Voting is now open for the gargleblaster challenge

Greetings, Earthlings!

Last week the grid closed in fewer than 24 hours. This week, the grid closed in about 14 hours. Holy. Cow. We wanted the gargleblaster to be fast and furious, and it seems like you all are down with that. Fantastic! 

If you missed the gargleblaster this week, please post your link in the comments of the voting post, or better yet, submit it to the moonshine grid. You won’t be eligible for a fancy winner’s badge, but really, it’s all about sharing your stuff, no? And here’s a tip for you: the gargleblaster is announced each week in the Sunday Kickoff post. If you’re not subscribed to our e-mail list, you might miss out! The link to subscribe is over there in the left-hand sidebar.

Voting the yeah write way

Since many of you are joining yeah write for the first time, it doesn’t hurt to go over the voting rules. Please take note:

• The gargleblaster is not a click-fest or a popularity contest. We want you to vote based on the merits of the submissions. Each visitor gets 3 votes, and none may vote for his or her own submission. Read them all, then vote. Gargleblasters are short and go down easy – it shouldn’t take that long.
• We encourage you to invite your friends, families and fans to visit and vote. If you ask your people to vote for your entry, please let them know they have three votes, and they should vote for yours only if it’s one of the best on the grid. Campaigning for your own targeted votes is highly discouraged.
• Yeah write and the Inlinkz app allow only one set of votes per IP address. Again: one person, one set of votes. Sure, there are ways to get around this restriction, but that’s cheating, and the editors will more than likely notice. Besides, do you really want to win that way? We didn’t think so!
• The editors do monitor the voting to keep things fair. If we notice targeted voting, self-voting, or other rules-flouting, we will remove votes.

Voting is open until Wednesday, 10:00 PM Eastern

While voting is open, you’ll see voting icons on each thumbnail below. If you don’t see the icons, voting is closed. You may vote for three favorites by clicking the voting icon. Once you’ve voted, the icon will disappear. You’re done, and you can spend the rest of your time campaigning for your favorites!

Winners will be posted on Thursday by 12:00 PM Eastern

You’re all winners in our book just for participating, but the crowd favorite walks away with the coveted gargleblaster winner’s badge.

Go to it, and good luck!

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