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Blagaigí!

BilletesFuair mé r-phost le déanaí ó Oifigeach na Gaeilge in Institiúid Teicneolaíochta Bhaile Átha Cliath. Tá siad ag déanamh urraíochta ar an gComórtas Blagadóireachta san Oireachtas arís i mbliana. Is dócha (agus cur i gceart mé má táim ar strae faoi seo) nach bhfuil comórtas blagála eile sa tír seo le duais chomh mór le bhuachan: €500.00 don bhuaiteoir! Cé tá ag tarraingt a bhfoclóir Uí Dhónaill amach ó chúl an chófra anois?! De réir na rialacha, áfach,

Ba cheart don scríbhneoireacht sa bhlag a bheith dúshlánach, spreagúil, corraitheach agus taitneamhach, agus insint agus stíl bhríomhar sholéite i nGaeilge nádúrtha a bheith i gceist. Maidir le hábhar, bheadh aon cheann de na seánraí seo a leanas inghlactha: prós; filíocht; dialann; gné-alt; tuairisceoireacht nuachta; tráchtaireacht spóirt/pholaitiúil/eacnamaíochta; léirmheastóireacht cheoil/drámaíochta/scannánaíochta; alt taighde nó eile (níl aon srian maidir le hábhar).

B’fhéidir go bhfuil níos mó béime sa chomórtas seo ar caighdeán, stíl agus cruinneas na scríobhnóireachta ná mar atá i gcomórtas eile blagadóireachta ach is mír den chomórtas liteartha den Oireachtas an comórtas seo. Ní aon íonadh an bhéim sin mar sin. Má tá tú ag smaoineamh ar iontráil a chur isteach ní leor tús a chur le blag i nGaeilge inniu (don bhliain seo ar aon nós!) Caithfidh do bhlag i nGaeilge a bheith beo agus tugtha suas chun dáta rialta go leor ó 30 Márta 2010 go 30 Meitheamh 2010. Is é an spriocdháta ar iontrálacha an chéad lá mí Iúil agus gheofar tuilleadh eolais i leith iontráil anseo.

Déanfar an blag a mheas maidir leis na critéir seo a leanas:

  • caighdeán na scríbhneoireachta tríd síos;
  • chomh húdarásach is atá an scríbhneoir agus é ag scríobh faoi pé ábhar atá roghnaithe aige/aici;
  • an méid a chuireann an blag leis an bpobal Gaeilge ar líne trí ábhar suimiúil a chur faoi bhráid a lucht léitheoireachta (idir thagairtí d’fhoinsí eile agus a c(h)uid scríbhneoireachta féin);
  • an tuiscint agus tiomantas a léiríonn an t-údar i leith úsáid na meán ar líne ar bhonn sóisialta agus na buntáistí atá anseo don Ghaeilge;
  • an méid idirphlé a chruthaíonn an blag agus an dóigh a spreagtar an t-idirphlé seo (mar shampla, spás do nótaí tráchta agus naisc le blaganna eile a bheith curtha ar fáil).

Feicim ó suíomh álainn nua an Oireachtais freisin go bhfuil comórtas nua acu freisin le cabhair ó Ionad an Léinn Cheiltigh i Má Nuad darbh ainm de Giob Geab do theachtaireacht téacs! Speisiúil!

Go n-éirí libh!
Is le Eric Caballeroan ghriangraf thuas (cc)

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A Beautie-ful surprise

Finally back on Irish soil after a five am start to Beauvais this morning (how bad says you). I’m sitting in Superquinn car park feeling a lot worse for wear. Himself is in the supermarket picking up the homecoming essentials with Nipper 2.0. Nipper 1.0 is awakening none too happy from a snooze and Nipper 3.0 (Beta) is kicking the bejaysus outta me after a day on the go has kept it lulled into silence. I decide to check my Twitter because that is my default activity during moments of inactivity. I am thrilled to receive this tweet:

Well done to LittleQuiz winners  @enormous and @kevism this week ::  http://is.gd/4CsMw

I won €250 worth of  yet to be revealed cosmetic fabulousness as well as the Beautie Guide to Gorgeous so it’s the prize that will just go on giving. I love reading beauty tips so really looking forward to diving right in. One less thing I have to drop hints about this Crimble! Or possibly many less things – I’ll keep you posted about what I receive and what I think of them.

 I love LittleQuiz and enter it every week (except I skipped the week of the mobile phone even though I’m a big fan of LouderVoice, the company who were running it. Cosmetics I need, a second phone I do not.) I think it’s such a simple but clever idea. I get an email newsletter or I’ll see a tweet every week about the latest competition. As the tagline goes, “Know a little, win a lot.” I answer three questions, log-in and I’m done. I also always tweet about it and leave a comment on the blog because then I’m also in with a chance of winning €100 cash or a bag of goodies. If this has convinced you head on over and sign up. Although I shouldn’t really encourage you as it lessens my chances of winning all the goodies!

I’ve done well this year entering blogging, commenting and twittering competitions, having won tickets to Puppetfest and €150 from Made in Hollywood for a caption competition. Bloggers and twitterers are often given cool prizes to give away, sometimes giving items away after reviewing them. While the blogger may have reach of their own, competitions often give them greater reach as news of their “generosity” spreads. It also gives companies a boost as news of their generosity spreads and they can gather twitter followers, blog readers, site visitors, social network fans or whatever they’re having themselves. I think this is a great example of how a brand can spread the same message across numerous channels and achieve results on all of them. I also reckon you have (but only currently and not for long) a much better chance of winning a prize from a blogger or twitterer then you might in say an Irish Times phone-in competition. I have no scientific basis for assertion this but I can tell you honestly that I never won a thing in my life before I started entering competitions online. I really hope I don’t get hooked! If this is not reason enough for you to start blogging & tweeting yourself  or, at the very least, commenting, then I don’t know what is!