As you are aware, we are presently hosting a worldwide contest specifically designed to reward the top creative thinkers in the public relations business. Well, five months into the program, a significant trend has emerged. The Brits have taken a commanding lead! With today's announcement, 60 percent of all our winners thus far have come from the UK.

Today, we are thrilled to announce that Andrew Smith, Principal at the UK-based marketing consultancy object marketing limited, has won the Creative Caption Contest for May. After several rounds of careful consideration, his caption, “DRINKING PR 2.0 KOOL-AID: FIRST EVIDENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS REVEALED," was the overwhelming choice of our seven judges.

On hearing that he had won, Smith (pictured left) was noticeably shocked and directly took to the bottle. Smith said: "Bugger me. That's the easiest $1000 I've ever made - beats doing PR. I've never won anything in my life before. Apart from the class prize for English in my fifth year at secondary school - and that was only a book, mind you. Nevertheless, I feel my education has finally been vindicated by winning this, like, totally AWESOME prize."

Congratulations Andrew!

When asked what he was going to do with the money, Smith said: "I'm going to give the money to my 17-month old son Archie to put in his savings account. It'll hopefully make a small dent in his no doubt mountainous student debt he'll begin accumulating by the time he turns 18. Or help him get a proper job - not like his dad."

SERIOUS NOTE

To all the contest participants, thank you kindly. We want you to know how much we appreciate every entry. We especially want you to know how much care goes into the selection process. Please understand that due to the overwhelming number of entries, as well as the subjective nature of judging creative frankly, the outcomes tend to be a little unpredictable.

Bottom line: Do know that all the entries have been winners in their own right. And even though it is not possible, we'd love to award all our participants.

We look forward to your next caption.  Best of luck next month.

VERY SPECIAL THANKS

Finally, thank you thank you thank you to all our friends at Waggener Edstrom Worldwide. Marianne, Frank, Jenny, Joyce... everyone at WE could not have been more supportive these last five months. The success of this program is directly attributable to their insight, counsel and patience. We are forever grateful and forever your fans.

Sincerely,

- Amanda

As you are aware, we've been running a caption contest here at Strumpette for the last four months. It's been a huge success and we couldn't be happier. Well... okay... show your appreciation Amanda! Put our money where our mouth is.

You got it: We've decided to double the award. We're raising the prize to a thousand bucks!

Sponsored by Waggener Edstrom Worldwide – one of the largest PR firms in the world and arguably the smartest, coolest and bestest of the mostest - the caption contest was designed as a fun way for communications and marketing professionals to demonstrate the essential ingredient in this business, i.e. creativity.

Pictured right is this month's photo.  To enter, simply write a caption 40 words or less and email it along with your contact info to captions@strumpette.com. That's it! On the 21st of the month, our panel of seven judges will select a winner and send you the dough.

To learn more about the contest and this month's photo, visit us at http://strumpette.com/creative/. For the official contest rules, go to http://strumpette.com/creative/index.php?x=about .

Good luck.

- Amanda

We are deeply saddened to announce that the Captivating Caption Contest for April has had a most unfortunate consequence. Upon hearing he'd won the $500 first prize, UK marketing and business consultant John Dodds, author of the widely popular and globally read online publication "Make Marketing History: The views of a marketing deviant," lapsed into a standing coma. Just prior to assuming the totally vacant stare pictured right, the normally ebullient and effervescent Dodds mumbled, "to be paid by a strumpette is a dream come true."

Sponsored by Waggener Edstrom Worldwide – one of the largest PR firms in the world and arguably the smartest, coolest and bestest of the mostest - the caption contest was designed as a fun way for communications and marketing professionals to demonstrate the essential ingredient in this business, i.e. creativity.

In line with the rest of the contest to date, the response to April’s photo was overwhelming. After several days debate our judges chose Dodds': "Once aboard her Mexican steed, Amanda Chapel finally realized how battling the PR establishment had ravaged her femininity – damn she needed this vacation."

Congratulations John. JOHN! JOHN, SQUEEZE MY FINGER IF YOU CAN HEAR ME!!

We'd also like to recognize a few close runner ups: Ike Pigott; Alfredo Tryferis; Amy Kirschbaum; Dominique Brown; Doug Hayter; and Jessica Geil. Special thanks to all who participated in April. Good luck next month.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Stay tuned for next month's announcement. Instead of doing $500, we plan to raise the award to a thousand bucks!!!

Caption Contest Enters Fourth Month

Today, we are pleased to announce that we’ve posted the photo for April’s "Captivating Caption Contest.” Pictured right, we have another stunner by famed photographer Joyce McClure.

Sponsored by Waggener Edstrom Worldwide, one of the largest and coolest PR firms in the world, the contest is... well... a fun way to underscore that creativity is an essential part of the PR business.

Each month for 6 months, January through June, a new picture will be posted to the Strumpette website. To enter, you simply write a caption 40 words or less and email it along with your contact info to captions@strumpette.com. That's it! At the end of each month, the Strumpette staff will select a winner and send you the dough.

For this month's picture, visit the contest web page here. For the official contest rules, click here.

Good luck.

- Amanda