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Tuesday, October 21, 2003
9:58:00 AM EDT
Hearing 22 Days in June -- Lesley Wright

15 Hours of Fame Questions


I've been getting a bunch of questions about the AOL 15 Hours of Fame contest (AOL-only link), in which AOL Journalers who whip up particularly thrilling entries will be promoted off the AOL front screen for (yes) 15 hours, thus practically ensuring their Journal is visited in that time by more people than live in some entire states. In other words, for those 15 hours, you'll probably have the most visited Journal or blog in the known universe. No, I'm not eligible. No, I'm not jealous. Just leave me to my seething.

The primary questions are: Do I send in a link to a particular entry? Or to the Journal at large? And how many times can I enter? Well, I've looked through the Official Rules, and here's what I've got for you:

1. Submit a particular entry, not your journal in general.

2. You have to submit the entry within five days of creating it. AOL wants the entries to be fresh.

3. You can only enter one entry. The specific wording is "one entry per person/screenname" which might imply that you can enter more than one entry if you have more than one screenname, but personally I would advise you to assume the most limited definition there, just to be safe.

4. Your journal entry doesn't just have to be words -- you can include various pictures, sounds, links -- whatever you think helps you express yourself best. AOL does note the entry has to conform to AOL's Terms of Service, but honestly, now, I think you have figured out on your own. As interesting as an entry called "Ted's Parade of Pointless Nudity!" would be, it's not very likely AOL would point to it off its main screen.

5. This is important -- The entry has to be about you and your life: "Entries should be personal to the entrant and should not merely retell another person's story." After all, if you are selected, you will be on the front screen of AOL for more than half a day. Shouldn't your entry be about you?

I do encourage all of you to read the Official Rules before you enter so you're up on the parameters AOL is placing on the contest. But if you have any other questions, feel free to send them along; I'll be happy to answer them as best I can.



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  • #2 Comment from fyrecracker1 
    10/22/03 1:53 PM | Permalink
    I haven't seen anything about this, because I use AOL.com, not AOL as a server. I am in a different state then where my screen name is based. Is there any way you can give me all the information about this? I am very interested... Thank you! ~Nadine

    This thing called... Life.
    http://journals.aol.com/fyrecracker1/MyLife/
  • #1 Comment from happyb8888 
    10/21/03 2:43 PM | Permalink
    I subbmitted one, but never received an email saying they got it like you're supposed to. Now I'm wondering if it even made it to them.

    That Happy Chica,
    Marcia Ellen