooker: An Overlooked Preparedness Tool” [8] (posted May 25th)
- LCHS for “Baking and Simple Cooking After a Disaster” [9] (posted May 26th)
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.
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Since our readership is still growing rapidly (nearly doubled in the past 10 months!) , I’ve just increased the SurvivalBlog advertising rates [10] by 10%. (At this point I have almost too many advertisers!)