****UPDATE 7-22-07 CONTEST EXTENDED. GREYDON SQUARE CATEGORY ADDED. OTHER CHANGES AND PRIZES AWARDED. PLEASE REVIEW AGAIN AND SUBMIT SOMETHING!!!****

NOTE: DUE TO ERROR IN LINKS AND LOW SUBMISSIONS, THIS CONTEST HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO MARCH 15TH, 2008.

IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION READ EVERYTHING FIRST, CLICK LINKS! COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS SHOULD BE POSTED PUBLICLY IN THIS THREAD FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL PARTICIPANTS! PLEASE DISTRIBUTE THE INFORMATION OF THIS SUBMISSION DRIVE FREELY.

The Rational Response Squad is proud to announce a call to action for content submissisions. We have been blown away by the positive feedback we've received from the freethinking community. Thanks to everyone who has placed a banner, or our player on your website and helped spread the word in some manner. We've received many great written submissions of thoughts and views, but had no place to put them, so we've created a guideline to help you, help us. The categories in which we need submissions are listed below, send us your best material. Your writings will be added to our library of articles, essays, and debunkings. We're hoping to build one of the largest and diverse free libraries of rational thoughts on the internet. Please post everything publicly on our forum so it's there for all RRS members to access who are working on this project. In addition to hosting everything in a free web archive, we may also compile views into a free e-book or a book for sale to generate money for activist projects. Not that you need a reward to share your views with others, but as a thank you we'll be awarding prizes to as many of the top participants as we can. Prizes will be awarded based on effort put in and quality of writing.

We've put the categories in order of need and may alter the order later as submissions come in.
Prizes will be awarded MARCH 15TH, 2008, but you can continue to submit content well after MARCH 15TH, 2008.

The first section is a brief summary of items in need, the following section is a further explanation of the same topics and what we're looking for.

BRIEF SUMMARY SECTION

ARTICLE SUBMISSION REQUESTS IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE

1. Flyer creation for the Rational Response Squad Perpetual Enlightenment. (a counter to Christian "tracts") Submissions go here.
2. In the spirit of the Sam Harris book, "Letter to a Christian Nation" write an essay imploring theists to leave their irrational beliefs behind. Example here Submissions go here.
3. Write an essay entitled "I am the Rational Response Squad" (please see details below) Submissions go here.
4. Write a letter to a specific loved one or friend who embraces an irrational theistic worldview. Example here Submissions go here.
5. A debunking of any creationist or theist site. Also debunkings of specific arguments of theists. Example here Submissions go here.
6. Write an essay entitled "I am every atheist" (please see details below) Submissions go here.
7. Write a book review for a freethought or atheist book! You can post the reviews in this thread.

VIDEO SUBMISSION REQUESTS SPECIAL CASH PRIZES AWARDED IN THIS CATEGORY!

1. Create the best music video for Proclaims' song "Brainwashed" download the original, download the remix.
2. Create the best music video for the title track to Proclaims' new album "Question Everything" download
3. Create the best music video for any Greydon Square song!!! (NEW!!!) The Compton Effect

PRIZES FOR SUBMISSIONS TONS OF PRIZES AWARDED FOR THE MOST HELPFUL PARTICIPANTS AND THE BEST ENTRIES!

• 1 RRS wall clock signed by RRS show hosts
• 1 RRS mousepad signed by RRS show hosts
• 1 RRS T-shirt
• 1 Evolvefish "Darwin" Emblem Shirt courtesy of Evolve Fish
• 5 Evolvefish Emblems courtesy of Evolve Fish
• 5 lifetime subscriptions to the Rational Response Squad radio show
• 5 Brian Flemming signed copies of The God Who Wasn't There DVD
• 15 subscriptions to the first 25 RRS shows
• 1 copy of "The God Delusion" autographed by it's author, Richard Dawkins
• 2 copies of David Mills book Atheist Universe signed by the author and personalized to "member of RRS."
• 3 copies of Valerie Taricos book The Dark Side: How Evangelical Teachings Corrupt Love and Truth.
• 1 copy of Nick Gisburnes book The Atheists Are Revolting.
• Fame, Recognition, Notoriety! Outstanding submissions may be read on air. Authors of pieces may be asked to appear on show. Your flyer or article may be the most read, talked about, or handed out piece of literature!

FURTHER EXPLANATION

ARTICLE SUBMISSION REQUESTS IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE

1. Flyer creation for the Rational Response Squad Perpetual Enlightenment. (a counter to Christian "tracts") The ideal flyer would be one that captures your attention, is not too confrontational and is filled with verifiable facts. Flyers can be pictorial or textual and up to two pages (one piece front and back). The perfect flyer encourages the reader to find out more about the flaws in theism after they've read it. Possibly the biggest prize of all is having a flyer you created handed out millions of times over the rest of your life in an attempt to help our fellow man abandon his mind crutch. There are so many ways to attack religion, we're reluctant to suggest how best to go about it. Pick a theme, come up with something that people will actually want to read, and people will actually want to hand out. If you're a cartoon artist or can sketch something out you may want to make a comic strip. If you would like to make your message very small and to the point, this may be a good method as well. Smaller messages save paper, you could print it two (or more) times per page and fill front and back! All flyers should link people to www.RationalResponders.com