Use the entry form to send us a short opinion essay (400 words or less) pegged to a topic in the news and an additional paragraph (100 words or less) on yourself and why you should win. Entries will be judged on the basis of style, intelligence and freshness of argument, but not on whether Post editors agree or disagree with your point of view. Entry deadline: Oct. 21, 2009 at 11:59 p.m. ET.I may just have to phone this one in: $200/column seems fairly low-wage by Potomac Pooh-Bah Pundit standards.
...Beginning on or about Oct. 30, ten prospective pundits will get to compete for the title of America’s Next Great Pundit, facing off in challenges that test the skills a modern pundit must possess. They’ll have to write on deadline, hold their own on video and field questions from Post readers. ... After each round, a panel of Post personalities will offer kudos and catcalls, and reader votes will help to determine who gets another chance at a byline and who has to shut down their laptop.
...The ultimate winner will get the opportunity to write a weekly column that may appear in the print and/or online editions of The Washington Post, paid at a rate of $200 per column, for a total of 13 weeks and $2,600.
What could I write about? I suppose I could elaborate more on the Fatness of Teabaggers: that seemed to have caught people's eyes most-recently. But that would be more photoessay, not opinion piece, and would no doubt be unnecessarily cruel and step on the toes of important, late middle-aged folks (who can't see their toes anyway) and cause nothing but heartburn for the Editors and chastisement for myself.
No, blogging for free is the life....
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