Ugly Betty News has some of the most articulate, intelligent readers around, and now is the time you can show it – all the while helping a worthy cause. 

b5media’s Entertainment channel has teamed up for a 24-hour blog-a-thon to support The Actor’s Fund.

The Great b5media Blog Off will begin on June 20th at 12:01am (in each writer’s respective time zone – mine is CDT), to celebrate the summer solstice, which hasn’t occurred on any date other than June 21st since 1975 – this year it lands on June 20th. Writers for many of our sites (including me!) will be posting fresh news at least once per hour for a full 24 hours.

How can you help?

You can support this great charity writing marathon in two ways: donate a post, or donate money.

1. Donate a Post – be a guest writer on any of the participating Entertainment sites (But come on, you KNOW you want to guest post at Ugly Betty News!). You can contribute an article to help meet the once-per-hour 24 article goal for the day.* You can view the list of participating sites here.
2. Donate Money – you can help make a difference by supporting The Actor’s Fund. One-time donations in any amount are encouraged in any amount, but we’re also suggesting a pledge of $1 per post written on the Entertainment Channel or $10 to sponsor a participating blog. Information on how to donate will be provided closer to the Blog Off date.

A contest for you!

As an added incentive to help us raise money for The Actor’s Fund in the Entertainment channel, you will be entered to win $30 with each article you submit to a blog participating in the Blog Off.* There are two $30 prizes to be won!

To participate, send me your  guest post via email (shoot, some of your comments are worthy of being posts by themselves!).  You can argue for your ship, tell what you want to see on Ugly Betty in season , tell your favorite character – pretty much anything goes!  There are a few rules:

*Your article must meet minimum quality standards of 2 paragraphs to be posted. The article should be relevant news (not already covered), an opinion piece, a fan column, a trivia question, or other on-topic article related to the show(s) & its actors.

You can send me as many guest posts as you like (I mean, I’ve got 24 posts to put up!). 

So, y’all get to writing!  And thanks so much for helping this great cause.