Announcing the Sammies!
NEW- Download a Sammies flyer to post anywhere and everywhere. It even has the little pull-offs at the bottom! Post it at your local coffee shop, college art or film department, or at your next taxpayers association meeting.
Are you a modern-day Sam Adams? Do you know how to get your message out about government accountability and transparency in your community? Local leaders, bloggers and video producers can enter for a chance to win cash prizes totaling $35,000!
The Sammies are a series of awards for outstanding citizen leadership and creativity. Cash prizes totaling $35,000 will be awarded to citizen leaders who are making effective change for more accountable and transparent government.
“We’re pleased to have this opportunity to recognize ‘Modern-Day Sam Adamses’ – the citizen leaders who are working hard to promote and defend liberty,” said Bob Costello, president of The Sam Adams Alliance.
“We’re looking forward to learning more about local efforts and the creative ways people spread the word on important issues like government accountability and transparency.”
“The Sammies” include awards for citizen campaigns, creative events, blogging, and videos. The program seeks to publicize recent efforts that may not have received adequate attention, and to encourage more people to stand up for good government practices in their communities.
The Sam Adams Alliance focuses on issues of financial accountability, private property rights, government transparency and political corruption, and we're looking for people who are doing the same.
- Videos: Produce one short documentary-style OR one short satire about local or state government issues: $5,000 cash prizes for each.
- Best Local-Subject Blogger: Post regularly on a blog that covers local issues such as financial accountability, financial corruption, transparency, property rights, etc.: $5,000 cash prize.
- Tea Party Award: Make a public political point by earning media attention, just like Sam Adams at the Boston Tea Party: $5,000 cash prize.
- Sunshine Award: Use open records laws to uncover government corruption or waste: $5,000 prize.
- Modern-Day Sam Adams: Lead a local political effort and achieve a victory for liberty: $10,000 cash prize.
All submissions are due by December 7, 2007, and the winners will be showcased at an event in Chicago later in December, where they will be presented with golden colored Sam Adams bobbleheads, or “Sammies.”
Please review our contest details and rules for more information about The Sammies.
