I just finished counting all votes for the Lists Group Writing Project, and now it’s time to announce the top picks among the 67 entries. And the winners are…
First Prize
7 Tricks You Need to Fight Procrastination by Samir Bharadwaj
Samir’s article does a terrific job in presenting strategies to fight the procrastination beast. With 14 votes, Samir takes home the US$100 and gets to choose first among three creativity boosters (Ball of Whacks, Creative Whack Pack or Innovative Whack Pack). Congratulations!
Second Prize
7 Powerful Tips to Overcome Failure by Donald Latumahina
Donald’s article is a great one to keep handy during difficult times. Donald got 13 votes and gets to choose second for a creativity booster so he can have even more great ideas for new posts.
Third Prize
18 Tips to Become a Productive Blogger by Monika Mundell and
100 Resources To Improve Your Career, Relationships And Money by Lawrence Cheok
Monika has many great tips that are useful not only to bloggers, but to any knowledge worker. With 12 votes, she gets the third place and the third creativity booster.
Lawrence’s impressive list of useful resources also got 12 votes. According to the rules, Monika would win the prize alone (she submitted her entry first), but, hey, a little generosity doesn’t hurt: Lawrence also gets a deserved creativity booster.
Congratulations to the 4 winners! They deserve much more than the prizes and recognition, so please pay them a visit, check out their other great articles and drop a comment or two with feedback.
You may also be curious about how well all the other entries did, as well as finding out who voted on which entries. For the full scoop, download the final results spreadsheet [.xls, 121 kb]).
Thanks to Everybody
Thanks to everybody who participated for turning this project in a big success! I was really astounded by the diversity of topics and I really appreciate the amount of effort poured into the articles — thank you!
I’ve met some great new people and added quite a few new blogs in my regular reading list. Kicking off this project was really rewarding for me in many ways, and I truly hope it was also a good experience to all readers and participants.
Thanks for hosting this project, Luciano. I found a lot of interesting things to read.
Thanks for creating this blog participate challenge. I had a great time and read some amazing blogs, I hope to see another one soon!
thanks for holding this contest! i really enjoyed myself.
Congrats to the winners!
You deserved it. And yay! I got three votes
Thanks for organizing this Luciano, it was fun.
I was just winding down for the day in my part of the world, when I noticed a new trackback on my blog. Obviously, I was curious as to who the winner was, but this was certainly not expected. Thank you!
Thanks Luciano, for organizing a great event. I’ve taken part in a handful of these group writing projects now, and this has been the most active and fun. You have a wonderful bunch of readers, and I found some really interesting blogs and bloggers I didn’t know about before.
A big thank you to all those who diligently voted, and my hearty congratulation to all the winners — it was obviously very close. Last, but not the least, a huge shoutout to all the participants. Many of the entries were excellent and have earned a proud positions in my bookmarks. Hope to see more of all of you on the blogosphere.
Thanks and best wishes,
Samir
P.S. Lucianno also warned me of an error with the comments on my blog which has now been corrected. My appologies for anyone who tried to leave a comment during this glitch. Feel free to jump in now, the water is fine.
Haha… this is indeed a pleasant surprise. Looks like I just managed to squeeze myself in
It’s being a great experience.
Luciano, thanks for organizing this and thanks to all participants.
I have made a few new friends through this project, and I hope that we continue to keep in touch through our blogging. If there’s anyone interested to do that, I can be reached via my email lawrence@lawrencecheok.com
Thanks a lot for organizing the project, Luciano! I agree with Samir, it’s been a fun and rewarding experience.
Also congratulations to Samir and all the other participants! There are so many great entries here that I never expected to be one of the winners. Many thanks to those who voted for me.
Hi Luciano,
What a great surprise I had when I logged into my admin just then. A huge congratulation to Samir for the win and also my fellow winners.
Thank you to everybody who made it possible for me to get 3rd prize. That’s just awesome and Luciano, you hosted a top competition, thanks for having me.
Wow, I feel like I’m making an Oscar speech. Hehehe…:-)
Congratulations to all the winners and to Luciano for a successful contest
Thanks Luciano for the interesting contest and congratulations to the winners!
Luciano, thanks for everything!
It was a lot of work for you to do this. Thanks for introducing everyone to new websites and new areas of interest.
All the best!
Hey Luciano, agreed with the others, thanks for the contest. Had a lot of fun. Congrats to the winners too.
Cheers,
Albert | UrbanMonk.Net
Modern personal development, entwined with ancient spirituality.
Interesting contest, I’m sorry that I missed it. I’ll be watching via RSS for the next one to come around.
Just discovered the blog. Liking it a lot.
Nice article at no. 2 – 7 tips to beat failure. Very precise and to the point.